How To Play modern Gospel Chords

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Today i'm going to link you to a powerful video that will help you improve in your gospel chords within 30mins. This video is titled  TRANSFROMULA SYSTEM by Kevin KC Conley.

This video will make you improve and also help your playing bring down the atmosphere of worship.

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A Beginner’s Guide To Reading Sheet Music (and Sight-Reading!)

Written by: HEAR AND PLAY GROUP

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Many musicians who play by ear dream of being able to read music. There are countless pieces of complex music, especially in classical music that are fairly difficult to play by ear. Knowing how to read music opens the doors for being able to play anything you want as long as you can find the sheet music. Reading music is also an excellent brain exercise.
So, with all these great things that come with learning how to read music, what are we waiting for? Let’s jump right into the basics. We will begin with a basic understanding of how to read the notes on a sheet of music.


1. The Grand Staff. Music is notated on what we call the grand staff. Each note written on the grand staff tells us exactly which key to play. As shown below, the Grand Staff consists of a treble clef and bass clef . The treble clef is played with your right hand, and the bass clef is played with your left hand.

2. Locating Middle C and Reading Notes.
Middle C is our anchor of note reading. Many beginner pieces will begin on Middle C.
Here is what Middle C looks like on the staff in sheet music.

Here is Middle C on the keyboard. It is the fourth C from the left. You can find the first C by counting three notes in from the left side of a full, 88 key keyboard.

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The Application Of The Major Seventh Sharp Five Chord: In The Formation Of Dominant Chords

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If you want to learn how to form a dominant chord using the major sevent sharp five chord, then this lesson is for you.

Dominant chords are important in harmony for a variety of reasons – notably for its importance in the connection of chords in a chord progression.

Believe it or not, dominant chords are irreplaceable in harmony, and that’s wh gospel musicians invest a lot of time int learning not only how they are applied, but how they are formed as well.

This lesson is designed to show you ho to form dominant chords using the maj seventh sharp five chord.

“What Is A Dominant Chord?”

There are so many ways that the major seventh sharp five chord can be applied But today we’re focusing on it’s application in the formation of dominan chords.

But before we go ahead, “what are dominant chords?”

I want to assume that you have an idea of what a chord is. Therefore, we’ll focu on the definition of the term dominant.

The term dominant is used by music scholars to describe the fifth key component. In every key (whether majo or minor) there are basically eight components.

Check Them Out…

Tonic is the first degree

Supertonic is the second degree

Mediant is the third degree

Sub-dominant is the fourth degree

Dominant is the fifth degree

Sub-mediant is the sixth degree

Sub-tonic is the seventh degree

Octave is the eight degree

Our emphasis is on the fifth degree whi is the dominant. So, the fifth degree in any key (be it a major or minor key) is t

dominant.

In the key of C major:

…where the fifth tone is G:

…all diatonic or scale degree chords founded on the fifth degree which is G a described as dominant chords.

There are basically three classes of dominant chords:


Dominant triads

Dominant seventh chords

Extended dominant chords



Today, we’ll be learning how to form extended dominant chords using the major seventh sharp five chord. But before we do so, let’s take a look at the importance of dominant chords.
A Short Note On The Importance Of Dominant Chords

Dominant chords are important in musi for a variety of reasons which include their affinity for tonic chords. In other words, the dominant chord is the chord that has the greatest affinity for tonic chords which is the chord of the first degree.

This explains why the ending of songs (95 percent of the time) necessitates a chord movement from the fifth degree t the first degree (aka – “the 5-1 chord progression”.) So, the 5-1 progression i the most popular ending of songs in classical and popular music styles as well.

So, we’re focusing on the formation of dominant chords using the major seven sharp five chords in this lesson.
Application #1 – The Formation Of The Dom7 [#9#5] Chord
The C dom7 [#9,#5] chord can be form on any note on the keyboard by playing major seventh sharp five chord a major third (or tenth) above the given root.

