In this free sample lesson from Deep Foundations for Piano, we explore the landscape of our keyboard using the smallest interval in our musical system: the half step. We practice moving across our musical landscape, connecting all of the notes as one long unbroken chain of half steps.
In this free video lesson we will walk through the melody to "All of Me" and discover some of the lessons it can teach us as improvisers about the art of melodic phrasing.
In this video I explain all of the different IFR learning materials and how they fit together.
After completing the workshop Ear Training for Musical Creativity, you have two great paths available to you: expanding your melodic repertoire or moving on to recognizing chords and chord progressions.
The last chord of the major scale that we need to study is the seven chord which we write as 7-b5.
This is a very catchy progression that goes down in scale degrees from the 6- chord to the 3- chord.
In this module you are going to study chords 2- and 3- in the context of a minor key, where the 6- chord is the tonal center.
With this set of activities you will get to know the 3- chord more deeply by studying it in different contexts.
The 3- chord is a minor chord that can have a very uplifting feeling when we play it after the 1 chord.
This progression is very similar to the "50's progression" (1, 6-, 4, 5D) we studied in the course Recognizing Chords by Ear, and that's why it will sound very familiar to you already.
