The primary idea is what Harrison calls backcycling.
Much of it is borrowed from blues ideas, and much of it also crosses over into a ton of other areas. You'll basically work through some of the stuff and think, "ooh, that's what happening when I hear that thing happening all the time" and then you'll be able to replicate that idea. While there may be deeper books, I've not yet had to get in that deep, but the way Harrison explains things from a theory standpoint, you'll really get a grasp of what's happening. With 9th chords, with wide voicings, with SOME modal planing passing chords (don't over do it), and with some whole tone embellishments, you'll sound like you grew up playing keys in the church. if you take any chart you can already play, but play it: play around with pairs of notes that are a whole tone apart, and sort of "roll" onto the higher note of the two from the bottom. they just need be major if the chord you're going to is major. this is important: THESE PASSING CHORDS DO NOT NEED TO BE DIATONIC. When gospel tunes move from I-IV for instance, the players often do passing chords between.
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First step is figuring out how to play every 9th chord you can, and spread it as wide as you can make your hand go comfortably. In gospel, 9th chords are king, and massive voicings are the name of the game. 'No Stupid Questions' thread (twice/month)ĮPierre's weekly composition/improvisation challengeĪs a guy who just tackled this, it's a beast of an undertaking but will teach you a lot. IMSLP provides access to free, public domain sheet music. is a great website to learn the fundamentals of music theory. commenting on someone's appearance), and the like, are not welcome and will be removed. Off-topic posts, spam, advertising, blog posts with little contentĪlso, please do not submit more than 3-4 posts per week, and you should not have more than 2 posts on the front page.Ĭomments that contain personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, unnecessarily derogatory or inflammatory remarks or inappropriate remarks (e.g. Requests for transcriptions, identifying chords/notes in a song (use /r/transcribe), what song is this?, requests for sheet music (see FAQ, use /r/musicnotes, /r/transcribe)Ĭommon generic questions covered by the FAQ such as "What's a good keyboard?", "What's my piano worth?", "How do I get started?", unless your question has specific details. (use /r/musicpics, /r/classicalmemes or /r/pianomemes) Image memes, pictures of text, rage comics, etc. The following types of posts are subject to removal: Recording from a Digital Keyboard into a Computer read the FAQ Newest Comments | Participate! Piano Jam | 'No Stupid Questions' Welcome to /r/piano! Whether you're an absolute beginner or a seasoned professional, we hope you've come to talk about pianos.