I Wish I Knew These Chords 10 Years Ago!

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[j.d.waterhouse]

At 68, after playing piano and keyboards all my life, FINALLY I've found a place to learn this stuff. Thanks!

[bobhogue]

Ex Memphis now in London. Enjoyed your modal interchange video

[kingsecho]

That ending is off the charts unique and so cool.

[SashasMusicSpace]

it's really amazing to have access to videos like this. thank you so much for these.

[Goofy]

I learned so much from this
...and yeah, still only 15 mins in

But, because I've been practicing scales and arpeggios almost daily, this was so much easier to pick up and start to learn
Before when watching stuff like this I had no chance
So playing often and regularly is better than doing nothing
This is my humble experience

[djshmul]

Thanks Adam and open studio for making our music experience so wonderful

[ArjenVreugdenhil]

@10:00: I tend to think of this melody as being in Eb major. Then the whole melody is diatonic and we have a ii-V7-VI deceptive cadence. Change the final note to Eb under a Eb(maj7) chord and you'll hear that this makes sense.

[jdbroome]

Thanks for another fantastic Lesson Sir Adam!

[ErnestOfosu]

Great to be here.. Ernest from Accra Ghana

[pnojazz]

That first diatonic exercise is straight from the Hanon book!

[fadjarsoerya]

It's the same tune I heard in Telephone Number by Junko Ohashi

Great lesson as always

[colincotter]

The contrary motion is communicated by Thomas Echols as “the escalator”.

[jtonemediaholdings]

11:30 dyad move is in “Comfort Me” intro John Kee

[DonRich]

I'm not a lyricist, but I came up with lyrics for this melody because you played it so many times. I see beauty in your eyes or Stevie Wonder in your mind. Let me know what ya think.

[trombonemunroe]

Just FYI, the first Drop 3 voicing in bar 1 of your PDF (page 2) is wrong: the bass-clef half note should be a C3, not a Bb2. (The natural 11 *is* an available tension on an Fm9, but it doesn't work in a register that low.)

[rd-muvj]

Personally I feel locked hands is by far the coolest, just my taste though…love that OG sound lol

[sitarnut]

Locked hands also reminds me of George Shearing....

[claudiomiranda]

This reminds the brazilian trio Azymuth.

[studiosys]

Good stuff, but could you get the " active keyboard " showing us more clearly whats happening with your fingers, thanks