Chords & Chord Progressions: Why Study Chords and Chord Progressions?

The study of Chords and Chord Progressions, done right, is essential to understanding how the overwhelming majority of music works.

Studying and practicing chords like a musician–using all four of your musical intelligences–ears, intellect, eyes, and muscles–…

1. Prepares you to recognize chords when you hear them.
2. Prepares you to recognize chords when you see them in written music.
3. Elevates your music reading from “painting-by-number” to deep understanding.
4. Enables you to internalize music based on meaningful patterns, not brute force note-by-note memorization.
5. Deepens your visuospatial awareness of the keyboard.
6. Develops your piano technique.
7. Expands your ability to play by ear.
8. Broadens your chord vocabulary for composition and improvisation.
9. Enables you to transpose like a pro.

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