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9Developing Minor Triads
Essential Keyboard SkillsLesson 009 IKS DMT
107
Developplayingminor
triadswiththelefthand.
Developtwohand
coordinationusingleft
handtriadsandrighthand
scale.
Introduceminortriad
inversions.
Developchangingchords.
Developtransferability.
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Lesson ObjectivesDeveloping Minor Triads
Wehavediscussedthatthekeyboardplayeroftenplaysusingbothhands
atthesametime.Sometimestheleftandrighthandneedtoplaydifferent
things.Forexample,thelefthandmightplayatriadtoestablishthesound
ofthechord,whilsttherighthandplaysthescaletocreateamelodyorto
improviseatune.
Letsstartthislessonwithourfirstexerciseinwhichwearegoingtoplay
lefthandtriadsstartingwithourAminortriad.Wehavelearnedhowto
formthistriadinourprevioustwolessonsandwewillsimplyplaythetriad
downtheOctaveinthebassclef.
EA C
Figure 1: A minor triad in the bass clef with the left hand
A minor triad
exercise 1 lesson009.iksdmt.01
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Two way coordination
AsdescribedinourintroductionletsnowplaytheAminorscalewithour
righthandwhilstplayingtheAminortriadinourlefthand.Thiswillhelp
developcoordinationbetweenourhandsandincreaseourfamiliaritywith
Aminor.
Figure 2: A minor triad in the bass and A minor scale in the treble clef.
notes in the triad
notes in the scale
exercise 2 lesson009.iksdmt.02
Take Note!
Youareusingalotofskillslearnedthroughthecoursenow.Youare
applyingfingeringtechnique,reading,rhythmrecognitionaswellastiming
andcountingskills.Ontopofwhichyouarelearningyourminortriadsand
scales,togetherwiththemajortriadsandscaleswelearnedearlieronin
Part One.
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Applying transferability and additional difficulty
Aswehavedoneallthewaythroughthecoursesofar,andasweintendto
continuetodo,wearegoingtotransfertheconceptwehavedevelopedto
otherscalesandtriads.Wearenowgoingtorepeattheaboveprocess,this
timewithDminor.
Thistimethoughweareaddinganotherchallengeaswearegoingtouse
eighthnotesinthescalerhythmandyouaregoingtoplaydoublesinthe
righthandtohelpdevelopthatskill.
Lookatthefigurebelowalongwiththeexerciseandrememberthatyoucan
usethemultimediafilesasalways.
Figure 3: D minor triad in the bass and D minor scale in the treble clef.
notes in the triad
notes in the scale
exercise 3 lesson009.iksdmt.03
1 2
3 4
Notethatinthisexercisethe
flatsymbol(b)isonlyused
onthefirstnoteofthepairof
notes.
Instandardmusicnotation
theflatsymbolcontinuesto
allnotesofthesamepitchin
the barunlesscancelledby
anothersign.
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Practising minor triads and minor scales
Youneedtobeabletoapplythisskilltoallthenaturalminorscalesand
triadsyouknow,sowehavewrittenout5exercisesforyoutopractisethe
remainingnotes.
Wehavemerelywrittenthemusicout,sothatyouneedto:
Identifytheminorscaleandtriad.
Formthetriadcorrectlywiththelefthand.
Playthecorrectscalewiththecorrectfingeringovertheminortriad
chord.
Keepintime,playwithincreasingfluencyandrepeatuntilcomfortable.
Learnthenotesineachtriadandscale.
exercise 4: G minor scale and Triadlesson009.iksdmt.04
1 2 3 4
exercise 5: C minor scale and Triadlesson009.iksdmt.05
1 2 3 4
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exercise 6: e minor scale and Triadlesson009.iksdmt.06
1 2 3 4
exercise 7: B minor scale and Triadlesson009.iksdmt.07
1 2 3 4
exercise 8: F minor scale and Triadlesson009.iksdmt.08
1 2 3 4
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Minor Inversions
Sofaryouhavelearnedtoplayminortriadsinrootposition.Thismeans
thattherootnoteofthechordisinpositionatthebase,orbottomofthe
chord.Thiscanresultinalotofworkforthelefthandwhenplayingdifferent
chordsinachordprogression.
Youwillrecallthatwelookedatminimisingmovementbyusinginversions
inthefirsthalfofthispartofthecoursewhenwelookedatmajortriads.We
aregoingtodothesameagainforournewlylearnedminortriads.
