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The Key To Playing Altered Passing Chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 6 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Piano

chords101picsmall.jpgYesterday, we discussed how to use diminished passing chords a half step lower to transport us where we want to go.

Today, we’re going to cover how to use passing chords a half step HIGHER than the target chord. The only difference is we’re not using a diminished 7 chord this time. We’re going to use an altered…

Here’s a quick and easy refresher on tertian chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 5 comments

in Chords & Progressions

As you may know from past lessons, tertian chords are built on thirds.

This is majority of the chords you’ll play since almost every common chord (like major, minor, dominant, diminished, augmented, and even most altered chords) are built on thirds.

In this post, I wanted to provide a quick refresher on some of the most common tertian chords.

Little known ways to use “diminished” walk-ups and walk-downs…

by Jermaine Griggs · 15 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Gospel music

If you joined us on our weekly radio show last night, you’ll know that we talked about “diminished walk ups.”

This is our own way of describing strong transitional chords that take you from one degree of the scale to another.

They occur frequently in gospel songs, especially worship and what Jason White calls the “Old School Shuffle” types of songs…