Ear Training: Seventh Chord Recognition
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the five most commonly-used seventh chords: major 7, minor 7, diminished 7,
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Category: Chords
Ear Training: Triad Recognition
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of each of the four triad types: major, minor, diminished, augmented…
Ear Training: Melodic Interval Recognition
Learning Goal: To recognize the unique sound/feeling of the following intervals: minor 2nd, major 2nd, minor 3rd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, tritone, perfect
Jazz Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Killer Joe”
Enjoy this super-hip voicing for a Dominant 7 Chord made famous in Benny Golson’s “Killer Joe”…
Jazz Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add #9
For a dissonant edgy sound, drop the 5 and play the two definitive tones (3, b7) plus “the #9″…
Jazz Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add 13
For an open “fourthy” sound, forget “the 5” and play the two definitive tones (3, b7) plus “the 13″(6)…
Jazz Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect Fifth”
For a full, but simple and open sound, voice the Dominant Seventh Chord as a perfect 5th in the left hand
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add 9
One way to get a jazzier sound is to add “color tones” to the basic Dominant Seventh Chord. A commonly-used color
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 Root Plus Definitive Tones
Playing the root plus the two definitive tones (3,b7) as an arpeggio in the left hand provides a nice accompaniment pattern
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Triad Over Root”
A commonly-used voicing for a Dominant Seventh Chord is to play the root in your left hand and the triad