• Major Chords vs. Minor Chords

    Yesterday, you learned: how to construct the major Interval how to construct the perfect Interval Major Third: Distance between root and (3) degree Perfect Fifth Interval: Distance between root and 5th The Major The (major chord) is created by combining the major third and perfect fifth intervals. For example, in (C major), a major third […]

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    A quick study on intervals

    In this lesson, we will study major and minor intervals. Believe it or not, by knowing just these two intervals, you can play major triads, minor triads, seventh chords, diminished chords, augmented chords and more…

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    “Minor and Blues Scales” Crash Course

    As we’ve learned in other posts… Scales are important! If you know your scales, playing chords will be very very easy to do! The Minor Scale If you remember, the major scale pattern is: W-W-H-W-W-W-H Now, to add another “scale” to your musical toolbox, the minor scale pattern is simply: W – H – W […]

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    Perfect and Major Intervals

    The "Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" course covers everything from the basics and fundamentals to Cmin13 (b9b5) chords. The following lesson focuses on chapter five from the course. If you are already familiar with perfect and major intervals and how they are formed, you may skip this lesson.   Perfect and Major Intervals (01) […]

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    Major scale fingering

    The "Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" course covers everything from the basics and fundamentals to Cmin13 (b9b5) chords. The following lesson focuses on chapter four from the course. If you are already familiar with major scale fingerings, you may skip this lesson.   Fingerings for major scales (02)   Note: Please pay attention to […]

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    Major Scales Crash Course

    If someone asked you, “what is a scale?” … would you be able to answer them? Scales are important. They are the basis of melodies and chords. Without knowing your scales, you are a car mechanic without his tools. What are scales? A good way to define a scale is to list the following characteristics: […]

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    Learning to play natural minor scales

    The "Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" course covers everything from the basics and fundamentals to Cmin13 (b9b5) chords. The following lesson focuses on chapter seven from the course. If you are already familiar with how to play natural minor scales, you may skip this lesson.   Learning to play natural minor scales (04) Note: […]

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