How to play urban and contemporary worship patterns in Ab that'll have
people turning their heads the minute you sit down to the piano.
How to manipulate the major 7th chord to make your playing sound urban
and contemporary like today's gospel songs (just like what
we're talking about in this month's classroom lesson below)...
The secret behind using the Circle of Fifths to your advantage when applied
to contemporary worship piano playing. This one is a must.
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Worship movements in Ab that other musicians don't want you to know!
Learn famous chordal movements that form the basis of urban and contemporary
worship music --- once you understand this, you're piano playing will never be
the same.
Learn "licks" and "tricks" in F#. These are tricks that you can begin
adding to your musical toolbox the minute you pop in these DVDS! After hearing some
of these contemporary runs, your family and friends will know you've been up to
something... I PROMISE!
More info
Discover the KEY PRINCIPLES behind Ab runs (upward and downward
movements). If you're not playing these runs, then you're definitely in for a
treat.
Learn how to drive the worship service. This is known as Warfare and High
Praise moments of the service (especially during the prophetic).
More info
Dive into various worship vamps like "Lord I Worship You, I Worship You."
These examples are geared towards teaching you how to play the vamps of tons of
other contemporary worship songs.
Discover the hidden secrets behind "pretty-ending chords." The ending of
a song is just as important as the beginning. Learn how to end your songs the
right way!
More info
How to implement "Disney" sounding chords into your gospel piano playing!
Yes, I said "Disney." These techniques will blow you away!
Delve into classical movements in Eb! Just when you thought the DVD only
focused on modern playing --- Learn classical progressions that can be applied
to your gospel playing ASAP.
More info
Learn real-life songs along with real-life vocalists!
... and much much more! Read about other techniques...
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2004/05 Newsletter Archive Available at https://www.hearandplay.com/newsletters ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Online Classroom: "8 Video Lessons (Urban and Contemporary Chords)" Click here to view the video clip lessons... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: You might want to print this lesson out for easier reading... In this month's online classroom, I'm going to share with you a few video clip lessons from the GospelKeysTM X video course. I've selectively pulled out clips that I think you'll benefit from, whether you consider the entire course or not. Before I introduce the video clips, it is important that you understand some of the key chords and concepts used in urban worship: 1) Major Seventh Chords 2) Minor Seventh Chords 3) Minor Ninth Chords and... 4) How to superimpose chords Past newsletters deal in depth with many the concepts above, but I'll briefly cover each one below. While the free video clips will keep you busy for a while, knowing these concepts (if you're a beginner) will assure that you don't get lost or fall behind like many others. Major Seventh Chords Major seventh chords are very easy to form (aka - "maj7, M7). If you know all twelve major scales, then you won't have a problem knowing major seventh chords.
All 12 Major Scales C majorYou've probably heard me say this before... It's very important that you understand major scales in a numerical way. What do I mean? Simply put: Don't memorize scales like toddlers memorize their ABC's. It's easy to "play" a scale, memorizing note after note, in relation to one another. Here's something to think about... If you can't start a major scale from the middle OR have to start from the beginning in order to play it correctly, you probably have the "toddler's ABCs" issue. In other words, you only know how to play the scale because your fingers have memorized what to play. While this is good for practicing and fingering, it does you know good when trying to understand how music works. So how do I learn scales correctly? By understanding that each tone represents a number in the major scale. The first note is the "first tone" or "first degree" of the scale. For example, here's the C major scale: C major: C D E F G A B C Here's how you should be thinking of this scale: C major: C(1) D(2) E(3) F(4) G(5) A(6) B(7) C (the same as "1") If I were to ask you: "What is the 2nd tone of the C major scale," you should be able to answer immediately: "D." The sixth tone of Ab? You should be able to answer F The third tone of D? You should be able to answer F# You shouldn't have to "play the scale" in your mind or even use a real piano. Each tone of the scale should be associated with a number and that number should be easily recallable, whenever needed. Does that make sense? This will really help you to understand all your chords and how chord progressions work. Forming Major Seventh Chords: To form a major seventh chord, simply take the first, third, fifth, and seventh tones of any major scale and play them all at the same time. (I told you knowing the scales as numbers would be helpful ... not only now but for a 'number' of things). For example, the C major scale is: C D E F G A B C The 1+3+5+7 of this scale is: C E G B = C major seventh chord Here are all the other major seventh chords:
C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C
D major
D - E - F# - G - A - B - C# - D
E major
E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D# - E
F major
F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F
G major
G - A - B - C - D - E - F# - G
A major
A - B - C# - D - E - F# - G# - A
B major
B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A# - B
C# / Db major
Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - C - Db
D# / Eb major
Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C - D - Eb
F# / Gb major
F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - F - F#
G# / Ab major
Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - G - Ab
A# / Bb major
Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G - A - Bb
Minor Seventh Chords Once you know major scales as "numbers," forming ANY chord (whether major or minor) is really simple. To form any minor seventh chord, simply use this formula: 1 + b3 + 5 + b7 Note: The "b" symbol is used to indicate a note that is flatted or lowered a "half step." Let's look at our C major scale again. C major: C(1) D(2) E(3) F(4) G(5) A(6) B(7) C (the same as "1") Now, take the 1, 3, 5, and 7 tones: C + E + G + B Since there needs to be a b3 and a b7 in a minor chord, take the "E" and "B" and flat them. E becomes "Eb" B becomes "Bb" Cmin7 chord is: C + Eb + G + Bb Tip: Another way to find a minor chord is to use the minor scale. When you use the minor scale, you simply use the "1-3-5-7" formula because the notes are already flatted for you in the minor scale. I don't want to confuse you or anything, so for now, stick with the method above. For all twelve minor seventh chords, check out my free chord finder tool at: https://www.hearandplay.com/pianochords Minor Ninth Chords I love talking about minor ninth chords because they require no more work than learning the major seventh chords. In fact, we can form all twelve minor ninth chords (which sound really good and contemporary) by simply knowing maj7 chords. To use this technique, you'll need to understand what relative major and relative minor means. These things are covered in my 300pg course on pages 82-83 and 193-214. For every major key, there is a relative minor key that also shares the same key signature. To find the relative minor key of C, for example, just locate the sixth note in its major scale. There is more theory behind why "A" (the 6th tone) would be the relative minor of C major and how its called the "Aeolian mode" (but we won't cover all that right now). Since "A" is the relative minor of C, then "C" is the relative major of A. See? It works both ways. One key is the relative major and relative minor of another key. For example: While "A" is the relative minor of C ----------- C is the relative major of "A," but at the same time, C is the relative ***minor*** of Eb (because "C" is the sixth note of the Eb major scale). Don't get all caught up with this one. Here's a chart to help you out below.
