block chords

[seemunny]

seemunny...u shocked me... u didn't say anything smart.... lol (I'm just playing)

I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN' SMART!!  ....I'm highly offendenated!! 

And you ain't shocked by me, you shocked cause you didn't dry yo hands when you plugged that toaster in! lol





















It don't take but a second to grab a towel! lol

[musallio]

I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN' SMART!!  ....I'm highly offendenated!! 

And you ain't shocked by me, you shocked cause you didn't dry yo hands when you plugged that toaster in! lol





















It don't take but a second to grab a towel! lol

wOW!!!
A choice between watching Chris Rock live vs C$$, I'd go for C$$$
This is very witty indeed..ROFL

You & Fenix should compile a stand-up comedian vid..I can do the editing

special guests  could be Sjon, Wolfman & LaRue

[musallio]

T-block & Mus, i was merely replying to these two combined statements:

Those two statements together inadvertently ran the risk of making it seem as if "block chords" are exclusively what beginners do, and that one would have to "move away from or beyond" them in order to ADVANCE and "add spice" to their playing.

So i merely wanted to clarify to everyone on the thread to not fall in error and start seeing it like that if this is someone's first time hearing about block chords. But rather to understand that "block chords" can be used by both beginner & advanced players alike, but they will sound differently depending on how you use them - either in the "beginner way" or the "advanced way".

T-block you subsequently successfully covered this, and Musallio i only stated that this might be "fresh" to you, simply going by the words in your statement above that i quoted in red. And i just didn't want anyone reading this thread, who may be hearing about block chords for the first time, to mistakenly see "half the picture" of what block chords are, by thinking that they're just "something that beginners do".

So, Mus, i wasn't trying to be "clairvoyant" or trying to "guess when you learned" about block chords. lol,...........i was just replying to the "words" i read.

Oh man , U're such an eloquent writer I was so disappointed to reach the end of this bcos 'twas all so exciting...it didn't feel like I'd just read an essay..if only Auditing felt the same..hehe
Man, I wouldn't be surprised if you have a background in Philosophy or political science..lol..

But seriously, I should challenge you more, just for the sake of getting those royal statements off U

[seemunny]

Oh man , U're such an eloquent writer I was so disappointed to reach the end of this bcos 'twas all so exciting...it didn't feel like I'd just read an essay..if only Auditing felt the same..hehe
Man, I wouldn't be surprised if you have a background in Philosophy or political science..lol..

But seriously, I should challenge you more, just for the sake of getting those royal statements off U

HAHAHA! Well then Mus, i'm gonna have to keep it going longer next time, and pretend that i know what i'm talkin' about! 

I'll have to do like what Kevin "KC" Conley says: "Fake It Til You Make It!" 

[seemunny]

seemunny...u shocked me... u didn't say anything smart.... lol (I'm just playing)

I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN' SMART!!  ....I'm highly offendenated!! 

And you ain't shocked by me, you shocked cause you didn't dry yo hands when you plugged that toaster in! lol





















It don't take but a second to grab a towel! lol

wOW!!!
A choice between watching Chris Rock live vs C$$, I'd go for C$$$
This is very witty indeed..ROFL

You & Fenix should compile a stand-up comedian vid..I can do the editing

special guests  could be Sjon, Wolfman & LaRue

HAHAHA!! A few million Mus's around the globe, and it's Limousine's, champagne, and CAVIAR, man! 
Even though i might not like caviar. lol....i think it just comes already attached to richness! lol

[divinemusician]

I DIDN'T SAY NOTHIN' SMART!!  ....I'm highly offendenated!! 

And you ain't shocked by me, you shocked cause you didn't dry yo hands when you plugged that toaster in! lol




It don't take but a second to grab a towel! lol

lol

[Virtuenow]

Um, I thought block chords were simply the act of rolling the chords you are [already] playing and holding them down.  I guess there is a 'lil more to it than I first learned in my college music course.  Could someone explain the difference between appreggio (sp) and block chords-- for some reason I thought they were the same thing. 

P.S. I'm glad someone opened a discussion on block chords b/c I was curious of its placement in my musical repertoire.

[seemunny]

Um, I thought block chords were simply the act of rolling the chords you are [already] playing and holding them down.  I guess there is a 'lil more to it than I first learned in my college music course.  Could someone explain the difference between appreggio (sp) and block chords-- for some reason I thought they were the same thing. 

P.S. I'm glad someone opened a discussion on block chords b/c I was curious of its placement in my musical repertoire.

