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Voice Leading Part XI

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Vince Lauria

on July 18, 2010 6:57 PM | Permalink

This also applies to minor keys (also all modes).

The next examples are with C Harmonic Minor.

Normal Progression:

Find common tone and move other voices scale wise.

First examples will all be in C harmonic minor (4 note chords) using Normal Progressions:

Descending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)

These chords are all created from the C Harmonic Minor Scale: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, B, C.

C, Eb, G, B (C minor major seventh)

B, D, F, G (G dominant seventh - first inversion)

Ab, C, Eb, F (F minor seventh - first inversion)

G, Ab, C, Eb (Ab major seventh - third inversion)

Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

imaj7, V7, iv7, VImaj7, imaj7 progression.

G, C, Eb, B (C minor major seventh - second inversion)

F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)

F, Ab, C, D (D minor seventh flat fifth - first inversion)

Eb, F, Ab, C (F minor seventh - fourth inversion)

C, Eb, G, C (C minor)

imaj7, V7, ii7b5, iv7, i progression.

F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)

Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

D, F, G, B (G dominant seventh - second inversion)

C, D, F, Ab (D minor seventh flat fifth - third inversion)

B, D, F, G (G dominant seventh - first inversion)

G, B, C, Eb (C minor major seventh - second inversion)

iv, imaj7, V7, ii7b5, V7, imaj7 progression.

C, G, B, Eb (C minor major seventh)

B, F, G, D (G dominant seventh - first inversion)

B, D, F, Ab (B diminished seventh)

Ab, C, Eb, G (Ab major seventh)

F, B, D, G (G seventh - third inversion)

Eb, G, C, G (C minor)

imaj7, V7, viio7, VImaj7, V7, i progression.

D, F, Ab, C (D minor seventh flat fifth)

C, Eb, G, C (C minor major seventh)

B, D, F, Ab (B diminished seventh)

G, B, D, F (G dominant seventh)

F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)

Eb, G, B, D (Eb maj7 augmented)

D, F, Ab, C (D minor seventh flat fifth) octave below first

C, Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh)

ii7b5, imaj7, viio7, V7, iv7, IIImaj7+, ii7b5, imaj7 progression.

G, C, Eb, B (C minor major seventh - second inversion)

F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)

F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)

Eb, G, B, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

imaj7, V7, iv7, imaj7 progression.

Eb, G, C, B (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

D, F, B, G (G dominant seventh - second inversion)

C, D, Ab, F, (D minor seventh flat fifth - third inversion)

Ab, C, F, Eb (F minor seventh - first inversion)

G, B, Eb, C (C minor major seventh - second inversion)

imaj7, V7, ii7b5, iv7, imaj7 progression.

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

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Voice Leading Part X

By

Vince Lauria

on July 16, 2010 6:55 PM | Permalink

This also applies to minor keys (also all modes).

The next examples are with C Harmonic Minor.

Normal Progression:

Find common tone and move other voices scale wise.

First examples will all be in C harmonic minor (4 note chords) using Normal Progressions:

Ascending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)

These chords are all created from the C Harmonic Minor Scale: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, B, C.

C, Eb, G, B (C minor major seventh)

C, F, Ab, Eb (F minor seventh - second inversion)

D, G, B, F (G dominant seventh - second inversion)

Eb, B, C, G (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

imaj7, iv7, V7, imaj7 progression.

Eb, B, G, C (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

F, C, Eb, Ab (F minor seventh)

F, D, G, B (G dominant - third inversion)

G, Eb, B, C (C minor seventh - second inversion)

imaj7, iv7, V7, imaj7 progression.

C, G, B, Eb (C minor major seventh)

D, G, B, F (G dominant seventh - second inversion)

Eb, B, C, G (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)

G, C, Eb, B (C minor major seventh - second inversion)

imaj7, V7, imaj7, V7, imaj7 progression.

Eb, B, C, G (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)

Ab, C, Eb, G (Ab major seventh)

Ab, Eb, F, C (F minor seventh - first inversion)

imaj7, V7, VImaj7, iv7, progression.

F, Ab, C, Eb (F minor seventh)

Ab, C, Eb, G (Ab major seventh)

Ab, D, F, C, (D minor seventh flat fifth - second inversion)

B, F, G, D (G dominant seventh - first inversion)

C, G, B, Eb (C minor major seventh - first inversion)

iv7, VImaj7, iim7b5, V7, imaj7 progression.

C, Eb, G, B (C minor major seventh)

C, F, Ab, Eb (F minor seventh - second inversion)

D, Ab, C, F (D minor seventh flat fifth)

F, B, D, G (G dominant seventh - third inversion)

G, D, Eb, B (Eb major seventh augmented - first inversion)

G, Eb, Ab, C (Ab major seventh - third inversion)

Ab, C, F, Eb (F minor seventh - first inversion)

C, Eb, G, B (C minor major seventh)

i maj7, iv7, ii7b5, V7, IIImaj7+, VImaj7, iv7, imaj7 progression.

