1 1 00:00:00,550 --> 00:00:03,000 C major basic triad workout number two. 2 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,640 This exercise extends the broken three note chord practice into a fun 3 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:11,968 four note right-hand pattern over a left-hand twist rhythm. 4 4 00:00:11,968 --> 00:00:13,466 You remember the twist rhythm? 5 5 00:00:13,466 --> 00:00:20,444 [MUSIC] 6 6 00:00:20,444 --> 00:00:23,346 So we're going to use that rhythm, slightly different chord progression. 7 7 00:00:23,346 --> 00:00:26,701 It's gonna be C and A minor. 8 8 00:00:26,701 --> 00:00:29,020 Instead of going to F, we go up to D minor, down to G. 9 9 00:00:29,020 --> 00:00:35,630 First, we'll learn the right hand on its own, until you can play it with ease. 10 10 00:00:35,630 --> 00:00:40,836 You're going to break the C chord into a four note pattern. 11 11 00:00:40,836 --> 00:00:44,770 So the C chord, I'm gonna add the root on the top again. 12 12 00:00:44,770 --> 00:00:50,850 And you're gonna play the same notes again but start on the third, start on the E. 13 13 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:54,600 Same notes again but start on the G. 14 14 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:58,458 And back to the C, an octave up. 15 15 00:00:58,458 --> 00:01:02,138 [MUSIC] 16 16 00:01:02,138 --> 00:01:04,956 So you play the same three notes for the entire sequence, but 17 17 00:01:04,956 --> 00:01:06,399 just in different inversion. 18 18 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:13,597 [MUSIC] 19 19 00:01:13,597 --> 00:01:17,272 And once you've completed the upward sequence for the C, 20 20 00:01:17,272 --> 00:01:21,557 and used a similar sequence in reverse for the next chord, A minor. 21 21 00:01:21,557 --> 00:01:22,970 So A minor is A, C, E. 22 22 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:29,780 You add the root, but we're gonna come down it first of all. 23 23 00:01:29,780 --> 00:01:32,460 So I'm just going back down the A minor chord. 24 24 00:01:32,460 --> 00:01:36,210 Then same four notes, but start on the A this time. 25 25 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:42,328 [MUSIC] 26 26 00:01:42,328 --> 00:01:43,650 So that's the A minor chord. 27 27 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:48,085 Third chord is the D minor, you're going to go up the D minor, so 28 28 00:01:48,085 --> 00:01:49,926 there's D minor with root at it again. 29 29 00:01:49,926 --> 00:01:56,903 [MUSIC] 30 30 00:01:56,903 --> 00:01:58,308 So that's A minor. 31 31 00:01:58,308 --> 00:02:01,663 Lastly, you go down to G chord. 32 32 00:02:01,663 --> 00:02:02,708 So there's your G chord. 33 33 00:02:02,708 --> 00:02:09,940 [MUSIC] 34 34 00:02:09,940 --> 00:02:12,471 Back to C. 35 35 00:02:12,471 --> 00:02:15,217 So once you can play this easily in the right hand, just take it slowly. 36 36 00:02:15,217 --> 00:02:20,361 [MUSIC] 37 37 00:02:20,361 --> 00:02:21,220 Down to A minor. 38 38 00:02:21,220 --> 00:02:25,516 [MUSIC] 39 39 00:02:25,516 --> 00:02:26,398 Up to D minor. 40 40 00:02:26,398 --> 00:02:30,775 [MUSIC] 41 41 00:02:30,775 --> 00:02:32,110 Down to G. 42 42 00:02:32,110 --> 00:02:36,916 [MUSIC] 43 43 00:02:36,916 --> 00:02:37,938 And to C. 44 44 00:02:37,938 --> 00:02:41,478 Then you can try it over the left hand twist chord. 45 45 00:02:41,478 --> 00:02:44,172 Try it with the C first of all, nice and slowly. 46 46 00:02:44,172 --> 00:02:50,151 [MUSIC] 47 47 00:02:50,151 --> 00:02:50,894 Try it again. 48 48 00:02:50,894 --> 00:02:56,717 [MUSIC] 49 49 00:02:56,717 --> 00:03:01,070 It sounds hard, but it's actually easier than you think because your left hand will 50 50 00:03:01,070 --> 00:03:05,013 automatically want to drop into those notes with the right-hand pattern. 51 51 00:03:05,013 --> 00:03:11,932 [MUSIC] 52 52 00:03:11,932 --> 00:03:13,348 So then you come down to A minor. 53 53 00:03:13,348 --> 00:03:18,676 [MUSIC] 54 54 00:03:18,676 --> 00:03:19,594 Up the D minor. 55 55 00:03:19,594 --> 00:03:24,493 [MUSIC] 56 56 00:03:24,493 --> 00:03:25,828 Back down to G chord. 57 57 00:03:25,828 --> 00:03:33,014 [MUSIC] 58 58 00:03:33,014 --> 00:03:35,952 Try the whole progression, just do it very slowly. 59 59 00:03:35,952 --> 00:03:37,495 So you go up the C chord. 60 60 00:03:37,495 --> 00:03:42,488 [MUSIC] 61 61 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:43,486 Down the A minor. 62 62 00:03:43,486 --> 00:03:47,910 [MUSIC] 63 63 00:03:47,910 --> 00:03:48,694 Up to D minor. 64 64 00:03:48,694 --> 00:03:53,535 [MUSIC] 65 65 00:03:53,535 --> 00:03:54,556 Down to G. 66 66 00:03:54,556 --> 00:04:02,370 [MUSIC] 67 67 00:04:02,370 --> 00:04:06,631 And remember to tick the box every time you try it in a different key. 68 68 00:04:06,631 --> 00:04:12,247 Another thing you can add is that you can start instead of going up the C chord, 69 69 00:04:12,247 --> 00:04:14,234 you can go down the C chord, 70 70 00:04:14,234 --> 00:04:18,658 that way you get to learn all the chords in either direction. 71 71 00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:23,291 [MUSIC] 72 72 00:04:23,291 --> 00:04:23,930 Up to A minor. 73 73 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:28,771 [MUSIC] 74 74 00:04:28,771 --> 00:04:30,012 And so on.