All 12 Major Seventh Scales
Cmaj7 = C + E + G + B
Dmaj7 = D + F# + A + C#
Emaj7= E + G# + B + D#
Fmaj7 = F + A + C + E
Gmaj7 = G + B + D + F#
Amaj7 = A + C# + E + G#
Bmaj7 = B + D# + F# + A#
Dbmaj7 = Db + F + Ab + C
Ebmaj7 = Eb + G + Bb + D
Gbmaj7 = Gb + Bb + Db + F
Abmaj7 = Ab + C + Eb + G
Bbmaj7 = Bb + D + F + A
| Relative Major Key | Relative Minor |
| C Major | A Minor |
| D Major | B Minor |
| E Major | C# Minor |
| F Major | D Minor |
| G Major | E Minor |
| A Major | F# Minor |
| B Major | G# Minor |
| Db Major | Bb Minor |
| Eb Major | C Minor |
| Gb Major | Eb Minor |
| Ab Major | F Minor |
| Bb Major | G Minor |
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Video Lesson #1 This clip teaches a nice two-handed run usually used to set up a "2-5-1" progression. If you've never played something like this before, then you're definitely going to benefit from adding this nice "church walk" to your toolbox. Duration: 0:32 |
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Video Lesson #2 Watch as Mr. H demonstrates how to use the circle of fifths in contemporary worship settings. Coincidentally, I also used these chords in GospelKeys 202. The general flow is from "Bbmin9 --- Eb9/6 --- Abmin9 --- Db9/6 --- Gbmaj9/6 --- Cm11 --- F7 #9#5 --- then repeat the cycle." If you don't know what any of that means, don't worry. Mr. H shows you step-by-step, what to do. Duration: 1:22 |
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Video Lesson #3
This short
clip comes from the "Tricks in F#" segment of the course. Watch closely
as he shows you a very easy-to-learn trick that you can start using
right away. It deals with simply playing every other black key (two at a
time, going down the keyboard). Listen to how it sounds...
Duration: 0:25
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Video Lesson #4
You'll love
this urban worship movement. It speaks for itself. It's in the key of
Ab, but if I were you, I'd learn it in all twelve keys. This is a
wonderful chord progression to use as you transition from one song to
another or towards the end of a particular worship song.
Duration: 1:14
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Chords to study for this online classroom:
- Major triads; see pg chapter 5 of 300pg course
- Minor triads; see pg chapter 8 of 300pg course
- Major sixth chords; see pg chapter 13 of 300pg course
- Minor sixth chords; see pg chapter 13 of 300pg course
- Seventh (dominant) chords; see pg chapter 10 of 300pg course
- Minor seventh chords; see pg chapter 10 of 300pg course
- Major ninth chords; see pg chapter 14 of 300pg course
Well, I hope you enjoyed my April newsletter and I'll be back in May! Practice hard until then!
This concludes your April Online Classroom Lesson If you were intrigued by the online classroom lesson above, then you would definitely benefit from my course! *** “The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear” 300-pg Course *** With 20 chapters and over 300 pages, the home piano course provides several resources, techniques, tips, principles, and theories to playing the piano by ear. Along with hundreds of chords and scales, you'll also learn how to turn them into gospel, jazz and blues chord progressions and better yet, how to use them to play ABSOLUTELY any song you want ... IN VIRTUALLY MINUTES! Again, don't miss this opportunity. I've even added an additional bonus if you purchase the course this week --- You can read more about the course at: https://www.hearandplay.com/course
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Further References"The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" 300-pg Course [5] Chords & Progressions: pgs 65-78, 105-130, 147-165, 182-227.Do you know what a “2-5-1” or "3-6-2-5-1" progression is? Or perhaps the famous 12-bar blues chord progression? In this piano course, you will not only learn how to play gospel, blues, and jazz progressions, but how to recognize them in songs. In addition, you will learn the simple techniques to playing these progressions, hymns, and songs in all 12 major keys! ... Enjoy learning:
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"The
Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear"
300pg Course - Learn the secrets to playing literally any song
on the piano with a few simple, "easy-to-understand" techniques and
principles! Join Jermaine Griggs in learning tons of music theory,
concepts, and tricks that will help you to learn piano by ear! Thousands
of musicians have already taken advantage of this excellent program ...
why not you?
"The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" is full of easy-to-understand tricks, tips, techniques and secrets to playing piano by ear! For this month only, I've also been able to throw in a few bonus items (3 additional piano software programs). Click here to learn the secrets to playing absolutely any song on the piano in virtually minutes! You won't regret it! |