Members RockPianoman Posted November 5, 2014 Members Share Posted November 5, 2014 The Piano Keyboard: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vk38pkyi2v...board.jpg?dl=0 If sheet music calls for a 7th, 9th or a 11th, there's an easy way to get them instantly......I'll show my example in the key of D Play two D major chords, one with each hand (D - F# - A)......Move your right hand down one whole step to a C (C - E - G) You're done !!! The chord you are playing will fit when a D7, D9 or a D11 is called for.....This works exactly the same in every key..... Playing the C chord with your right hand, your thumb is the 7th,your middle finger is the 9th, and your pinky is the 11th.....Don't worry about leaving any notes out for any of them as itwill sound good with all the notes..... Guitarists have an edge over keyboardists because scalescan be moved to any fret and barre chords are the same story,but this is an edge that keyboardists have over guitarists.... Another edge keyboardists have is if you play only black keysfrom D# to D# you have a D# minor pentatonic scale whichcan be used to play lead over a D#m and F# chord.....maketwo note chords out of scale notes as you solo....there'sno wrong notes !!!!! Transpose that scale to every key and when the chordchanges in the song you're playing, move to the minorpentatonic for that chord......if a chord passes too quickly,don't worry about it but you basically use the minor pentatonicthat matches whatever chord is currently being played andswitch them when they change..... Playing triplets using this scale adds a lot to a lead too.... If we numbered the scale, the triplets would be: 123 - 234 - 345 - 456 and etc for as many octaves as you want.... NO WRONG NOTES IN THESE SCALES !!!!!! The two black keysC# = DbD# = Eb The three black keysF# = GbG# = AbA# = Bb THE MINOR PENTATONIC SCALE - KEY 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6thD# ---- D# F# G# A# C# D# E ---- E G A B D E F ---- F G# A# C D# F F# ---- F# A B C# E F# G ---- G A# C D F G G# ---- G# B C# D# F# G# A ---- A C D E G A A# ---- A# C# D# F G# A# B ---- B D E F# A B C ---- C D# F G A# C C# ---- C# E F# G# B C# D ---- D F G A C D D# ---- D# F# G# A# C# D# I list only sharps to make them easier to use.....some keys use flats andnot sharps.....the easiest way to know which ones do is they use eithersharps or flats to maintain the alphabet with the note names when playingmajor scales..... F major scale named correctly: F - G - A - Bb - C - D - E - F F major scale named incorrectly F - G - A - A# - C - D - E - F The second one doesn't maintain the alphabet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dan88z Posted November 5, 2014 Members Share Posted November 5, 2014 " ~~If sheet music calls for a 9th, 11th or a 13th, there's an easy way to get them instantly...... I'll show my example in the key of D Play two D major chords, one with each hand (D - F# - A)...... Move your right hand down one whole step to a C (C - E - G) You're done !!! The chord you are playing will fit when a D9, D11 or a D13 is called for..... This works exactly the same in every key..... Playing the C chord with your right hand, your thumb is the 9th, your middle finger is the 11th, and your pinky is the 13th..... Don't worry about leaving any notes out for any of them as it will sound good with all the notes....."That's actually a little incorrect- the C is the 7th, E is the 9th, and G is the 11th. You need a B to make the 13th. My favorite voicing for a 13 chord is Root or root/5th in the left hand and -7th-9th-3rd-13th in the right. So in your D example, the right hand is C-E-F#-B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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