Recommend me books on Chord progressions

[leighbeynon]

OH YEAH, thats what im talking about mate !! fantastic,

[reddvinylene]

Let's start a new thread shall we. Follow the light!

[leighbeynon]

i wanted to ask is, does anyone recommend any sort of pattern i can learn while im on my lunch break to help with keyboard skills ?
like maybe what notes are sharps or flat in the maj scales ??

just while in not in front of my keyboard
aside from hours of practise,

just something i can write down and try to learn like 2nd nature


thanks leigh

[nickn]

The best video I've found on this is 'Understanding the Formula of Music'

http://www.google.com/search?client=ope ... 8&oe=utf-8

He breaks it down to the most common chord progressions you'll actually use rather than spending a lot of time on theory that doesn't have much practical use.

[reddvinylene]

The best video I've found on this is 'Understanding the Formula of Music'

http://www.google.com/search?client=ope ... 8&oe=utf-8

He breaks it down to the most common chord progressions you'll actually use rather than spending a lot of time on theory that doesn't have much practical use.

Appreciate it!

[alienmachine]

Check this one: http://howmusicreallyworks.com/Pages_Ch ... ter_6.html

And scroll down the page....

[reddvinylene]

i wanted to ask is, does anyone recommend any sort of pattern i can learn while im on my lunch break to help with keyboard skills ?
like maybe what notes are sharps or flat in the maj scales ??

just while in not in front of my keyboard
aside from hours of practise,

just something i can write down and try to learn like 2nd nature


thanks leigh

You could try beatboxing while using your voice as leads and basslines. Give you something to bump your head to.

[Max Headroom]

i wanted to ask is, does anyone recommend any sort of pattern i can learn while im on my lunch break to help with keyboard skills ?
like maybe what notes are sharps or flat in the maj scales ??

just while in not in front of my keyboard
aside from hours of practise,

just something i can write down and try to learn like 2nd nature


thanks leigh

2,2,1,2,2,2,1
That's the pattern for how many half steps are between each note in the major scales.

Start with any note, like C. Then mentally count through the numbers above. 2 half steps from C is D. 2 half steps from D is E. 1 half step from E is F.

CDEF - the first four notes in the C Major scale. This is called a tetrachord.

2 half steps from F is G. 2 half steps from G is A. 2 half steps from A is B. 1 half step from B is C.

GABC - the last four notes in the C Major scale. This is another tetrachord.

(You'll find tetrachords are shared across scales - it all ties in to the circle of fifths.)

Put them together and you've got the C Major scale.

Written another way the pattern is:
2,2,1, (This is a tetrachord)
2, (The two tetrachords are 2 half steps apart)
2,2,1 (This is the second tetrachord)

Learning those patterns really felt enlightening to me. If you know all 12 notes (or know what a keyboard looks like), you can easily mentally create any Major scale by applying the pattern. The minor scales have related patterns, as do all the modes. Knowing these allows you to create any of these scales easily. I don't know if they'll help you play any better, but they couldn't hurt.

[rocket34bg]

this thread is very useful

[nrosko]

not sure if this has been posted but this guy is very helpful although a bit of a dork. http://www.youtube.com/user/Lypur

[danika]

http://mugglinw.ipower.com/chordmaps/chordC.htm

this website is very useful indeed, is there any website that has the chord progression chart that a little more basic for new students to music ?

also the chords in the link in the key of c would you be able to just transpose these into different keys rather than needing to see each chord in each key ?

thanks leigh

I realize this is an old thread, but this site seems to have gone away entirely. Does anybody know if it moved somewhere?

[vivies]

Hello leighbeynon,

I can advice you this method ( 3 volumes ) which includes free lessons in harmony,composition,arranging and orchestration )or pdf downloads.
http://www.musiclassroom.com/cours/harmonie.php?lang=en

Concerning the complete study of chords, you will find a dvd + book method that can be seen here or downloaded : ( pdf + flash videos )
http://www.musiclassroom.com/cours/accords.php?lang=en

Ok, hope it will answer to all of your music theory questions.

Bye

[otristan]

http://mugglinw.ipower.com/chordmaps/chordC.htm

this website is very useful indeed, is there any website that has the chord progression chart that a little more basic for new students to music ?

also the chords in the link in the key of c would you be able to just transpose these into different keys rather than needing to see each chord in each key ?

thanks leigh

I realize this is an old thread, but this site seems to have gone away entirely. Does anybody know if it moved somewhere?

No it didn't, there was just an extra space in the URL

The original link
http://mugglinw.ipower.com/chordmaps/chordC.htm
all charts:
http://mugglinw.ipower.com/chordmaps/chartmaps.htm

Cool links btw.

[leighbeynon]

yeah this has been really helpful, i actually understand the roman numerals now,

all chords in the given scale, ok, i -iii - v - i is the progression of chords in that scale,

the 2212221 is also helpful when learning scales, my piano teacher did tell me this one,

i think the basic chords are great but its voicings that are give the chords much more tension,and inversions also using both hands for the chords are interesting,

so much to learn, my teacher basically gets me to read music and play music back to him each week, but i couldnt read music before and now i can, so maybe a book of chord progressions written as notation would be useful to me,

thanks