Ever wonder how some people are able to add lots of chords to what seems like a simple chord progression? Have you ever wanted to add interesting chords to the songs you play, but not sure how? In this video, we explore 9 different passing chord concepts and how to apply them to exponentially improve your playing! Here is the link to the midi files and sheet music http://www.skilledmusician.com/checko… Please use the timestamps below to access specific endings as the video is a longer one.
#0 – The Foundation – 1:50 #1 – Chromatic Passing Chord – 2:55 #2 – The Diminished Passing Chord – 6:16#2b – The Diminished Scale – 9:34 #3 – Secondary Dominant Passing Chords – 10:27 #4 – Tritone Substitution – 12:28 #5 – ii-V-I Passing Chords – 14:47 #6 – Backdoor Progression Passing Chords – 17:02 #7 – Parallel Motion Passing Chords – 19:16 #8 – Using The Melody – 20:58 #9 – Corey’s Special Passing Chords – 25:24 Outro – 28:47 Software Used A software program called Chordie by a guy on YouTube named Matkat Music. Here are my affiliate links to the software in case you want to purchase it – (For Windows) https://gumroad.com/a/612676723/ZBQGv or (For Mac) https://gumroad.com/a/612676723/lmSkV Social Media Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/skilledmusi… Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/skilledmusician
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Sometimes as a pianist it’s easy to get ‘trapped’ in just a few keys that you feel comfortable with. That’s not necessarily a problem, but it can mean that you find yourself in trouble if you’re playing piano in a band, or accompanying a singer, and you’re asked to play in a more difficult key – working the chords out on paper is straightforward enough, but you can find that they don’t fall under your fingers on the piano keyboard as easily as chords do in more familiar keys. In this tutorial I look at a simple exercise you can do to get familiar with the different chord shapes in every major key (and ever minor key, if you use a minor chord progression).
I Write The Music 