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Learn Piano Level 6 – Intermediate Level – Continue to learn how to reharmonize a song from its basic structure using only Basic Major Chords in Away in A Manger.
We are now moving into more advanced piano playing in this Reharmonization Series. Many of my students love piano bar music and they want to capture those cocktail sounds in their music arrangement. Did you know that it is not difficult at all to create those sounds? If you are following this Reharmonization series, make sure you grasp the concept of Dominant Chords & Secondary Dominant Chords in Level 5.
Here’s the Secret: To get into cool jazzy style of playing, you need to focus on the dominant chords and secondary dominant chords. Learn to just alter one tone, and that tone will create that cocktail sound that you want to hear in your music. Cocktail style of music functions and moves in the Circle movement of 6-2-5-1. The TRICK is to alter a tone in some of these dominant chords.
In this course, you are going to learn Music Tips to alter a tone in the dominant chords to create the cocktail sound in piano bar music. This is just the ‘beginning’ of learning basic music fundamentals to create cocktail sounds. Learn Piano Level 6 is part of a series of a 10 Level course. So if you are a beginner, you will need Learn Piano Level 1 to Level 5 to give you that foundation to do chord substitution to secondary dominants. This is the 6th level of reharmonizing “Away in a Manger” to Level 6. Keyboard diagrams and charts will not include the earlier levels.
As a bonus, I am going to show you a few RUNS from simple to advanced to help you reach the cocktail runs so that you can put them freely into your music. This section is entirely a BONUS, a gift to you, as this section itself is already a course on its own.
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The following 16 Topics are covered:
1. Know your Dominant 7 Chords
2. Know your Dominant 9 Chords
3. Know how to Alter Dominant Chords
4. Dominant Chords – Can alter 2 tones – 5th and 9th
5. To get the Cocktail sound – alter the 9th tone to b9
6. Music Formula for Dominant 7, Dominant 9, Dominant 7b9
7. Work on the 4 Dominant Chords in Away in A Manger
8. Altering the Four Dominant 9 Chords – G7, C7, D7 A7
9. 4 Chord Substitutions in Away in A Manger
10. Step 1: Substitute G7b9
11. Step 2: Substitute C7b9
12. Step 3: Substitute D7b9
13. Step 4: Substitute A7b9
14. Voicing Tricks to Play 5 Tone 7b9 Chords
15. Understand Diminished 7 Chords
16. Rolling Runs Techniques
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38 Music Theory Tips
Music Theory Tip 1: Altering Only One tone in dominant chords
Music Theory Tip 2: Major 7 vs Dominant 7
Music Theory Tip 3: Major 9 vs Dominant 9
Music Theory Tip 4. Dominant 7 vs Dominant 9
Music Theory Tip 5: Altered Dominant Chords – can alter 2 tones
Music Theory Tip 6: Flat the 9th tone
Music Theory Tip 7: C9 and C7b9 in Written Music – 5 notes
Music Theory Tip 8. Formula Patterns in Dominant Chords
Music Theory Tip 9: Piano Demo to the Dominant Chords Formula
Music Theory Tip 10: G9, C9, D9 A9
Music Theory Tip 11. G9 to G7b9
Music Theory Tip 12: D9 to D7b9
Music Theory Tip 13: A9 to A7b9
Music Theory Tip 14: C9 to C7b9
Music Theory Tip 15: Start susbstituting with Primary Dominant Chord
Music Theory Tip 16: Find places to substitute G7b9
Music Theory Tip 17: Two melody tones clash with G7b9
Music Theory Tip 18: Substitute G7b9 into Away In A Manger
Music Theory Tip 19: Transfer G7b9 into chord chart
Music Theory Tip 20: Finger Trick to play 7b9 – 5 tone chords
Music Theory Tip 21: Finger Tricks to play G7b9
Music Theory Tip 22: Big Secret Tip: Right Hand plays diminished 7 Chords
Music Theory Tip 23: Different ways to write diminished chords
Music Theory Tip 24: Symmetrical diminished 7 Chords: WWWB, WWBW, WBWW, BWWW
Music Theory Tip 25: Playing symmetrical diminished Chords
Music Theory Tip 26: Finger Tricks: LH plays bass + RH plays diminished 7 chords
Music Theory Tip 27: Distinguish between a C Major Chord & C7
Music Theory Tip 28: Find the 2 C7s in Away in A Manger
Music Theory Tip 29: The 2 tones that clash with C7b9
Music Theory Tip 30: Substitute C7b9 in Away in A manger
Music Theory Tip 31: Identify the 4 diminished chords in C7b9
Music Theory Tip 32: Find places to put in D7b9
Music Theory Tip 33: The 2 tones that clash with D7b9
Music Theory Tip 34: Substituting D7b9 in Away In A Manger
Music Theory Tip 35. Piano Demo on why D7b9 does not work
Music Tip 36: Find places to substitute A7b9
Music Tip 37: Two melody tones that clash with A7b9
Music Theory Tip 38: Substituting A7b9 into Away in A Manger
Bonus Piano Techniques: Rolling Runs from Simple to Advanced Cocktail Run
Piano Technique Tip 1: Simple Triad Rolling Waves
Piano Technique Tip 2: Simple Rolling Waves Coming Down
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Rosa
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