Attention: The interval of a major third ( major tenth) is produced by the relationship between the first and third tones of the major scale.
For example, to form the C dom7#9#5 chord, the root is C:

…therefore, playing an E maj7#5 chord:

…over the given root which is C:

…on the bass produces the C dom7 [#9,#5] chord (aka – “altered chord”):

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how to play anointing fall on me Anointing, (Fall fresh on me)

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Today we are going to learn a song titled anointing fall on me Anointing, (Fall fresh on me)

Key of "F"

LH/RH

CG / BbM7 - A
FC / Am7 - NOIN
DA / FGCE - TING
GbC / Bb (PASSING CHORD)
GD / FABbD[BbM7] - FALL ON





CBb / A - ME
FAEb / G - A
EBb / DGBb - NOIN
AG / Dbdim6 - TING
DA / FM7 - FALL ON
GF / E - ME
DbFB / Eb ["LET THE"]
Cm / Bb - POWER OF THE
EbA / G - HOLY GHOST
ADbG / F [PASSING CHORD]
BbF / Dm7 - FALL ON
GDb / Db6(b5) - ME , A - (( how's this turnaround!!))
CG / F - NOIN
AbEb / Cm7 - TING
DbAb / Fm7 - FALL
CG / Bb - ON
FC / DGCE - ME

Note: LH means Left hand and RH means Right hand

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How to use chords to solo hymn songs (exercise 5)

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During the last tutorial (exercise 4) we learnt on Chords categories and Triad inversions.
Today we are going to learn how to use those chords and their triad inversions to solo hymns song.






Hope you enjoy the last tutorial exercise 4☺😉? Yes i did! !

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Let's get started!!!!!

When using chords to solo songs, you must know the right chord inversions for the solfa note. for instance:

DO:      MI + SO + DO

RE:      FA + LA + RE    etc.

sometimes, most Pianists  make this mistakes by assuming that when soloing with chords the note will be in it root version.






example

DO:      DO + MI + SO

RE:       RE + FA + LA

MI:       MI + SO + TI.  and so on.....







It very wrong using that technique  when soloing because those chords above are not voicing the note played. like the DO note, it SOH that is voicing out instead of DO. So i will be showing you the right chords for soloing each note when playing a hymn song.

RIGHT CHORD FOR SOLOING HYMN SONG




DO:     MI + SO + DO

RE:      FA + LA + RE

MI:      SO + DO+ MI

FA:      LA + DO + FA

SO:      DO + MI + SO

LA:      DO + FA + LA

TI:       RE + SO + TI

DO:     MI + SO + DO

Hope you understand? No.. it confusing😞
     
      If you have any issue please refresh your reading.. OK... Good!! Let move on.
 

    Look very carefully above, you will notice that some of the chords are another solfa note chord e.g MI, SO, LA, TI... that positions are very correct when soloing a hymn song with chord. You will notice that the last note of all the chords above ends with the solfa note " DO RE MI FA SO LA TI DO" which means that the chords are voicing the note.
 
    The best way to master those chords placement is constant rehearsals because it will take time for your brain to adjust to it due to how you have been playing before..

we are going to use those chords to solo a simple song we all know "MARY HAVE A LITTLE LAMB"

So let play the note together very slow;

MI RE DO RE MI MI MI

RE RE RE MI MI MI

MI RE DO RE MI MI MI

MI RE DO MI RE DO.




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Now with the the actual chord i gave above for soloing a song, let us apply it to our song that we are about to learn. 

NOTE: any note played, use the chord that is voicing the note above.


LH            RH                     LH            RH

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         RE:      FA + LA + RE

DO:     MI + SO + DO         RE:      FA + LA + RE

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         MI:      SO + DO+ MI

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         RE:      FA + LA + RE

RE:      FA + LA + RE        RE:      FA + LA + RE







MI:      SO + DO+ MI         MI:      SO + DO+ MI

MI:      SO + DO + MI.

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         RE:      FA + LA + RE

DO:     MI + SO + DO         RE:      FA + LA + RE

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         MI:      SO + DO+ MI

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         MI:      SO + DO+ MI      

RE:      FA + LA + RE         DO:     MI + SO + DO

MI:      SO + DO+ MI         RE:      FA + LA + RE

DO:     MI + SO + DO 

NOTE: LH means LEFT HAND and RH means RIGHT HAND.

Hope you understood all we just did now? YES I UNDERSTOOD☺.... Very good👏

By constant practices you will be able to play it well on all the 12 keys and you will notice that your gospel playing and solo has increased.

Please to help yourself improve faster, practice all the chords on all the 12 keys with time u will increase with speed.. learn other songs or hymn with this technique above.


Hope you understood all we treated today? YES I UNDERSTOOD☺.... Very good👏

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