C, G, B, Eb (C minor major seventh)

Eb, Ab, C, G (Ab major seventh - second inversion)

F, C, D, Ab (D minor seventh flat fifth - first inversion)

Ab, D, F, B (B diminished seventh flat fifth - third inversion)

B, D, G, Eb (E major seventh augmented - second inversion)

C, Eb, B, G (C minor major seventh)

Eb, F, C, Ab (F minor seventh fourth - first inversion)

F, C, D, Ab (D minor seventh flat fifth - first inversion)

G, D, F, B (G dominant seventh)

C, E, G, B (C minor)

imaj7, VImaj7, ii7b5, viio7, III7+, imaj7, iv7, iim7b5, V7, i progression.

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

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Voice Leading Part IX

By

Vince Lauria

on July 14, 2010 8:07 AM | Permalink

This also applies to minor keys (also all modes).

The next examples are with C Harmonic Minor.

Normal Progression:

Find common tone and move other voices scale wise.

First examples will all be in C harmonic minor (3 note chords) using Normal Progressions:

Descending chord progressions. (notes are written lowest tone on left to highest tone on right)

These chords are all created from the C Harmonic Minor Scale: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, B, C.

C, Eb, G (C minor)

B, D, G (G major - first inversion)

Ab, C, F (F minor - first inversion)

Ab, C, Eb (Ab major)

G, B, D (G major)

Eb, G, C (C minor - first inversion)

I, V, iv, VI, V, i progression.

G, C, Eb (C minor - second inversion)

G, B, D (G major)

F, Ab, D (D diminished - first inversion)

F, Ab, C (F minor)

Eb, G, C (C minor - first inversion)

I, V, ii, IV, i progression.

F, Ab, C (F minor)

Eb, G, C (C minor - first inversion)

D, G, B (G major - second inversion)

D, F, Ab (D diminished)

C, F, Ab (F minor - second inversion)

C, Eb, G (C minor)

iv, i, V, iio, iv, i progression.

C, Eb, G (C minor)

B, D, G (G major - first inversion)

B, D, F (B diminished)

Ab, D, F (D diminished - second inversion)

G, C, Eb (C minor - second inversion)

i, V, viio, iio, i progression.

D, F, Ab (D diminished)

C, Eb, Ab (Ab major - first inversion)

B, Eb, G (Eb augmented - second inversion)

B, D, G (G major - first inversion)

Ab, C, F (F minor - first inversion)

G, B, D (G major)

iio, VI, III+, V, iv, V progression.

G, C, Eb (C minor - second inversion)

G, B, D (G major)

F, Ab, C (F minor)

Eb, G, C (C minor - first inversion)

i, V, iv, i progression.

Eb, G, C (C minor - first inversion)

D, G, B (G major - second inversion)

D, F, Ab (D diminished)

C, F, Ab (F minor - second inversion)

C, E, G (C minor)

i, V, iio, iv, i progression.

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

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Polytonal Chords Part IV

By

Vince Lauria

on May 15, 2010 9:05 AM | Permalink

This perspective also works for Dominant Chords.

Lets use the G Dominant Chords - using four note chords

G7th = R, 3rd, 5th, b7th G, B, D, F - two chords lie within the G7th chord:

G, B, D = G major and B, D, F = B diminished.

(So the Bass player could play the G note, the keyboard could play G major chord (G, B, D) and the guitar could play B diminished (B, D, F) across the neck to solo or make melodies arpeggio style).

Now lets look at other dominant chords and apply the polytonal approach:

G dominant 9th = R, 3rd, 5th, b7th, 9th G, B, D, F, A

G, B, D = G major and D, F, A = D minor

G dominant 11th = R, 3rd, 5th, b7th, 9th, 11th G, B, D, F, A, C

G, B, D = G major and D, F, A = D minor

G dominant 13th = R, 3rd, 5th, b7th, 9th, 11th, 13th G, B, D, F, A, C, E

G, B, D, F = G seventh and F, A, C, E = F major seventh

This also works for altered dominant chords:

G dominant 7th/b9 = R, 3rd, 5th, b7th, b9th G, B, D, F, Ab

G, B, D, F = G seventh and D, F, Ab = D diminished.

G dominant 7th/#9 = R, 3rd, 5th, b7th, #9th G, B, D, F, A#

G, B, D, F = G seventh and D, F, A#(Bb) = Bb major.

G dominant 7th/b5 = R, 3rd, b5th, b7th, G, B, Db, F,

G, B, Db = G#11 and B, Db, F, = Db (C#) seventh.

G dominant 7th/#5 = R, 3rd, #5th, b7th, G, B, D#, F,

G, B, D# = G#5 and B, D#, F, = B#11.

Assignment: Record each of these chords - using quarter note strums for five to ten minutes. Then using quarter then eighth notes on another track or with a friend - play the first, then second polytonal chord up and back arpeggio style.

