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Hi friend,
Welcome to your last music theory lesson! You've completed every lesson except
for day 10 (this one):
Day 1: Major Scales
Day 2: Minor Scales / Blues Scale
Day 3: Whole Steps, Half Steps & Intervals
Day 4: Major Chords & Minor Chords
Day 5: Chord Inversions
Day 6: Seventh Chords
Day 7: Blues Chord Progression
Day 8: Scales & Chords
Day 9: Ear-Training
... we still have one more lesson to go:
Day 10: Playing in every key
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Lesson 10: Playing in Every Key
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... now for your last e-mail lesson:
Let's start by defining a few key terms:
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Transposition
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To "transpose" a song, melody, chord, or progression is to play the same exact
sequence of notes and intervals in another key.
In other words, if I were to play a chord progression like "C major -- F major
-- G major" in the key of C major, by transposing it, I can play the same exact
chord progression in 11 other keys.
Does that make sense to you?
There are two steps to "transposing":
Step 1) Find out how many half steps separate the (a) key that you are currently
playing the song in and the (b) key that you want to transpose the song to.
For example, if I was playing a song in the key of C major and wanted to move
the song to the key of D, I'd first have to find out how many half steps are in
between "C" and "D"
So by simply counting from C to C#, from C# to D, I come up with 2 half steps.
So ... 2 half steps (or 1 whole step) separate C major and D major.
Step 2) Since, I've figured out that "D major" is 2 half steps higher than "C
major," I must move every single chord up 2 half steps.
Are you still with me?
In other words, if I were playing a:
1a) C major chord
1b) D major chord
1c) E major chord
... I'd have to move each of those chords up two half steps to create this chord
progression:
2a) D major
2b) E major
2c) F# major
3a) Notice, the D major is no longer C major (it is moved up 2 half steps)
3b) The E major replaces the previous D major (because "E" is two half steps
higher than "D").
3c)... and lastly, the F# major chord replaces the previous "E major" chord
because F# is 2 half steps from E (remember, E to F is 1 half step and F to F#
is another half step so that equals a total of 2 half steps).
This process is known as "transposition." I've done one example for you ... try
it with one of the songs you already know! Try to transpose it to the next key
(that is, 1 half step up). Let me know how you are doing.
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Jermaine
P.S. - Call us if you have any questions (1-877-856-4187)
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Lesson ten was taken from our 300-pg workbook, "The Secrets to Playing Piano by
Ear!" The technique taught here is just one of several different techniques
taught in our 300-pg course.
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