Piano tutorial: chord progressions and dominant chords

There's loads of stuff on piano chords in my book: http://bit.ly/billsbook

A piano tutorial for songwriters who want to understand the role of dominant chords in chord progressions, and how they can be modified and enriched for songwriting and composition. Read the blog post at http://www.jamcast.co.uk/piano-chord-progressions-dominant-chords/

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Music

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• piano tutorial
• chord progressions
• dominant chords
• songwriting
• composition

[canaan1967]

Haven't you changed key by playing intervals with sharps and flats? Sorry I'm a beginner

[billhiltonbiz]

Hi @canaan1967 - nope, not necessarily. For example, between 0.55 and 1.08 I play this sequence:

C | F | Fm7 | Fmaj7/G | C

Now, you could say that Fm7 isn't one of the basic chords of the key of C (which, for the record, are C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim). However, many progressions use chords from "outside" the key. As long as it's not a strongly dominant chord that changes the key (as, say, Ab7 would have done here, to Db) you can still work your way back to the original tonic.

[billhiltonbiz]

Yep, sure thing, though it'll probably take a couple of videos to cover in reasonable detail. I'll try to get something done and posted soon :)

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[thefuryabstract]

You did touch on it a little but I would have explained a bit more about how a Seventh Chord is interpreted to mean a minor 7 regardless of major/minor quality, which confused me for a while, but altogether a great video. Very informative

[jimdog1964]

Having not been a trained musician (self-taught)m I have a serious hunger for music theory. You deliver. Thank you for taking time to make these vids.

[MamaMiaPianist]

Thanks for the post, I reaaaally like it.

This is the stuff needed for more advanced players

[MissingAmongPeople]

i wouldn't mind having your knowledge but your hands are just a bit fast on that keyboard for me. i'm an electronic music producer but the only books or information i can find on chord progressions and harmony is about triads only. i want more interesting music than that. any advice on an all round music theory book? i'm talking voice leading, harmony and counterpoint.