Today we will transform our "tonal five finger drills" into a technique for playing triads, and we'll practice playing all seven chords of the major scale in every key.
Are the seven harmonic environments that we're studying in IFR Exercise 2 the same thing as the “modes”?
I am wondering if there is a "method" for using the major scale in a melodic way rather than playing the scale notes randomly?
When you're studying the notes of a chord, should you be thinking relative to the key (e.g. "note 1 in the 6 chord")? Or should you be thinking relative to the chord (e.g. "the flatted 3rd of the 6 chord")?
The Joan Osborne song "One of Us" (written by Eric Bazilian) is one of countless songs made from just the four foundational chords that we study in IFR Jam Tracks Level 2: Pure Harmony Essentials.
To recognize chords by ear, is it helpful to listen to one particular instrument or should we be listening for something else?
In this lesson we'll break our triad forms out of their original tonal context and we'll learn to create them anywhere on the piano keyboard.
The opening line of Fats Waller's classic Ain't Misbehavin' gives us an opportunity to understand one of the most common uses of diminished chords, and how to create these sounds in our own improvisations.
I'm intrigued by your harmonic analysis with circles around some numbers. I would like to kindly ask why are those numbers put in circles?
I get confused and lose my place in Seven Worlds when I try to improvise too freely with the notes. Can you give me some advice on how to tackle this problem?