Piano Guy Tip for Long Sections on Same Chord

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Uploaded by on Feb 25, 2010

This tip will teach you a nice way to sound more professional when you are faced with a section of a song where the chord stays the same for a long period of time.

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  • Scott, very nice stuff. Mark Harrison, in "Gospel Keyboard Styles" refers to this harmonic device as backcycling, and goes in to great detail from a theory standpoint. Thank you for your very well presented tips!!

  • Good call ... the term "backcycling" is even more descriptive than what I used. It's funny the "aha" moment I had when I read whatever it was that described it (music theory wise) as I had played using this tip (as have many, many others I've heard over the years) but had never really thought of the theory behind it, which made it explainable ...

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  • AS LONG AS THE BASS NOTE IS C THE CHORD IS A C CHORD. FOCUSING ON THE TOP NOTE WILL ( A CONSONANT TONE) WILL HELP KEEP INTEREST. USING VARIOUS SCALE TONES AND SHAPES UNDER THE TOP CHORD TONE WILL HELP WITH VARIETY. ALSO, IN ALL TIME METERS THE 1 IS THE STRONGEST BEAT SO AS LONG AS TENSIONS ARE RESOLVED ON THE ONE, YOU CAN PLAY ANY COMBO OF 12 TONES BEFOREHAND. (UING GOOD TASTE OF COURSE)

  • Dizzy was the one who invented it and used to teach it to his students. I'm glad I remembered.

  • hi gang !

  • I forgot about this one. I use it, but I haven't in a while. I'm going to get back to it. Thanks

  • Thank you! I really love your videos.

  • Magnifique, domage que ce n'est pas en français.

  • That's amazing... very simple and effective!

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