Diminished 7th Chords – How They Are Formed & What They Do
One of the most useful chords of all is the diminished 7th chord
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False endings: Deceptive cadences
Sometimes in piano playing it’s nice to play a little trick on the listener by moving to a chord they don’t exepect.
Continue reading →7th chords: How many are there?
There are many different kinds of 7th chords in music
Continue reading →Diminished 7th chords: Doorways to everywhere
Diminished 7th chords are wonderments that do so many different things in music — they are nearly inexaustible. There are only 3 diminished 7th chords because all the rest are simply inversions of those 3.
Continue reading →Improvising on the piano: Arranging songs on the spot
Improvising on the piano involves several factors, but the most notable factor is the creation of a new melody while using the same chord progressions.
Continue reading →Scales: Chromatic, Whole Tone & Pentatonic Scales
A podcast dealing with Chromatic, Whole Tone & Pentatonic Scales
Continue reading →What Can You Do With Just 4 Piano Notes?
What Can You Do With Just 4 Piano Notes?
Continue reading →Piano fills: The easiest kind of fill in piano playing
There are countless things you can do to “fill up the empty spaces” in your piano playing
Continue reading →Learn Music: A Birdseye View Of Music in 5-Minutes For Beginners
Music can be so complex and multi-faceted that it’s no wonder that the average person is lost when it comes to a basic understanding of what music is.
Continue reading →The Musical Canon: A musical form similar to a “round”
The canon (not a big gun) is a musical form.
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