Right Hand Cluster Chords. 2 2
Cluster chord is a chord in which two or 3 3
three of the notes in the chord are clustered together. 4 4
So up to now you've played quite evenly spaced three note chords [SOUND]. 5 5
You can see there's a gap in between. 6 6
If you added an extra note into that, two or 7 7
three of the notes will be clustered together. 8 8
[SOUND]. 9 9
Okay now try the following examples, all right hand. 10 10
C added six middle inversion. 11 11
So find C middle first of all. 12 12
So middle finger on the C, find the other two notes on the chord. 13 13
C middle, add in the 6th. 14 14
So finding the 6th, so if you go one octave to the left, start at C, one, 15 15
two, three, four, five, six. 16 16
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It's much different than just the C middle, 18 18
you can see the cluster chord that the extra note makes. 19 19
A very distinctive sound. 20 20
Try the next one F major7 middle inversion. 21 21
So find F middle, fill middle finger on the F. 22 22
[SOUND] Find the other two notes of the chord. 23 23
And then find the major 7th. 24 24
So remember the major 7th is one left of the root note. 25 25
So there's the root note, that's one left. 26 26
So that's the major 7th. 27 27
Okay. 28 28
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Now the trick we've used before, 30 30
you would have removed your finger from the root note and just played the major7. 31 31
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Okay. 33 33
Because you're playing the root on the left hand, but 34 34
this is a cluster chord, so you're leaving the root in beside the major 7th. 35 35
[SOUND] And it gives that nice distinctive sound. 36 36
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Very different than just the major 7th. 38 38
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Next one A minor added 9 middle inversion. 40 40
So find the A minor middle. 41 41
Middle finger on the A, find the other notes of the A minor chord. 42 42
So, that's A minor middle. 43 43
You're going to add in the ninth. 44 44
Now ninth can be just the same as a second. 45 45
So let's look at it and see. 46 46
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine. 47 47
You can see that's the same as second. 48 48
[SOUND] So just think of the next note after the root when you're playing 49 49
these ninth cords in a cluster way. 50 50
So middle A minor there's the root, the next note second, then ninth. 51 51
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Can you hear the tension in the chord? 53 53
[SOUND] Okay, let's try the right-hand cluster 54 54
chord examples on the next two pages. 55 55
So the first one is in the style of Phil on the Hill by the Beatles. 56 56
So find a two chord shifts, C6 Middle Inversion. 57 57
So it's C middle of the sixth. 58 58
[SOUND] and then you're gonna play F6 Middle Inversion. 59 59
So everything's basically everything's jumped up to the F middle with the six. 60 60
And you're gonna play an oompah with these two chords. 61 61
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Next one, in the style of Alone Again, Naturally by Gilbert O'Sullivan, 63 63
or Everybody's Talking At Me, by Nilsson. 64 64
So F Major Seven, Middle Inversion. 65 65
There's F middle with the major seventh. 66 66
Down to F six Middle Inversion, 67 67
again a cluster chord because two of them are together. 68 68
So that's the seven. 69 69
That's the six. 70 70
F middle. 71 71
F major seven. 72 72
F six. 73 73
Okay? 74 74
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So the next one is in the style of Without You by Nilsson. 76 76
Two chords, F added 9 Middle. 77 77
So Middle Inversion F with an added nine, it's the one after the root note. 78 78
[SOUND] And then the second one is just F middle inversion. 79 79
And you're going to do a split chord rhythm. 80 80
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So the last one there in the style of It Must be Love by Labi Siffre or Madness. 82 82
Two chords, A minor added 9th middle inversion. 83 83
So A minor middle, with the 9th, [SOUND] and 84 84
then just to an A minor middle Inversion. 85 85
So, this is a new rhythm so just follow the notation and the recording. 86 86
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