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Gospel Instruments => Gospel Keyboard / Piano => Topic started by: Ladyn on February 23, 2007, 02:25:33 PM
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Hello Everyone!
My name is Nichole, and I have been lurking on this site for quite some time now. I really am thankful for all of the resources that this site provides for free! I have been going through Jermaine Griggs course for the last 7 months, and I can say that I am able to play better than I ever thought possible. I am a SAHM of four children, and I homeschool the youngest 2. I practice about 2-3 hours each night after everyone has gone to bed. I have had piano lessons for about 3 years as a child, and then I played trumpet for 8 years. I was also in the school chior for abour 6 years. I learned a lot about music theory during this time so learning to play these past 7 months has been such a joy. I have learned more about theory, and actually understand more application of that theory than I ever did before.
I do have one question that has been puzzling me. As I have been experimenting with different voicings of the 13ths and 11ths I came accross a chord that I do not know how to notate.
C G#/DF and I resolve this back to C Major. What would you call this chord? It looks like a D half dim just from the notes that make up the chord. But the C is on the bottom, would this make it a C chord of some kind? Or is it just a different voicing of the D half Dim.
Thank you
Nichole
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Welcome Nicole to LGM
The chord looks like a dminished chord to me: D F Ab C
Just because C is on the bottom doesn't make it a C Chord. It could be a C chord and not even have a C in it.
Ex:
E Bb / E G B D
C9 chord, but it just doesn't have the root.
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Hi, Nichole... Welcome to LGM!!! ;D
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First of WELCOME to LGM! :)
I think it's a Dm7(b5).
Or maybe a Fm6. :)
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Thank you all so much for your replies. I also thought about Fm6 as a possibility. I guess it depends on it's function in the piece I am playing then.
4Hisglory: Rootless chords always stump me. Am I right to think that a rootless chord is detected by seeing i'ts place in a progression? For example in a 1-6-2-5-1 or in any progression, Looking at the chords that preceed and follow the chord helps you to know what it is. I just always have a very difficult time identifying what a chord is when it is rootless.
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Thanks for all of your help!
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WELCOME TO LGM
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Thank you all so much for your replies. I also thought about Fm6 as a possibility. I guess it depends on it's function in the piece I am playing then.
4Hisglory: Rootless chords always stump me. Am I right to think that a rootless chord is detected by seeing i'ts place in a progression? For example in a 1-6-2-5-1 or in any progression, Looking at the chords that preceed and follow the chord helps you to know what it is. I just always have a very difficult time identifying what a chord is when it is rootless.
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Thanks for all of your help!
Yeah, I know, I do also. :) This is something that comes in time, and your knowledge of chords. But I think it is important to understand becasue if you have a bass player playing, its important for you to understand what you should be doing with your left hand
Lets see if you can understand the basics
We know that C Major chord is:
C E G
http://www.learngospelmusic.com/piano/theorychords.php?op=displayChordType&instrument=Keyboard&types=Major&key=C
and a C Major 7 chord
C E G B
http://www.learngospelmusic.com/piano/theorychords.php?op=displayChordType&instrument=Keyboard&types=Major%207th
Well, that C Major 7th could be played like just
E G B (E minor)
and the bass player could be playing the C.
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Welcome to LGM "Ladyn"
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Welcome to the LGM family "Ladyn".....Be Blessed.
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