Multiple-choice quiz that tests & quickly teaches you how to spell the most common Minor 7th Chords...
Chords: Quiz: Minor 7th Chord Names & Spelling
Category: Chords
Chords: Quiz: Major 7th Chord Names & Spelling
Multiple-choice quiz that tests & quickly teaches you how to spell the most common Major 7th Chords...
Chords: Quiz: Dominant 7th Chord Names & Spelling
Online quiz that teaches the four notes that spell each Dominant Seventh Chord.
Chords: Quiz: Minor Triad Names & Spelling
Online quiz that teaches the three notes that spell each Minor Triad.
Chords: Quiz: Major Triad Names & Spelling
Multiple-choice quiz that tests & quickly teaches you how to spell the most common Major Triads...
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Killer Joe”
The super-hip voicing for a Dominant 7th Chord made famous in Benny Golson's "Killer Joe"... Dominant 7 Chord "Killer Joe" Voicing Homework Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, “transpose” this voicing to all spellings in three musically-useful patterns: Chromatically Ascending: C > Db > D > Eb > E > F … Continue reading Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Killer Joe”
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add #9, drop 5
For a dissonant, edgy sound, play the definitive tones (3, b7), add "the #9", and drop "the 5"... Dominant 7 Chord add #9 drop 5 Voicing Notice that "sharp 9" is the very same note as "flat 3". The distinctive major-minor harmonic tension between the natural 3 (major sound) and flat 3 (minor sound) gives this … Continue reading Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add #9, drop 5
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add 13, drop 5
For an open, "fourthy" sound that works great in Jazz Blues, play the two definitive tones (3, b7), add "the 13", and drop "the 5"... Dominant 7 Chord add 13 drop 5 Voicing Homework Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, “transpose” this voicing to all spellings in three musically-useful patterns: Chromatically … Continue reading Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add 13, drop 5
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add 9, drop 5
For an open sound that works great for Jazz Blues, drop "the 5" and play the two definitive tones (3, b7) plus "the 9"... Dominant 7 Chord add 9 drop 5 Voicing Homework Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, “transpose” this voicing to all spellings in three musically-useful patterns: Chromatically Ascending: … Continue reading Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7, add 9, drop 5
Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”
For a full, simple, and open sound, voice the Dominant 7th Chord as a perfect 5th in the left hand and the Tritone formed by the definitive tones (3, b7) in the right... Dominant 7 Chord Definitive Tones Over Perfect 5th Voicing Homework Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, “transpose” this voicing … Continue reading Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”