Borrowing chords part II
Check out the below video for another chord borrowing tutorial. This time we using two 7th chords in the same progression
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Learn how to use borrowed chords for R&B
Have you every tried to compose R&B music but you feel you are not getting the right sound? This is porbably because you are paying too much attention to standard music theory and trying to use chords that belong in a certain scale. Let’s take the C major scale for example, on the piano it …
The best way to play solos
I remember playing solos by simply learning the scales and randomly shredding. Although this may look and sound impressive to many, I don’t really think that it is too musical. This type of soloing is very common with guitarists since they can hold the fret positions in a key and quickly shred notes, escpecially on …
FREE Easy R&B Chord Tutorials – Part 4
How to use Dominant 7#5 For this tutorial let’s look at a type of chord that is often used in R&B. The chord is a Dominant with a sharpened 5th. For example C7#5 would be the keys C, E, G# and A# as per the below diagram Simply by playing this chord you can instantly …
FREE Easy R&B Chord Tutorials – Part 2
In Part 1 I explained that a more soulful sound can be achieved by borrowing chords. I discussed switching from Minor to Major and vice versa. Hoopefully you have experimented on various combinations. Some sound better than others, but it’s the trail and error part which is important. Using a 2-5-1 progression We can actually …
FREE Easy R&B Chord Tutorials – Part 1
Have you ever wanted to play R&B or Neo Soul Chords but never understood the theory. You will be glad to know there are simple ways or formula to explain R&B type chord progressions. Stay tuned for the FREE R&B Chord Tutorial updates. Borrowing Chords You may or may not know the seven chords in …
Learn to Play R&B Chords
The site is back. I had some issues with the previous setup and had to start over fresh. There will be no more subscription items however I will be contacting the subscribers with a link containing all the packed items for download. Learning to play R&B / Neo Soul is a little more than just …