There may be more than one definition, but one is...when there is a melody with a "single note", just put the others notes to it as harmony. So instead of playing the melody as a "single note", you're playing the melody in "chords". Or one can say that you're "harmonizing" the melody.

There may be a beginner version of this, and an advanced version. But the advanced version is often used in jazz. They will take solos using block chords.

However, arpeggios, or "to arpeggiate" means to play a chord "one note at a time", not all at once or simultaneously.

[Virtuenow]

However, arpeggios, or "to arpeggiate" means to play a chord "one note at a time", not all at once or simultaneously.

So is this a legatto versus stacatto thing?  Are block chords the legatto (long/flowing notes that you sustain); arpreggios the short choppy notes-- where you don't hold down the notes down at the end----> all esle being equal?

[musicmajordjs]

wai is going on 

[Virtuenow]

wai is going on 

What is going on in what sense?  Or is this a greeting?  If so, I am fine...just trying to figure out all of this confusing theory stuff!  Arpreggios are not quite how I thought them to be, however.  I did have T explain it to me-- but i forgot 

Or if you are confused about my question or the topic--I can't help you as I am wating on a response from someone more knowledgeable.

[T-Block]

Um, I thought block chords were simply the act of rolling the chords you are [already] playing and holding them down.  I guess there is a 'lil more to it than I first learned in my college music course.  Could someone explain the difference between appreggio (sp) and block chords-- for some reason I thought they were the same thing. 

P.S. I'm glad someone opened a discussion on block chords b/c I was curious of its placement in my musical repertoire.

O.K. Toya, here what u are describing is what's called a roll.  A roll is when u play a chord one note a time, but as u press each note of the chord u hold it down.

A block chord in it's most basic form is simply playing a chord for each melody note.  Think about word for word chording, which I know u like to do, LOL.  Like C$ said, there is an "advanced" use of block chords, when the full chords are played in the LH while the RH is running scales and soloing over the chords.  This is most widely used in jazz music.

An arpeggio is playing a chord one note at a time, but here u don't hold down each note as in a roll.

So is this a legatto versus stacatto thing?  Are block chords the legatto (long/flowing notes that you sustain); arpreggios the short choppy notes-- where you don't hold down the notes down at the end----> all esle being equal?

If u wanna think of it as legato vs. stacatto, then the roll is the legato and the arpeggio is the staccato.

[Virtuenow]

O.K. Toya, here what u are describing is what's called a roll.  A roll is when u play a chord one note a time, but as u press each note of the chord u hold it down.

A block chord in it's most basic form is simply playing a chord for each melody note.  Think about word for word chording, which I know u like to do, LOL.  Like C$ said, there is an "advanced" use of block chords, when the full chords are played in the LH while the RH is running scales and soloing over the chords.  This is most widely used in jazz music.

An arpeggio is playing a chord one note at a time, but here u don't hold down each note as in a roll.

If u wanna think of it as legato vs. stacatto, then the roll is the legato and the arpeggio is the staccato.

Thanks T!  I will get an example from you the next time we talk!  I am slowly but surely getting out of the one note-for-note chording!  But this Block and Arpeggio thing sounds pretty cool.  I've got some cool new songs I learned (India Arie, Kirk Franklin, Mighty Clouds of Joy) i want to show you also ().  Hope to add this style to the songs I already know and the ones I'm learning.

Still praying,

Toya

[seemunny]

O.K. Toya, here what u are describing is what's called a roll.  A roll is when u play a chord one note a time, but as u press each note of the chord u hold it down.

Man, everything got a name to it! lol

The only roll i knew about was:

1) cinnamon roll
2) drum roll
3) rock & roll
4) and even a piano roll (but that's on an old time piano, that plays by itself)

But now i know a brand new roll! (or the given name to it lol)

Virtue, i bet you probably already know all of the above in "practical application", you probably just didn't know the technical names for them. Sometimes "names" can make very simple things sound somewhat "daunting". lol

Because, whenever a person starts playing a piano, before they ever know what to call the different things that they are currently doing, you can bet that somebody has already named it! lol

[musallio]

Man, everything got a name to it! lol

The only roll i knew about was:

1) cinnamon roll
2) drum roll
3) rock & roll
4) and even a piano roll (but that's on an old time piano, that plays by itself)

But now i know a brand new roll! (or the given name to it lol)

Virtue, i bet you probably already know all of the above in "practical application", you probably just didn't know the technical names for them. Sometimes "names" can make very simple things sound somewhat "daunting". lol

Because, whenever a person starts playing a piano, before they ever know what to call the different things that they are currently doing, you can bet that somebody has already named it! lol

Bwahhhahahaha!!