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C-III: Encompass Chord Types

Slash Chords (1) Inversion

Session Overview This time you learn chord arranging. Without relying on complex chords involving sharps/flats, a simple arrangement technique can significantly expand your expressive range. In this session, we'll explore such handy techniques. Keywords: slash chords, chord inversions In Chapter I, we discussed the importance of the bass playing the root note. Without doing so, the sound of the chord…
yuta
May 5, 2024
C-I: Basic System

Basics of Realizing/Analyzing Chords

1. Realizing Chords So far we've laid the groundwork for basic concepts such as harmonies, chord tones and chord names. If you're a guitarist, you can realize these chords by pressing strings as formulated. But in keyboards you have to decide in which octaves tones should be placed. In music theory, the placements of chord tones are called . In…
yuta
June 14, 2024
C-I: Basic System

Major Chords / Minor Chords

in the previous article, I explained that the prime chords, the six basic chords in a key, are divided into two types. Measuring by semitones, Type 1 is stacked in the form of , while type 2 is . We're gonna have a deeper look at this difference. 1. Naming and Notations This time I'm gonna introduce their names first.…
yuta
April 4, 2024