Piano Tricks

Hey all I just found a Desktop Recorder online, it was free and it works great, I will be using it in the future to make videos for the site.

http://desktoprecorder.blogspot.com

Hey Guys, If you like me have ever been frustrated because you forget the structure of a chord or how to play a certain type of chord then I have a program that can help you. This Desktop Chord Finder is easy to use and gives you the notes to virtually any chord you want to see. Just simply download it to your desktop and it will be there for you to use.

Learn about, Suspended chords, Second Chords, Chord Progressions, Substitues, Piano Tremelo, 12 Bar Blues, Major Chords, Minor Chords, Augmented Chords, Extension Chords 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, Gospel Progressions, Chords Substitutions.

If your looking for a way to get an overview of as many different types of chords and their uses in music then I've found the perfect solution for you. A while back I was searching online for various forms of chords and I did find quite a few good sites, but they all charged a lot of money for their explanations. Fortunately for me, one day while browsing I came across this tutorial that gave me an insight I never had before. Almost every major variation of chords were covered and I hope that someone else will be able to learn as much from it as I did.

Dear Musician,
Did you know that for centuries the world's greatest musicians and composers have had a secret weapon that few others knew about? And even more astounding is the fact that every single person has this same ability lying undiscovered inside!

This special ability is pitch recognition, more commonly known as absolute pitch and relative pitch.
(excerpt from purepitchmethod.com)

To try and explain how to play by ear in words is not enough. This is why I have posted a link to a site where you can download a course that worked for me.

Sustained chords

:Main article: Sustained chord.

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A sustained chord, or "sus chord" (also suspended chord), is a chord where the second or most often the fourth is played with or replaces the third. For instance, Csus4 is C, F, and G. These chords are called "sustained" because you typically arrive at them when you perform a V7-I progression but don't resolve the seventh of the V7. This is similar to a suspension, where the harmony shifts from one chord to another, but one or more notes of the first chord are held over into the second. However in a sustained chord the note may never resolve as is required of a suspension. In jazz, sus chords are usually played as a major triad with the second in the bass, e.g. a major C with a D bass is a Dsus7.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/