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Chords

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Four Memories.
How to study.
Two Chord Groove. A nice groove with only two chords.
Two Top Notes. With moving only two notes in the top of a chord.
Pedal Point is a nice technique to make tension for an intro, interlude or coda
Bass Notes Extra. Another bass 3 instead of 1 the root
Moving Pedal Point. A pedal point can be static but also moving, just give it rhythm.
Happy Birthday, an arrangement in five parts from easy to more colorful versions.
Chords Lookalikes. A good way to learn all the major chords.
Chords Inversions and Voicings. How to connect chords the easy way.
Solo Piano Exercises Part 1, exercises 1, 2 and 3
Solo Piano Exercises Part 2, exercise 4
Solo Piano Exercises Part 3, exercises 5 and 6
Diminished Chords, scales, b9 and #9, one big family
Lover Man a 12/8 Groove and Chords Voicings
The Second Chord. It takes some courage to lift your hand from a familiar position to move it. But it's easier than you think and will give a whole new spectrum of colors, a more modern sound especially if the melody makes use of the new setting.
Blues Chords, Rootless voicing, the left hand
Blues Chords, Rootless voicing, the right hand
You and the night and the music, chords and melody. Another way to memorize a song, speeding up the bass.
You and the night and the music, an approach to make lines and open ears to improve improvisation.
Quartal Chords, Fourth chords in Standards
Quartal Chords, Fourth chords in Modal music
Quick learning of Standards by speeding up the bass

Chords Basics

Chords Lookalikes. There are only 12 major chords and you can play milions of tunes with it. One way to learn them quick is to see the lookalikes.
Chord Movement.
A basic way to move between chords, let our hands get used to it. With some extra rhythm fun to practice
Chords Inversions and Voicings.
How to connect chords, the Triads, the easy way.
Solo Piano. Bass, chords and melody in two hands. This is the technique to practice it.
Basic Bass, to get more rhythm and bass movement
Chord Colours. Upper stuctures to colour the chords in an easy way and good to get routine in playing chords.
Turnaround, chords, bass ad groove
Chords and Melody in one hand, how to play solo piano

 
Four Memories. There are many ways to memorize chords, scales, rhythms and tunes. We have several memories to uses. Fill them all.
Two Chord Groove. A nice groove with only two chords. Just swap two parallel triads, major and minor or visa versa. It gives a poppy/gospel sound.
Very usable to study triads and there inversions.
Moving Two Top Notes. With moving only two notes in the top of a chord the whole thing starts to groove. Add a bass and there you are.
Pedal Point is a nice technique to make tension for an intro, interlude or coda. One bass and on top shifting chords is, with some good timing, all we need.

Bass Notes Extra. Another bass 3 instead of 1, it gives a more classic sound and it's lovely to experiment with and gives a nice and better control over basic chords.
Moving Pedal Point. A pedal point can be static but also moving, just give it rhythm. A percussive lefthand gives another vibe.
 
Happy Birthday, an arrangement in five parts from easy to more colorful versions. The Sheet music is Available Here.

Chords Lookalikes. There are only 12 major chords and you can play millions of tunes with it. One way to learn them quick is to see the lookalikes.
Chords Inversions and Voicings. How to connect chords the easy way.
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Solo Piano Exercises Part 1
Solo Piano Exercises Part 2
Solo Piano Exercises Part 3
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Diminished Chords and Scales
Lover Man a 12/8 Groove and Chords Voicings
The Second Chord, dare to explore
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Blues Chords Part 1, rootless voicings
Blues Chords Part 1, rootless voicings
The right hand
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You and the night and the music Chords
You and the night and the music Melody and improvisation
 
Quartal Chords
In Standards
Quartal Chords
In Modal music
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Chords Lookalikes. There are only 12 major chords and you can play milions of tunes with it. One way to learn them quick is to see the lookalikes. The basic Triads.

Chord Movement. A basic way to move between chords, let our hands get used to it. With some extra rhythm fun to practice
Chords Inversions and Voicings. How to connect chords, the Triads, the easy way.
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Solo Piano. Bass, chords and melody in two hands. This is the technique to practice it.

Basic Bass, to get more rhythm and bass movement
Chord Colours. Upper stuctures to colour the chords in an easy way and good to get routine in playing chords.

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Turnaround. Bass, chords and a groove.

Solo piano technique. Bass left and in the righthand chords and melody.

Night and Day, in a solo piano technique. Bass left and in the righthand chords and melody.

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Quartal Chords
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Learning to play a tune by heart fast.
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