Product Description
Playing the Piano With Chords is a book to teach pianists to play chords. It can be used by anyone who wants to learn to play the piano by chord. The following skills are taught in volume 1:
1-Recognize and play the intervals of minor and major 3rds.
2-How triads are formed (the concept of stacked 3rds).
3-Similarities and patterns in chords. For instance, C major, G major, and F major are all formed using only white keys.
4-Recognize and play the basic chord types: Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished, Sus4, & Sus2.
5-Play the various chord types in various styles. For example, block chords, arpeggiated chords, Alberti bass, boogie, etc.
6-Learn to move between the chord types by changing one note. For example, when moving from C major to C minor, one lowers the middle note of the triad by one half step.
7-Begin to improvise using the basic chord types.
8-Be familiar with enharmonic spellings of chords. For example, Gb Major and F# Major use the same keys on the piano, but they are spelled differently.
9-Recognize and play the various types of seventh chords.
10-Playing with a metronome is encouraged to build speed and mastery.
Volume 1 focuses on the main types of triads and the basic types of seventh chords.
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