6 Easy Tricks to Make ONE Piano Chord Last a Long Time (Major or Minor)
In this piano tutorial, we learn 6 techniques to elongate a single chord, Major or Minor, to make our music sound rememberable and more creative. Here's what we'll cover: suspended chords, add chords and extensions, floating thirds, plagal and authentic cadence, quartal and quintal voicing, and melodic lines. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 01:24 - Introduction 02:51 - Let’s pick a Key - D 03:30 - 1. Moving with Suspended Chords 04:55 - Starting with a Minor Chord 05:11 - Building of Chord Progression 05:50 - Different Inversions 07:42 - Quartal Voicing 08:12 - 2. Adding Chords 08:23 - Usage of Arpeggios 10:26 - Other Add Notes 13:47 - 3. Floating Thirds D Major 16:54 - Floating Thirds with Minors & Modes 17:48 - 4. Plagal & Authentic Cadences 21:14 - 5. Quartal & Quintal 23:53 - 6. Join Forces with Melody & Rhythm 27:31 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SuspendedChords #QuartalVoicings #PianoChords
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