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Composition: here are the notes that make your music more effective (part 11)

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How to use non-harmonic tones with seventh chords

In the previous lessons we learned how to use non-haronic tones in the case of chords made up of only 3 notes (the triads).

  • But what happens if I decide to compose a melody using also seventh chords?
  • How can we use chord tones and non-harmonic tones in the case of seventh chords?

Today we will answer these questions and will understand that, depending on the kind of music that we want to compose, we can use choose between different solutions.

And in this we will have a higher array of musical tools.

Learning material of this lesson

5 videos 29 mins
1. Introduction to the new lesson 3m 19s
2. How to use chord tones in the case of seventh chords 4m 53s
3. Let’s learn to compose a melody by using seventh chords 5m 02s
4. Other melodies with seventh chords 9m 17s
5. Chord tones, non-harmonic tones and…a new kind of notes 7m 21s
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How to build seventh chords (part 2)

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Let’s learn how to build seventh chords

In the lesson today we wil take a close look at seventh chords.
Why are these chords so important?
Because they allow us to widen greatly our sonoric range.

They are in fact dissonant chords, each with different characteristics.
Today we will learn to build seventh chords on harmonic minor scale and analyse them one by one. We will moreover see seven different kinds of seventh chords.

Indeed we will try to understand which are the characterists and what distinguishes them from each other.
We will also find a way to name each chord in order to distinguish them rapidly.
All this will be done in-depth but also in a simple and clear way to enable you to follow each step.

In this way, you will understand all seventh chords and learn to use them as you please.

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos 18 mins
1. The characteristics of seventh chords 1m 37s
2. The first 4 types of seventh chords 4m 53s
3. The other three types of seventh chords 4m 50s
4. How to name seventh chords 6m 24s
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How to build seventh chords (first part)

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Four notes chords

Up to now we have seen chords made up of only three notes.

Today we will open a new and very important chapter. We will discover how to build chords of 4 notes.
This will allow us to introduce new subjects including:

  • Why chords of more than three sounds are always dissonant
  • Seventh chords
  • How to find the root of the chord, even in very complicated chords
  • How to build seventh chords on major scale
  • How to call the notes which make up the seventh chord correctly

Learning material of this lesson

4 videos 25 mins
1. How to build 4 notes chords 4m 09s
2. The seventh chord on the major scale 4m 33s
3. Learn to call all notes of the chord in a correct way 9m 09s
4. The seventh chords on other degrees of a major scale- Various examples 7m 11s
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