I've started playing the piano again this past few days and reviewed some of the songs that Carlos Jobim wrote. He was actually very well versed in music theory. He knew how to weave a song by using unusual chord progressions. He did this by using the cycle of fifths, tritone substitutions, passing chords, and other techniques.
Also, I've figured out the chord progression of the Beatles', "I Want to Hold Your Hand". It's a classic song to study in terms of music composition. Now, I'm trying to add those techniques I've learned to embellish this song to make it sound fresh and new. Chord inversions could probably work in the beginning. But I'm still working on it ... ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> wrote : I watched the full video and his "oopsie" is when descending back to the I chord after the V is that he used inversions and of the minor 9th chords but failed to mention it. He could have just said he was using inversions and for more info he does have a video on that. This is rather intermediate instruction and really not for beginners. It's always interesting to see what chord substitutions folks come up with. Don Paulson once talked about just putting his hands down on the keyboard and his ears led him to resolve whatever that played. This days I have fun doing that too. On 09/18/2015 06:32 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: He's revived my interest in playing the piano again. He presented new ideas on how to make the basic blues progression into something fresh by using new chord voicings, passing chords, slides, and use of the various scales and modes for solos. The most fascinating part was his use of the phrygian mode concept in creating the final chord. I didn't realize you could do that and get away with it. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com mailto:FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <noozguru@...> mailto:noozguru@... wrote : Cool stuff! Methods of teaching these things continue to be refined so they are more accessible for the public. On 09/18/2015 02:19 PM, jr_esq@... mailto:jr_esq@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: This music teacher has the most innovative ideas for playing and composing songs. If you're a struggling piano player, take a look at this. THE 'BLUE LOTUS' CHORD PROGRESSION THE 'BLUE LOTUS' CHORD PROGRESSION You can download the sheet music and backing track to Blue Lotus ($10) at: http://www.jazzherobooks.com/blue-lotus http://www.jazzherobooks.com/blue-lotus Or as a free bonus with the Collector's ... View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo
