• Do You Know These Bebop Scales?

    Learn the ins and outs of 5 bebop scales – bebop dominant scale, bebop major, bebop dorian, bebop melodic, bebop harmonic – and how to use them in this lesson.

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    Tertian Chords and the Secret Relationship Between Almost Every Chord

    90% of all chords you’ll ever play are tertian chords. Tertian comes from the latin word “tertianus,” which means “of or concerning thirds.” Learn how every chord you’ll every play is connected.

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    A Complete Guide to Piano Chords

    Piano chords are like blood to the human body. Without them, your songs won’t have life. And if chords are blood, chord progressions represent the flow of blood. In this post, we’re going to explore all the different types of piano chords you need to know in order to play most of today’s songs.

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    Naming Notes Correctly (“Musical Spelling Bee”)

    Many musicians spell chords incorrectly. Discover 4 rules to ensure you’re naming notes correctly and never make any of these blunders again!

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    Using the Circle of Fifths To Learn Your Primary Chords

    Every key has primary chords and secondary chords. In fact, without even knowing they are called “primary chords,” you’ve probably realized certain chords appear in certain keys more than others. Yup, those chords are the ones built off the 1st, 4th, and 5th degrees of the scale. Consider the C major scale: If you numbered […]

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    Major and Minor Chords – “If You Know Your Major, You Know Your Minor” (Part 2)

    To pick up where we left off yesterday, I’d like to talk about the connection between major and minor chords. You now realize that you can form any minor scale by knowing the relative major scale it’s connected to. In other words, you can play the “A minor” scale if you already know the notes of the “C major” scale because they’re related. Here’s how to apply this same understanding to chords…

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    Major and Minor Scales – “If You Know Your Major, You Know Your Minor” (Part 1)

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    Learning the connection between major and minor scales is really simple when you understand the shortcut we’re going to cover in this blog post. There’s absolutely no reason to approach minor scales separately from major scales if you know this trick. I repeat — throw what you’ve learned about forming minor scales out the window unless you want to go at it the hard way. Why?

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