Creating Other Chord Types

Lesson 8/48 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Keyboard

Creating Other Chord Types

Once you know how to create chords, it is possible to vary them in many different ways. You can substitute individual notes within a chord or add extra notes to the chord. Every time you add or substitute a note, the chord will change its name. It is worth getting a good Jazz music theory book and learning about all the possible types of chords available.

To finish the book, here are two pieces which use basic triads, slash chords, various seventh chords and other variations such as suspended chords (4th degree substituted for the 3rd of the chord). There are no chord symbols written above these pieces, so it is up to you to analyze them and work out what the chords are. Keep practicing, keep listening and keep playing with other musicians.

In this piece the right hand plays arpeggios and broken chords. The basic harmony moves between the chords A, D and A7. Take it slowly at first, and practice the hands separately if you need to.

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1- Chord Inversions 2- Minor Chords 3- The Blues Scale 4- Eighth Note Rhythms 5- Seventh Chords 6- The Triplet 7- Sixteenth Notes 8- Intervals 9- The Major Chord 10- More About Chords and Keys 11- INTRODUCTION 12- 16th Note Studies 13- Approach to Practice 14- Swing Rhythms 15- C Chromatic Scale 16- G7 Chord Inversions 17- Riffs 18- Scale Tone Chords 19- C Minor Chord Inversions 20- Slash Chords 21- Chord Diagrams 22- C Major Chord Inversions 23- Quarter Note Rhythms 24- Creating Minor Chords 25- Minor Keys 26- Syncopation 27- Transposing 28- Listening 29- The Shuffle 30- Creating 7th Chords 31- Interval Types 32- G Major Chord Inversions 33- Basic Equipment 34- Interval Distances 35- Identifying 8th Note Rhythms 36- Seventh Chord Types 37- The G Major Chord 38- Grace Notes 39- Omitting Notes From Chords 40- F Major Chord Inversions 41- Transposing Chords 42- 12 Bar Blues 43- The F Major Chord 44- Guidelines for Using Inversions 45- Using Ties, Pedal Tones 46- Scale Tone Seventh Chords 47- Chord Substitution 48- Creating Other Chord Types

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Creating Other Chord Types