I’m off to support my grandma as she has surgery today in Long Beach but I wanted to post this short lesson before I leave.
I just posted a mega 33-minute video so this lesson will just give you an abbreviated version of the video. What I really encourage you to do is stop what you’re doing and head over to view the entire lesson. Dozens of comments have already come in about it since i posted it last night (…don’t forget to leave me one as well!)
The tutorial teaches you how to play a popular song with just 4 chords! And they’re all seventh chords too (major, dominant).
I’ll use my new piano tool I announced yesterday to show you the chords below. But visit the 33-minute video to get the full scoop!
Here’s the four chords…
Dmin7
G7
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
Notice the stepwise motion between tones. That’s what makes it sound so good!
This is what we call a 2-5-1-4 chord progression.
“2-5-1-4?”
“huh?”
Don’t worry. It’s simple. The number just come from the major scale:
C major
Just number each tone of the scale:
C D E F G A B C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The “2nd” tone is D.
The “5th” tone is G.
The “1st” tone is obviously C.
The “4th” tone is F.
If you look at the root of the progression, it’s moving from D to G to C to F. Thus, a “2-5-1-4″ progression.
Check out the 33-minute video lesson for details! I hope you like it! :-)
Until next time —
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November 5th, 2008 (comment#1)
nice lesson here jermaine. The video is awesome too!
November 5th, 2008 (comment#2)
Jermaine, I’m praying for your granny! God Bless
November 5th, 2008 (comment#3)
Hi Jermaine,
Wow! this is great. Can you use this keyboard to show me how to play the 12 major scale. Thanks.
Ann.
November 5th, 2008 (comment#4)
TIGHT…YOUR GRANDMOTHER IS DEFINITELY IN OUR PRAYERS..
@ ANN ST CLAIR
NOW I CHALLENGE YOU TO TRANSPOSE THEM IN EACH KEY. SIMPLY MOVE EACH NOTE UP OR DOWN ONE HALF[1/2] STEP, OR TO SIMPLIFY IT, ONE PHYSICAL KEY… YOU CAN DO IT, YES ,YOU CAN!!!
November 5th, 2008 (comment#5)
@ANN…SORRY C MAJ SCALE
November 5th, 2008 (comment#6)
@Ann St. Clair
C major scale
Db major scale
D major scale
Eb major scale
E major scale
F major scale
Gb major scale
Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F Gb
(I’m doing this one regular because my piano tool doesn’t support Cb yet. It will soon though).
G major scale
Ab major scale
A major scale
Bb major scale
B major scale
I hope this helps :-)
Jermaine
November 6th, 2008 (comment#7)
Cool lesson JG. The video is good too. Your granny is in ma’ prayers and God will prevail.
November 6th, 2008 (comment#8)
Man, the chording technique in this lesson are amazing. Granny is really cooking with gas in this kitchen. Love the video dude you know my prayers are with you!!!
November 6th, 2008 (comment#9)
Hi Jermaine! Your latest colourful music chord charts are the best I’ve seen! A real pleasure to view and hear and inspire great chord progressions. Very Grateful to You and Your Grandmother. We give her credit for your pleasant manner and how you share your knowledge and joy for music. May God’s strength hold her close and be with you in all your visits. Play On and Be Well, Gram! from Carmen and your Canadian admirers
November 20th, 2008 (comment#10)
Hi, Jermaine,
Thank you for the chord charts, they’ll really help me, as I am trying to learn the chords and scales but find it difficult. Am in prayer for you and your family.
Elaine.