Piano Chords by Udemy
Learn to interpret chord symbols at the piano, using classics such as "Hallelujah", "Always On My Mind", etc.
Course Highlights
- Interpret basic chord symbols, including major and minor triads, sus chords, and 7th chords
- Have multiple ways of playing the same chord, so that you can choose the one that sounds best
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
3 Topics
What you can expect from this course
Bonus 13/01/16: all the scores in 4 PDF's
What is a chord?
17 Topics
What is an interval?
5ths
(NEW! 2021) How to do the interactive tests
(NEW! 2021) 5ths test
Example: "To Build a Home"
Exercise: harmonize "With or Without You"
Solution: "With or Without You" harmonized
Root-5th-root chords
Example: "Rolling in the Deep"
Example: "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
Exercise: harmonize "Fields of Gold"
Solution: "Fields of Gold" harmonized
What is an arpeggio?
Example: "Fields of Gold" with arpeggios
Exercise: harmonize "Always on My Mind"
Solution: "Always on My Mind" harmonized
Example: "Always on My Mind" with arpeggios
15 Topics
Semitones
(NEW! 2021) Semitones test
Tones
(NEW! 2021) Tones test
Major 3rds
(NEW! 2021) Major 3rds test
Exercise: harmonize "Amazing Grace" using major 3rds
Solution: "Amazing Grace" harmonised using major 3rds
Major triads
(NEW! 2021) How to do the triads tests
(NEW! 2021) Major triads test
Exercise: harmonize "Kumbaya"
Solution: "Kumbaya" harmonized
Exercise: harmonise the verse of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"
Solution: the verse of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" harmonized"
9 Topics
Minor 3rds
(NEW! 2021) Minor 3rds test
Example: "Clair de lune"
Minor triads
(NEW! 2021) Minor triads test
Exercise: harmonize "The Tetris theme"
Solution: "The Tetris theme" harmonized
What is a broken chord?
Example: "The Tetris theme" with broken chords
18 Topics
Exercise: harmonize the chorus of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da"
Solution: the chorus of "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" harmonized
Example: "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" with arpeggios
Exercise: harmonize "Mad World"
Solution: "Mad World" harmonized
Example: "Mad World" with broken chords
Exercise: harmonize "La valse d'Amélie"
Solution: "La valse d'Amélie" harmonized
Example: "La valse d'Amélie" with broken chords
Practice: "La valse d'Amélie" in 6 keys
Exercise: harmonize "House of the Rising Sun"
Solution: "House of the Rising Sun" harmonized
Example: "House of the Rising Sun" with arpeggios
Exercise: harmonize "Memory"
Solution: "Memory" harmonized
Root-5th-10th chords
Example: "Memory" with arpeggios
Example: analyzing the chords to "Für Elise"
8 Topics
4ths
(NEW! 2021) 4ths test
Major triads in 1st inversion
(NEW! 2021) Major triads in 1st inversion test
Exercise: harmonize the accompaniment to "All Day and All of the Night"
Solution: the accompaniment to "All Day and All of the Night" harmonized
Major triads in 2nd inversion
(NEW! 2021) Major triads in 2nd inversion test
5 Topics
Example: "Kumbaya" harmonized using inversions
Exercise: harmonize the riff to "Forget You" using major triads in inversion
Solution: the riff to "Forget You" harmonized using major triads in inversion
Exercise: harmonize "Green Onions" using major triads in inversion
Solution: "Green Onions" harmonized using major triads in inversion
8 Topics
Minor triads in 1st inversion
(NEW! 2021) Minor triads in 1st inversion test
Example: "Lean On Me"
Minor triads in 2nd inversion
(NEW! 2021) Minor triads in 2nd inversion test
Exercise: complete the chords to "Creep"
Solution: the chords to "Creep"
Example: repeating the chords to "Creep"
7 Topics
Exercise: harmonise the chords to Pachelbel's "Canon"
Solution: the chords to Pachelbel's "Canon"
Exercise: harmonize the riff to "Golden Brown"
Solution: the riff to "Golden Brown" harmonized
Recognising triads in inversion
Exercise: analyze the chords to "Comptine d'un autre été l'après-midi"
Solution: the chords to "Comptine d'un autre été l'après-midi" analyzed
9 Topics
Using Roman numerals to describe chord progressions
I-V-vi-IV
Example: "With or Without You"
Exercise: harmonize the riff to "Where is the Love?"
Solution: the riff to "Where is the Love?" harmonized
Exercise: harmonize the chords to "No One"
Solution: the chords to "No One" harmonized
Practice: I-V-vi-IV in C Eb F# and A
Choosing inversions
5 Topics
Example: harmonizing "Kumbaya" using single notes
Exercise: harmonize "Amazing Grace" using single notes
Solution: "Amazing Grace" harmonised using single notes
Exercise: harmonize "Hallelujah" using single notes
Solution: "Hallelujah" harmonised using single notes
5 Topics
Slash notation
Example: the intro to "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
Exercise: harmonize the bridge of "Always on My Mind"
Solution: the bridge of "Always on My Mind" harmonized
Example: "Always on My Mind" complete arrangement
5 Topics
Sus chords
Example: the chords to "Creep" with sus chords
Exercise: harmonize "What a Wonderful World"
Solution: "What a Wonderful World" harmonized
Example: "What a Wonderful World" with arpeggios
10 Topics
7ths
Example: the intro to "What'd I Say?"
7th chords
Example: chords to "What'd I Say?"
Practice: V7-IV7-I7 in C Eb F# and A
Exercise: add 7ths to "Amazing Grace"
Solution: "Amazing Grace" with 7ths
Minor 7th chords
Example: "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"
Practice: i7-v7-iv7 in Am Cm Ebm and F#m
6 Topics
Major 7ths
Major 7th chords
Example: "Gymnopédie No.1"
Exercise: harmonize the intro to "Ordinary People"
Solution: "Ordinary People" intro harmonized
Practice: IVmaj7-Imaj7 in C Eb F# and A
7 Topics
The 3 main types of 7th chord
Example: "Lovin You" chord progression
Exercise: harmonize "Amore"
Solution: "Amore" harmonized
Recognizing 7th chords in inversion
Exercise: analyze the chords of "Prélude in C"
Solution: the chords of "Prélude in C"
2 Topics
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Appendix: how to do the tests using your keyboard
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