Minor Keys and Tonic Chords

In yesterday’s podcast, we spoke about minor key chords. It was a way of combining a discussion about minor keys and chords in root position. But, we also talked about playing minor chords the way they appear in the ‘popular chord dictionary for piano’, for instance. Have fun! Your homework is below: Practice playing Cminor, […]

Lit or Lilt?

We’ve all heard by now how to use “lit” in a sentence here in the 21st century of pop culture sayings. But, what about the word “lilt” to describe what you’ve heard? If we say that a voice or a piece of music has a ‘lilting’ quality, what do we really mean and how can […]

Another Resource…

Please see another music making resource for your piano lessons below: Popular Chord Dictionary for Piano Thank you for listening to yesterday’s podcast on CMajor Before The Show. Tune in later today for another discussion on music making and wellness on The CMajor Radio Show. Our new poll is listed here: https://PollEv.com/multiple_choice_polls/1hKBX

Chord Progressions Fun

This week’s homework should be fun. First, find A Long Walk — Words and Music by Andre Harris and Jill Scott. The chord progression starts with Bm9, E11, B/C# and then Bm9, Gmaj7/A, B/F# (repeat two more times). That’s just the first 8 measures/bars of the song. If you have time, listen to our discussion […]

Guesswork…Using Chord Charts

It’s guesswork/homework time again…but this time you may use your chord charts. In yesterday’s episode, we talked about chording the notes of a scale. If you play triads on the 1st, 4th & 5th degrees of a scale, we call that playing tonic, subdominant and dominant chords. If you play single notes beginning on the […]