Piano Chord Progressions
Piano Chord Progressions are the key to good music. Some progressions are stronger than others. We want to pick the most appropriate. We won’t go into a massive dissection of piano chords in this article rather we will try to point out the importance of why to learn progressions for the ability to play better.
There are some rules of thumb though that we can cover here. A study of music history can serve as a great source for understanding the origins of good progressions. Most of these roots are found back in the common practice period that actually covers several hundred years of music including baroque, romantic and classic eras.
As a source for where to learn good progressions we review online courses on a regular basis in order to bring insight to this article. This article, while not venturing into a how to actually play chords discussion, does recognize and review courses that do.
In order to play chords which sound good when played as progressions it is important to understand how progressions function. Chord categories include: tonic, dominant, and sub-dominant.
Understanding that then you move to the realization that the three categories work as a well oiled system to form progressions. For example a tonic would move toward either a dominant or sub-dominant type chord. A dominant on the other hand usually seeks a tonic and a sub-dominant toward either a tonic or dominant.
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So in order to play a strong chord progression you would need to follow the basic rules above and construct a combination of the three types of chords into a piece of music. There are other courses and articles that explain more of the rules and how to do more in this area. See related links in this article.
Understanding the basics of chord progressions can enable you to write powerful chord progressions. You can add voicing once you get the basic progressions captured and this will enable you to correctly place notes with the appropriate ranges.
Once voicing is determined then appropriate instrumentation or in the case of keyboards the proper fingering of chords can be planned for the most efficient way to facilitate ease in playing and this will then enable many opportunities to improvise and play fills.
It takes practice to chord properly You must find a source for your course that is strong in the basics of chord progressions.
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