TheoryWorks II: Chords

  • 1

    Sight Singing and Harmony: Chords, Chord Progressions, and Making the Cut

    • Welcome!

    • Thinking Bigger
  • 2

    Building Chords

    • Spotting Major and Minor Thirds

    • Major and Minor Triads

    • Augmented and Diminished Triads

    • Triad Inversions

    • QUIZ: Triads
  • 3

    Playing Piano from Lead Sheet

    • Playing from Chord Symbols

    • Breaking Up the Chord: Accompaniment Patterns

    • Analyzing Harmony Over Time

    • Chords: Ear Training Assignment

    • Chords Written Assignment: Playing Piano from Chord Symbols
  • 4

    Chord Progressions

    • The Grammar of Chords

    • Roman Numerals

    • Chord Progressions in a Major Key

    • Chord Progressions in a Minor Key

    • Chromatic Chords

    • Dominant 7th Chords

    • Other Extended Chords

    • Finishing the Sentence: Cadences

    • QUIZ: Chord Progressions

    • Chord Progressions Assignment: Analyzing "You Oughta Be Here With Me"
  • 5

    Song Form and Making the Cut

    • Know Your Form!

    • Spotting the Sections

    • Verses, Choruses, and Bridges

    • Repeats & Endings

    • Da Capos and Dal Segnos

    • Warm Up: Mapping the Form in "Give My Regards to Broadway"

    • Making the Cut Assignment: Create an Audition Cut for "Suddenly Seymour"
  • 6

    The Final Project: "You Can Drive a Person Crazy"

    • Final Assignment: "You Can Drive a Person Crazy"

    • The Last Step: Pass on the Love to Your Buddies and Friends

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