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Introduction To The Chorale Style of Voicing Triads

Learn how to voice all triad qualities using the classical chorale style in this lesson.

The Harmonic Function of Minor Triads

In this lesson, we’re covering the harmonic function of minor triads – in other words, what they’re used for.

Week 3: The Minor Triad + Chord Cheat Sheet

Who else wants to know the secrets of the minor triad? Read this post carefully because I’m revealing everything you need to know about the minor triad.

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What everybody ought to know about ninth chords

Lately, we’ve been talking about power chords, tritones, and substitutions.

Today, I want to show you how to use tritones and minor chords to form crazy-sounding dominant ninth chords.

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The secret to playing minor chords quickly

Minor chords are pretty simple, if you already know your major chords. You just take the 3rd degree of your major chord and lower it a half step. (Half steps are from key to key with no keys in between.) So if the C major chord is C+E+G, first figure out what the third degree […]

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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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