Adding Color To Chords

Take your chords to the next level!

What you'll learn

Gain confidence in adding color to various types of chords

Come to understand the emotional qualities of various harmonic colorizations

Develop chord progressions with color so that you stand out as a player

Dip your toes into the harmonic language of jazz and romantic harmony

Take your chord knowledge/execution to the next level

Requirements

You should have an understanding of notes on the piano

You should know your basic major and minor chord shapes

Description

If you're looking to spice up your chord progressions, you've come to the right place.Once you have the basics of playing chord progressions, it's a great time to test your ability once more by adding color to your chords!  This course will help you gain a framework for how to internalize harmonic colorization.  You can use the teachings from this course to add intrigue to a rock piano part, putting spice on a funk keyboard part, and even twist the listeners emotions within film scores.  This course has something for all keyboard players!Whether you are a:Intermediate level keys player looking to improve their progressionsA film composer looking to internalize the emotional palette available within harmonyAn improviser looking to spice up their harmonic approachA music theory buff looking to fill out their musical knowledgeThen this course has something for you!It's not enough for me to simply tell you how most people perceive various colors on chords.  It's important that you come up with your own interpretation and language for how you hear these more elaborate sounds.  That's why in this course I will give you common emotions for each chord color, but I'll also get you to take notes of your own impressions so that you can really internalize how you hear these sounds/colors.In this course we will cover the benefits of adding color to chords, how to balance color within your progressions, and how to approach chord voicings.  Not to mention we will cover tons of various colors you can add to major and minor chords! I hope you enjoy the content ahead, and happy practicing!

Overview

Section 1: The Classes

Lecture 1 Benefits of Adding Color

Lecture 2 Adding 7ths

Lecture 3 Adding 2's and 9's

Lecture 4 Adding 4's

Lecture 5 Adding 6's

Lecture 6 Sus Chords

Lecture 7 Coloring Dominant 7th Chords

Lecture 8 Chord Voicings

Lecture 9 Balancing Color

Lecture 10 Suspending Color

Section 2: Wrap-up

Lecture 11 Wrap-up

Lecture 12 Bonus Video

Intermediate piano players that are looking to improve their harmonic language,Piano players that wish to captivate their audience with their harmonic choices,Performers wanting to understand what colors can be added to various chord types,Musicians that wish to better understand what emotional qualities various colors can add to chords