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

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Dominant Seventh Chord - Arpeggios - Functioning Part VIII

By

Vince Lauria

on April 24, 2010 8:20 AM | Permalink

Now we will revisit the diatonic dominant seventh chords for C Harmonic Minor and play them as an arpeggio.

An arpeggio is to play the notes that belong to one chord, in sequence going up or down in tone. Arpeggio is from Italian meaning "to play on a harp".

The natural tension tones from harmonic minor for the G dominant seventh are: G7, G7b9, G7/b9/11, G11/b9/b13.

G, Ab, B, C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, B, C, D, Eb, F, G

R, b2, 3, 4, 5, b6, b7, 8, b9, 10, 11,12,b13, b7, 1/8/R

G7 = R, 3, 5, b7 = G, B, D, F

Gb9 = R, 3, 5, b7, b9 = G, B, D, F, Ab

G11b9 = R, 3, 5, b7, b9, 11, = G, B, D, F, Ab, C

G11/b9/b13 = R, 3, 5, b7, b9, 11,b13 = G, B, D, F, Ab, C, Eb

The scale used is C harmonic Minor.

Assignment: Record this progression in all keys and play the appropriate minor scale (shown) using quarter then eighth notes on another track or with a friend. Also on the dominant seventh chord play the given arpeggio up then down in tone.

i, VI maj7, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of C harmonic minor: Cm // Abmaj7 // Dm7b5 // G7b9 //// ////

G7 = R, 3, 5, b7 = G, B, D, F play up G, B, D, F, down D, B, G

G7/b9 = R, 3, 5, b7, 9 = G, B, D, F, A play up G, B, D, F, Ab, down F, D, B, G

G7/b9/11 = R, 3, 5, b7, 9, 11, = G, B, D, F, A, C play up G, B, D, F, Ab, C, down Ab, F, D, B, G

G11/b9/b13 = R, 3, 5, b7, 9, 11, 13 = G, B, D, F, A, C, E play up G, B, D, F, A, C, E, down C, A, F, D, B, G

Now play the dominant seventh chord and all its natural tensions arpeggio style. Do this for each key.

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of C# harmonic minor: C#m //A#maj7 // D#m7b5 // G#7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of D harmonic minor: Dm // Bbmaj7 // Em7b5 // A7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of Eb harmonic minor: Ebm // Bmaj7 // Fm7b5 // Bb7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of E harmonic minor: Em // Cmaj7 // F#m7b5 // B7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of F harmonic minor: Fm // Dbmaj7 // Gm7b5 // C7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of F# harmonic minor: F#m // Dmaj7 // G#m7b5 // C#7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of G harmonic minor: Gm // Ebmaj7 // Am7b5 // D7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of Ab harmonic minor: Abm //Emaj7 // Bbm7b5 // D#7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of A harmonic minor: Am // Fmaj7 // Bm7b5 // E7b9 //

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of Bb harmonic minor: Bbm // Gbmaj7// Cm7b5 // F7b9 //

C# Db same note different name (enharmonic) also D# Eb, F# Gb, G# Ab, A# Bb.

Now record (or have a friend play) these progressions in all fifteen keys using all diatonic dominant natural extensions.

Also do the progressions at a very slow tempo to hear tension and release of chords. Start at 50 BPM. Then increase by 10 BPM every cycle of fifteen keys.

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

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Dominant Seventh Chord - Functioning Part III

By

Vince Lauria

on April 15, 2010 11:37 PM | Permalink

An altered tension means to sharp or flat the 5th or the 9th degree of the dominant chord.

G7b5 = R, 3, b5, b7 = G, B, Db, Bb

G7#5 = R, 3, #5, b7 = G, B, D#, Bb

G9b5 = R, 3, b5, b7, 9 = G, B, Db, Bb, A

G9#5 = R, 3, #5, b7, 9 = G, B, D#, Bb, A

G11b5 = R, 3, b5, b7, 9, 11 = G, B, Db, Bb, A, C

G11#5 = R, 3, #5, b7, 9, 11 = G, B, D#, Bb, A, C

G13b5 = R, 3, b5, b7, 9,11,13 = G, B, Db, Bb, A, C, E

G13#5 = R, 3, #5, b7, 9,11,13 = G, B, D#, Bb, A, C, E

G7b9 = R, 3, 5, b7, b9

G7#9 = R, 3, 5, b7, #9

G11b9 = R, 3, 5, b7, b9,11

G11#9 = R, 3, 5, b7, #9, 11

G13b9 = R, 3, 5, b7, b9,11,13

G13#9 = R, 3, 5, b7, #9, 11,13

Remember these number formulas are the same for ALL KEYS.

Assignment: Record this progression in all keys and play the appropriate minor scale (shown) using quarter then eighth notes on another track or with a friend.

i, VI, ii7b5 , V7b9 in the key of C harmonic minor: Cm // Abmaj7 // Dm7b5 // G7b9 //