Friend, Here's How to Play a SONG in ANY Key!
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Dear Friend,
Ok... I know you've heard about chord progressions. But you probably don't know how to apply them to make music right?
Well here we go... first print out the attachments.
Do you notice the Roman Numerals under the chords? There are a total of 8 for each staff, counting left to right.
Now, notice how some are indicated by upper case and lower case characters.
The lower case characters represent minor chords, the upper case represent major chords.
These are called scale steps. And basically, the bottom note of each chord is the scale tone.
For example: The notes that make up the C Major Scale are: C D E F G A B
Now if we count from left to right, C-I, D-ii, E=iii, F=IV, G=V, A=6 and B=9.
Please note: viii=I - an octave above C
So if you wanted to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in it's simplest form, just remember the song is built on a I to V7 chord progression.
Therefore, if you know your scales, you would know that I denotes C or C Major 7th and V7 denotes G7.
If you wanted to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in the Key of F Major, look at the second staff, and locate Roman Numerals I and V7.
What chords would you play?
Correct... you would play F Major 7 and C7. A I to V7 chord progression in the Key of F Major.
Now, I'm not trying to over simplify keyboard harmony, but I always attempt to present music theory in very simple terms. This is why all of my students are successful!
Now just imagine, your knowing all of the 12 scales! There wouldn't be any lead sheet you couldn't interpret or any song you heard that you couldn't analyze for follow-up "playing by ear!"
Just remember, in order for the progressions to sound musical, you must learn "voice leading." This is what I teach in my E-Book and DVD.
Now here are some popular chord progressions: ii - V7 - I and I - vi - ii - V7... etc.
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To your success,
Ron
May 11th, 2007 at 7:22 pm
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