Practicing seventh chords. 2 2
In jazz it's very important that you know all your seventh chords inside out. 3 3
You need to know the basic left hand four note formations. 4 4
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And at least the middle inversions so 6 6
you can do things like the caterpillar progression, the cycle of fifths. 7 7
And you'll need to know every chord in every key. 8 8
Not just the C family chords cuz even in C you'll find yourself going in and 9 9
out of many chords outside the C family chords. 10 10
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And the right hand, you'll need to know all your broken chord patterns. 12 12
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So that you can improvise with the chord tones. 14 14
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Now this is all very essential, so make sure you practice this regularly. 16 16
So we're going to look at three different methods for 17 17
practicing all your seventh chords. 18 18
Number one four types of sevenths built on the same root note. 19 19
So you start off with your C major seven. 20 20
First, third, fifth, seventh. 21 21
And remember, look at the right hand, 22 22
remember from book one a major seventh is one left of the root. 23 23
So even if you just look at the root again and 24 24
look one left that's your major seventh. 25 25
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And you flatten the seventh to make a C7 chord. 27 27
[SOUND] So remember seven was two left. 28 28
Major seven one left. 29 29
Seven two left, so you can always look up at the root again, 30 30
one octave up, and then go down for a major or seven. 31 31
So that's your C7. 32 32
And flatten the third 33 33
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to make a C minor seven chord. 35 35
First flatten third, fifth, flatten seven. 36 36
Then you can flatten the fifth 37 37
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to make what is called either a C minor seven with a flat fifth or 39 39
it's called it's called C half diminished 7. 40 40
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In the right hand, you just mirror that, but with broken chord. 42 42
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there's your C major seven. 44 44
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All right? 46 46
And that's one, two octaves up and down. 47 47
Then go to your seventh. 48 48
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And you flatten the third to the minor seventh. 50 50
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And flatten the fifth to the C half diminished 7. 52 52
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So you can see that that helps you to see where all the chords come from. 54 54
So if you're starting with that, then that's the major seventh, the seventh, 55 55
the minor seventh, the half diminished seventh. 56 56
You're getting to see how it's all formed very clearly. 57 57
So then you would move onto D flat and do the same thing again. 58 58
So D flat major seven. 59 59
There's D flat. 60 60
There's the major seventh is one left from the root. 61 61
And then you would do two octaves broken chord in the right hand. 62 62
Fingering is all in the next page for every chord. 63 63
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Then the seventh. 65 65
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And then the minor seven. 67 67
There's D flat minor with the seven. 68 68
Two left. 69 69
One, two. 70 70
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And you flatten the fifth with a D half diminished seven. 72 72
And you can use some memory tricks here. 73 73
You can see that that's making the E minor, just a basic chord. 74 74
So, it's like a D flat. 75 75
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And you go up to the D. 77 77
So there's D. 78 78
D Major seventh, one left of the root. 79 79
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D seven to your left. 81 81
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And so on. 83 83
So you then go through every chord the same way. 84 84
Because you may not be able to do every chord in every practice session at least 85 85
don't just start at C all the time and the next day then start back at the C. 86 86
Tick off the boxes on the following pages of the chords you've done and 87 87
then do the next ones the next day and 88 88
the next ones after that until you've gotten through them all. 89 89
So don't just keep going back to C.