music notation showing various chord voicings

Why Study Chords?

The study of Chords, done right, is essential to understanding how an enormous amount of music works and will make you a …

The time and energy spent studying and practicing Chords using all four 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 visio-spatial awareness of the keyboard.
  6. Develops your piano technique.
  7. Expands your ability to play by ear.
  8. Broadens your vocabulary for improvisation.
  9. Enables you to transpose like a pro.

learn more… Melody & Harmony

4 responses to “Why Study Chords?”

  1. Great stuff…I have only just found the delights of learning to play, late in life and..all this is therefore waiting to be fully understood by me.

    1. Thanks so much for the words of appreciation, Paula. (and for all the likes too!). It gives me a deep satisfaction when artists like you discover my work and share in the delights of learning to play! All the best!

  2. Im so happy to find this online I teach this in a different way to my students and also use this in my own playing .

    1. Thanks for checking in and sharing, Lisa. It’s always nice to meet other teachers. May I ask how you teach this concept. I am always open to learning new ideas.

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