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Offline MemphisKeys

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How can you learn to use Passing Chords Effectively??????
« on: July 31, 2008, 03:14:00 PM »
 ?/? ?/? ?/? Hello LGM i been trying to move to the next step in my playing but I can't get there if I don't get this step mastered... I been trying to learn and understand how to use passing chords and learn when to use them... I understand what they are used for but I don't know how to use them and the right passing chords to use for every key.... I can play out of any key...on the keyboard but... I wanna add passing chords when I play...any advice Thanks and God Bless all....
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Offline keyboardking

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Re: How can you learn to use Passing Chords Effectively??????
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2008, 10:48:04 PM »
ok well when to use them?...u can use them whenever u want but you do not want to go really crazy with it because like i have heard alot of gospel pianists who go to crazy with it and it sounds bad because it is like you are saying this is about me...but my suggestion is to use them at the end of a line in the song...a quick example...Lord You Are Good...verse 1 lord you are good and your mercy endures forever---passing chords here...same goes for in worship songs..at the end of a line but not all the time!...I also suggest play the verse the first time normal (without passing chords) and then when you go to the second verse or repeat the verse add passing chords




     And to answer your question about which passing chords to use in every key....IT DOESNT MATTER!!!!!...lol but Of course let your ear guide you...but if u havent made up any passing chords on your own use the progressions and incorporate those into which ever song you are playing...and maybe i didnt answer your question and you just wanted passing chords...here are some



  To go to a minor chord...for this example i will use an F#m


       Do this
    G/Bb-C#-F#
    and land on your F#m chord


   here is another....when going to another minor...for this example I will use Cm

      Do this
      C-G-D/Eb-Bb-D-F
      and land on your  Cm chord

  Another...when going to another minor....for this I will use Bm

      Do this
      F#-C#/Bb-D-E-A
      and land on your Bm chord

 Another I have said this in another thread but here goes...this time when going to a major chord (preferably Maj7 or Maj9)...I will use Gmaj9 for this one


     Do this
     D/C-E-G-B-D
     A/C-Eb-Gb-B-D
     and land on your Gmaj9 chord


ok here is something else use tritones and ditones(Jamal heartwell stuff)...i use alot of ditones...for example use this chord for your diminished chord in Ab

      C-E/Bb-Eb-Ab


Hope that helped Be blessed..any other questions ask....
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