Choose with melody and identify the chord-progressions.
Choose without melody and improvise, playing phrases that defines the chords
See the chords used in the bottom of the page
With melody C instrument (demo)
No melody C instrument (demo)
The chords in the exercises can be extended
(6th, 9th, or 11th ) within the scale.
Optional chords:
Answer:
Chords: The tonal cadence.
Tonic. 1. step
Subdominant. 4. step
Dominant. 5. step
Tonic-parallel 6. step. (b3. step)
Subdominant-parallel 2. step (b6. step)
The chords are written as triads in rootposition - except the dominant: notated with a seventh.
The chords in the exercises can be extended
(6th, 9th, or 11th ) within the scale.
C-major can e.g. be extended like this:
G7 can e.g. be extended like this:
Chord-progression:
Choose exercise with melody
Find the root and order of the chords in the exercise, playing rootnote, other chord tones
( third , fifth, etc ) or use a scale.
Focus on the bas, it’s often playing the root.
Find the order of the chords in the exercise.
Improvising on chords:
Improvising on chords:.
Improvise - e.g. using notes from the scale.
Play phrases that defines the chords in the exercise - use chord tones or scales.
Practise playing the chord tones ( arpeggio’s ) of the written chords, before improvising.
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