7th Chord Workout, 2 exercises. 2 2
Going to go over two exercises that you played before, and 3 3
that will hopefully be quite easy for you now, in the key of C. 4 4
But I'll remind you of the patterns now, because you'll need to know these well in 5 5
the key of C before you try them in the other keys. 6 6
So first of all, the Caterpillar Walk that we learned in book six. 7 7
We'll do it in C family chords, starting with C major seven middle inversion. 8 8
[MUSIC] So there's C middle with major seven, 9 9
one left of the root. 10 10
[MUSIC] 11 11
I'm gonna Caterpillar out to F major seven. 12 12
[MUSIC] 13 13
So this is the cycle of 5ths using the C family chords. 14 14
[MUSIC] 15 15
Caterpillar in to B half diminished seven. 16 16
[MUSIC] 17 17
And out to E minor seven. 18 18
[MUSIC] 19 19
And into A minor seven middle. 20 20
[MUSIC] 21 21
Out to D minor seven, root position into G seven middle, back to C major seven. 22 22
[MUSIC] 23 23
So hopefully you can play that with ease now. 24 24
It's not too hard with the white keys. 25 25
The other keys are going to be a lot more difficult. 26 26
But every single key has the notes written in for you. 27 27
So you can take your time and go through every one of them. 28 28
And remember tick the box when you've completed each key. 29 29
Second exercise on the bottom half of the page is the one, six, two, 30 30
five, progression. 31 31
Another very useful progression, if you want to learn in every key. 32 32
We'll go over it in C again just to remind you of how it goes. 33 33
[MUSIC] 34 34
So one and six. 35 35
Two, three, four, five, six. 36 36
A minor seven. 37 37
And the two D minor seven. 38 38
And the five G minor seven. 39 39
So, C, Am, Dm, G. 40 40
But the way we were playing it was using voicings. 41 41
So, the third and the fifth out and I played in the right hand. 42 42
I played the root and the seventh in the left hand, and the third and 43 43
the fifth in the right hand. 44 44
So that's your C major seven and A minor seven. 45 45
So that's root, seventh, third, fifth up to 46 46
D minor seven, so there's your D minor seven take. 47 47
I had the third and fifth, put it in the right hand. 48 48
And a G, so there's your G seven. 49 49
Take out those. 50 50
Put them up here. 51 51
[MUSIC] 52 52
Gives it a far cleaner sound. 53 53
Good idea to practice these voicings in every key because 54 54
you will be able to use them. 55 55
Somebody may want to sing in a different key. 56 56
You'll find a song in another key and you'll want to use these voicings. 57 57
Because voicings that are full four note 58 58
chords on the left hand can sound very muddy. 59 59
So let's say you were playing it in B flat. 60 60
[MUSIC] 61 61
B flat and a G minor seven. 62 62
[MUSIC] 63 63
To C minor seven down to F seven. 64 64
[MUSIC] 65 65
Sounds very muddy, but you take out the third and 66 66
the fifth put it in the right hand, sounds different. 67 67
B flat major seven. 68 68
[MUSIC]. 69 69
G minor seven. 70 70
[MUSIC]. 71 71
C minor seven. 72 72
[MUSIC]. 73 73
F seven. 74 74
[MUSIC] 75 75
Much cleaner sound. 76 76
Again, tick the box when you've completed the different keys.