Title of lesson: 'Piano chords'
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The Eleventh and Thirteenth
Not to worry, music stops at the thirteenth note. Let’s put it in an easier way to understand, the 9th, 11th and 13th is mathematically the same as the 2nd, 4th and 6th. So if you have a
chord C add9, it’s ‘quite’ the same as adding a 2nd note to C chord. In summary, the higher number you go (etc. 13th), the nire notes you need to include in a chord. For example: C13
chord will have to include all 1st ,3rd ,5th ,7th ,9th ,11th ,13th notes. Whereas, C11 chord includes everything up to the 11th note only. Because there are just too many chord
combinations, this will be our last page of lesson!
Few important points:
1) Try yourself to form the other combinations of chords, like #5(b9), maj11, maj13(#11), and so on. If you follow the formulas accordingly, you should be able to form any combination
of chords!
2) There is no one specific way to play a chord. All the chord piano diagrams in this lesson are in root position. There are at least 2 inversions for every chord. And for chords with
more than 4 notes, there are several different chord voicings to play with. Every Jazz musician has their preferred chord voicings.
3) If you have to start somewhere, it will be very ideal to memorise the chord formula before you start memorising every chord 1 by 1. Because there are more than a few hundred
different chords, you won't be able to remember all of them until you are very experienced.
4) There are many different formulas to form the same chord. For instance, some formula involves with scales or half steps or other numbers, etc. Stick to one formula you prefer that
is easy for you to understand.
5) Although there may be hundreds of different chords, there are only 12 different notes. And that means, mathematically, many of the chords are similar to one and other. Sometimes
when chords get a little huge for example a Cmaj13, you should break it up into 2 separate chords, and learn it that way. Another example, although there are 12 dim7th chords, every
four dim7th chords are completely identical to each other. That makes life so much easier, because you only need to memorize one dim7th chord to know all four dim7th chords.
6) The best way to learn chords is to apply them in a song, rather than to play all of them in series of practise (1by1). For instance, grab a new song. Perhaps out of the 10 chords in
that new song, you already know 8 of them. When you attempt to play the 2 chords are unsure of, you will be better in remembering them, because you actually apply the chords to a
song that you can already play 80% of it (8/10)
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For all levels | You are at Page 10 of 10 <1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | FIRST PAGE>
The Eleventh and Thirteenth
Not to worry, music stops at the thirteenth note. Let’s put it in an easier way to understand, the 9th, 11th and 13th is mathematically the same as the 2nd, 4th and 6th. So if you have a
chord C add9, it’s ‘quite’ the same as adding a 2nd note to C chord. In summary, the higher number you go (etc. 13th), the nire notes you need to include in a chord. For example: C13
chord will have to include all 1st ,3rd ,5th ,7th ,9th ,11th ,13th notes. Whereas, C11 chord includes everything up to the 11th note only. Because there are just too many chord
combinations, this will be our last page of lesson!
Few important points:
1) Try yourself to form the other combinations of chords, like #5(b9), maj11, maj13(#11), and so on. If you follow the formulas accordingly, you should be able to form any combination
of chords!
2) There is no one specific way to play a chord. All the chord piano diagrams in this lesson are in root position. There are at least 2 inversions for every chord. And for chords with
more than 4 notes, there are several different chord voicings to play with. Every Jazz musician has their preferred chord voicings.
3) If you have to start somewhere, it will be very ideal to memorise the chord formula before you start memorising every chord 1 by 1. Because there are more than a few hundred
different chords, you won't be able to remember all of them until you are very experienced.
4) There are many different formulas to form the same chord. For instance, some formula involves with scales or half steps or other numbers, etc. Stick to one formula you prefer that
is easy for you to understand.
5) Although there may be hundreds of different chords, there are only 12 different notes. And that means, mathematically, many of the chords are similar to one and other. Sometimes
when chords get a little huge for example a Cmaj13, you should break it up into 2 separate chords, and learn it that way. Another example, although there are 12 dim7th chords, every
four dim7th chords are completely identical to each other. That makes life so much easier, because you only need to memorize one dim7th chord to know all four dim7th chords.
6) The best way to learn chords is to apply them in a song, rather than to play all of them in series of practise (1by1). For instance, grab a new song. Perhaps out of the 10 chords in
that new song, you already know 8 of them. When you attempt to play the 2 chords are unsure of, you will be better in remembering them, because you actually apply the chords to a
song that you can already play 80% of it (8/10)
We hope you have benefited from our PBE lesson, as we have spent close to a week creating the 'Piano chords' FREE online piano lesson for you! :>
| ELEVENTH |
| THIRTEENTH |
| C11 |
| C#11 or Db11 |
| D11 |
| D#11 or Eb11 |
| E11 |
| F11 |
| F#11 or Gb11 |
| G11 |
| G#11 or Ab11 |
| A11 |
| A#11 or Bb11 |
| B11 |
| C13 |
| C#13 or Db13 |
| D13 |
| D#13 or Eb13 |
| E13 |
| F13 |
| F#13 or Gb13 |
| G13 |
| G#13 or Ab13 |
| A13 |
| A#13 or Bb13 |
| B13 |
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