IwouldliketoillustrateagainhowinversionsworkusingAminorandD
minor.
WeknowthatthenotesinanAminortriadare:
A,CandE.
ThenotesinaDminortriadare:
D,FandA.
Theconceptwithinversionsisrecognisingwhicharethecommonnotesin
differenttriadsandthenusethosenotessoastochangeasfewnotesas
possiblewhenchangingchords.Therefore,ifwetakeAminorandDminor,
wecanseethatthecommonnoteisA.
InFigure 4wecanseewhereyourfingerswouldhavetobetoplayboththe
chordsinRootposition.
InFigure 5thisshowsthatbyretainingthecommonnoteofAwithour
thumb,wesimplyhavetomovefinger2upfromCtoDandfinger4up
fromEtoF.
ThiscreatesaninversionofDminorwithAatthebaseofthechord.
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Figure 4: Changing from A minor to D minor in root positions.
Figure 5: Changing from A minor to D minor creating an inversion of D minor.
Economy of movement
WemadethispointearlierinthecoursebuttryplayingtheAminortoD
minorasshownaboveandyouwillnoticehowmucheasieritistoplay.
Theeconomyofmovementhasaverypositiveeffectontheoverallsound
ofthechordchangewhichisnowmuchsmoother.Byusingthisinversion
thehandstaysinthesameplace,asopposedtomakingquitealeapdown
thekeyboard.
Discoverforyourself.Playthefollowingexercisewhichgetsyoutoplay
thechordsintheirrootpositionsforthefirsttwobarsbutthenusesthe
inversionforthenextchange.
Feelfreetousethemultimediafilesasalwaystohelpyouunderstandthe
notepositionsandmovementissues.
The notes in Blue form the A minor triad
The notes in Red form the D minor triad
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exercise 9lesson009.iksdmt.09
1 2 3 4
Learn the notes in your Chords!
ItisoftenpossibletouseInversionsthroughoutachordprogressionto
createasmooth,economicalsound.Agoodkeyboardplayerisalways
awareofthispossibilityandlookstoachieveitwhenchangingchords.This
isonereasonwhyitisimportanttoknowallthenamesofallthenotesin
eachchorditmakesiteasiertochangefromonechordtoanotherusing
inversions.Inanensemble(Band)thebassguitarwilloftenbeplayingthe
rootnoteofthechord,underneatheveryoneelseatthebottom.Thiswill
enableyoutouseinversionswithoutbeingundulyconcernedaboutplaying
therootnote.
A Chord Progression
SongsoftencontainseveralchordslinkedtogethertoformaChord
Progression.Thisbecomesthebasisofthesong.Letsaddanotherchord
toourprogressionthechordofG.YounowhavethreechordsA
minor,DminorandGminor.YouhavealreadychangedfromAminorto
Dminorusinganinversion.NowuseaninversionoftheGminorchordto
movesmoothly,economicallyandefficientlyfromtheDminorchord.
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Againwearelookingforcommonnotessoweneedtoknowthenotesin
bothGminorandDminor.
Gminor:G,BbandD
Dminor:D,FandA
SoourcommonnoteisD.HavealookatFigure 6andthentrythenext
exercise.
notes in the D minor triad
notes in the G minor triad
Figure 6: Changing from D minor to G minor in our chord progression.
Youcanseethatfinger2staysonthecommonnoteD,whilstthethumb
movesuptoBbandfinger4movesuptoF.
exercise 10lesson009.iksdmt.10
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Two way co-ordination with root notes in the left hand
Aswehavealreadydevelopedgooduseofthelefthandwearegoingto
playthelastexerciseagainthistimeplayingtherootnoteofeachchordin
thelefthand.Youwillhearthechordsclearlyeventhoughyouareplaying
inversionsastheearhearsthetriadandcaneasilymakesenseofit.
exercise 11lesson009.iksdmt.11
1 2 3 4
Further development
Asakeyboardplayeryouwillbeexpectedtobeabletoinvertchordsinto
chordprogressions,whethertheyaremajororminorchords.Asstressed
throughthecoursesofar,itisimportantthatyouknowthenotesinyour
majorandminorscalesandalsowhichnotesformyourtriads,sothat
youcaninverttriadssoastoplaywithasmoothnessandeconomyof
movementthatmakesyourplayingseemandsoundfluentandeffortless.
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