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Review
Time!
We've come to the end
of our 39 weeks together, so it's time to do some review
so we can see the entire picture in context.
Let me begin by asking you
a question:
"Why would anyone want
to learn chords or chord progressions?"
The short answer is "understanding."
By learning chords and how they are formed and used, we
are getting inside of music to see what it is made of. It's
like having an x-ray machine that looks deep inside of an
object, to see what makes that object tick. And by learning
chord progressions, we see how composers link chords together
into meaningful segments called "phrases" and "sections."
The long answer is that chords
and progressions contribute to making a musician complete.
It's great to be able to read music, and we certainly should
pursue that goal. But if we are lost without music, then
we need some music theory understanding to fill in the gaps
in our knowledge and understanding.
There's
a famous story about a world-class concert pianist who when
asked to play "Happy Birthday" at a friends' home couldn't
do it because there was no sheet music available for it
in that home. That's an extreme and pathetic example, but
many lesser embarrassments happen every day around the world
because piano players don't know theory and don't understand
how chords tie everything together.
Well, there's no need for
YOU to ever fall into that trap, because in 39 weeks we
have covered a ton of subjects. Here's a quick review:
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Maj7th
Chords
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Suspensions
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Then we learned that there
were also alterations and slash chords -- way too many to
list here, because actually there is no limit to the combinations
of alterations and slash chords when combined!
Then along the way we learned
a little about musical forms -- such forms as ABA, AABA,
ABCA, and so on. And we learned how the Circle of Keys (also
known as the Circle of 4ths and Circle of 5th) impacted
chord progressions because of the proclivity of chords to
move up a perfect 4th. We also learned that there is a Circle
of Minor Keys, and then we combined the major circle with
the minor circle to create some interesting progressions.
Once we covered chords, we
got into chord progressions, and here are some of the ones
we covered:
The "Oh Duh!" Chord
Progression
The "Creep" Chord Progression
The "Blue Moon" Chord
Progression
The "12 Bar Blues"
Chord Progression
...and we learned how embedded
chord subs could make a progression lots more interesting,
and we learned the three most important rules of chord substitutions.
Are there other progressions?
Of course. But these are the
biggies -- the progressions you will run into time and time
again.
And so we have come to the
end of our time together. I hope you have enjoyed our journey
as much as I have. If you would like to keep these lessons
together so you can find and refer to them, I have packaged
them for you in some very low-cost e-books so you can "take
them home with you."
Thanks again, and blessings
on you!
Duane
Very soon we will have compiled
these lessons into E-books, so you can keep them all in
one place and refer to them often. They are not ready yet,
but we will let you know when they are.
Each of these E-books is
$19., or get all 10 containing the entire series for $99.
- saving $91.
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Learn
All About Chords & Chord Progressions!
Low-cost
music E-Books that
talk  and
teach  !!!
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Learn all the basic 12 dozen chords quickly for just
$19. total!
Extended chords: 6ths, 7ths, major 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths. $19.
Specialty chords: suspensions (C7sus), slash chords (C7/Bb), diminished 7th
chords, altered chords. $19.
The Circle of Keys; the circle of minor
keys; how to find the key of any song -- all flat keys and
sharp keys; what you need to know about musical form. $19.
Chord Progressions: "Blue Moon"; "Oh Duh!"; "The Creep"; the "II - V7 - I progression";
the "VI - II - V7 - I progression." $19.
Advanced Chord Progressions #1:
Embedded Chord Subs In The
"Blue Moon" Chord Progression; "Alternating 7th & m7ths"
Chord Progression $19.
Advanced Chord Progressions #2: "How
To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord
Substitutions -- Part I" "How
To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord
Substitutions -- Part I""How
To Create Unlimited Original Chord Progressions Using Chord
Substitutions -- Part I"$19.
Advanced Chord Progressions #3:The
"12 Bar Blues" Chord ProgressionEmbedded
Chord Subs In the "12 Bar Blues" Chord Progression$19.
Or get all 10 for just $99. total! -- Save $91. instead of buying them individually!
| These music e-books were created
from the free 39-week newsletter on "Piano Chords
& Chord Progressions," which contains hundreds
or even thousands of dollars worth of valuable music
instruction -- if you can find clear teaching
like this at all. If you save all
the weekly lessons each week in a file, then you
wouldn't need to buy these e-books. But many people
have asked to have these lessons put in a handy
form of an e-book so they are all in one place and
don't get lost. Plus many people have mis-placed
issues, had issues not arrive because of spam filters,
etc. -- and we can't resend newsletters because
they are handled by a 3rd party auto-responder.
So we created these low-cost e-books to meet those
needs. Enjoy and learn! |
Of course, all these lessons
are already available right here at the psrtutorial and
you can check any lesson at any time. In addition, PSR Tutorial
Supporting Members
can get all of these lessons provided on the PSR
Tutorial CD-ROM as well as some 7,000 style files
and several thousand additional PSR-related files including
songs, voices, multipads, music finder databases, utilities,
and more..
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