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Offline monalisa

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question concerning chord progressions
« on: December 21, 2005, 01:14:31 AM »
im trying my hardest to understand chord progression,and i cant seem to figure it out,could someone please help,i do have an example


in the key of c
1 c maj  c e g or e g c or g c e

4 f maj   f a c or  a c f or  c f a
IS THIS THE RIGHT IDEA?USING ANY INVERSION OF THE CHORD
7 b dim
3 e min
6 a min
2 g maj
1 c maj

can i use any inverson of these chords ? when i do play them they doesnt sound like much,could someone please tell me or point me out to how a chord progression is suppose to sound like,I WOULD PREFER TP SEE SOMEONE PLAY ONE,BUT ILL TAKE WHATEVER I CAN GET


THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT
MONALISA

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Re: question concerning chord progressions
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2005, 08:26:07 AM »
Quote from: monalisa
im trying my hardest to understand chord progression,and i cant seem to figure it out,could someone please help,i do have an example


in the key of c
1 c maj  c e g or e g c or g c e

4 f maj   f a c or  a c f or  c f a
IS THIS THE RIGHT IDEA?USING ANY INVERSION OF THE CHORD
7 b dim
3 e min
6 a min
2 g maj
1 c maj

can i use any inverson of these chords ? when i do play them they doesnt sound like much,could someone please tell me or point me out to how a chord progression is suppose to sound like,I WOULD PREFER TP SEE SOMEONE PLAY ONE,BUT ILL TAKE WHATEVER I CAN GET


THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT
MONALISA



You are on the right track. Each number in a progression represents a note in the scale you're using.

One correction, in your post you said that a 2 = G maj. That is incorrect, a 2 in C maj is D min; a 5 in C maj is G maj.

And, no it doesn't matter what inversion of the chord you're playing.

I hope this helps,
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question concerning chord progressions
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2005, 09:40:40 AM »
You can use any inversion u want to, but I suggest u play the closest inversions of your chords.  What I mean by that, is if two chords have one note in common, keep one finger on that note for both chords and move your other two fingers. Example:

C major = C-E-G (1)
G major = G-B-D (5)

Now look, both C major and G major have the note G in common.  So, keep one finger on G, and switch your other fingers:

C-E-G (1)
B-D-G (5)

E-G-C (1)
D-G-B (5)

G-C-E (1)
G-B-D (5)

You see that?  G stays the same for both chords.  The point of that is so you don't have to move your hands a lot and it will sound more smooth.

For more examples of progressions go to the Practice Room and look for my posts on Basic Chord Progressions and More Advanced Chord Progressions to get even more.
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Re: question concerning chord progressions
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2005, 10:25:03 AM »
Quote from: monalisa
im trying my hardest to understand chord progression,and i cant seem to figure it out,could someone please help,i do have an example


in the key of c
1 c maj  c e g or e g c or g c e

4 f maj   f a c or  a c f or  c f a
IS THIS THE RIGHT IDEA?USING ANY INVERSION OF THE CHORD
7 b dim
3 e min
6 a min
2 g maj
1 c maj

can i use any inverson of these chords ? when i do play them they doesnt sound like much,could someone please tell me or point me out to how a chord progression is suppose to sound like,I WOULD PREFER TP SEE SOMEONE PLAY ONE,BUT ILL TAKE WHATEVER I CAN GET


THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT
MONALISA


Hi Monalisa,
You seem to have the understanding of how to form your inversions of the different chords which is good.
Now to make them sound smother and flow better you must learn to use the inversion that is closest to the chord you are traveling from.
I teach my students to start off by looking at the chord you start with it doen't matter which inversion you're using, next you decide which  two notes to move to form the chord you want to go to.
So you only move the nessasary notes then you will start to see the conection between and within the chords you are playing and why the progression works (they are all tied together by some common denominator).
ex.
in the root position the chords seem disconected so this is where the inversions come in.

If you want to play a 7 3 6 progression in the key of Cmaj.

you wrote
B dim
E min
A min
If played in the root postition it sound uhggg!
so if we use the inversions and only move the ness note almost always leaveing  one note still we get:

B/BDF
E/BEG
A/CEA


Try to see the conection where the B stays put from the first chord to the second and the E stays put from the Second to the third .

The conection for the bass is ofcourse the circle of fiths.

Now you wanted to continue on with 2 and then 1


B/BDF
E/BEG
A/CEA


You made a slight mistake the two is a D and not the G which is the 5.
So I'm not sure if you wanted to go 736 251 or just 21 eaither way will work depending on the sound you're trying to acheive.

so if it's just 2 1 then we continue on where we left off.

D min and Cadd2

D/DFA
C/DEG


once again notice that I left the D (the 2 of C) in place to connect better to the C chord it adds a nice feel to the sound .

Now if you ment to do 251 then I would end with the C on top following the 5 chord a G.

D/DFA
G/DGB
C/EGC


I know this seems like a lot but take the time to go over it and let it settle in and you will start to see the progression easily.

Now I want you to play the same progression with some added notes by using minor seventh chords and major seventh chords
In the minor seventh chord we will use the dominant seventh of in the case of the first chord Bdim we will use a Bm7, the dom 7th of B is A

the chord will be
B/ADGb  (notice it's just a D chord in second inversion with a B bass)
next chord Em7 (G chord 1st invers with an E bass)
E/BDG

next chord Am7 (C chord root posit with an A bass)
A/CEG

next chord Dm7 ( F chord 2nd invers D bass)
D/CFA

Now from here you can drop right to the 1 Cadd2 or add in the 5 G7

the one Cadd2
C/DEG

the five one G7, Cadd2
G/DFB

C/DGC

Lastly try this as and alternate for the last chord.
You will stack one chord over the other the chords will be the I and the V
1 and 5 maj chords played in left hand root position right hand 2nd inversion.
The basic chor will be a Cmaj7

so
LH/RH
CEG/DGB

This will give a nice smooth ending to the sound.

I will post a link for a video later when I get a chance hope this helps for now.
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