| How would you like to be able to play what you feel | | | | the root note, the third, the fifth, and the seventh. If we |
| on the piano within 1-hour? Impossible? Not at all. It's all | | | | were playing a C Major 7 chord, it would be spelled |
| about chords. But not just any chord structure. | | | | c-e-g-b. |
| The chord structure I'm talking about will have you | | | | Now, by itself, the seventh chord is a very good and |
| playing the piano with both hands right away. And it | | | | often used chord structure. But, if we "open it up" by |
| won't take hours or days to do it. I'm talking about | | | | breaking the chord up into both hands, we get a very |
| something called the open position chord, and with it, | | | | spacious and beautiful sounding chord... hence the |
| you'll be able to really create your own music! | | | | name open position. Here's how it's constructed. The |
| The trick to all this is how the chord is made. You see, | | | | left hand gets the root note, the fifth, and the seventh. |
| most piano teachers begin their students with triads. | | | | The right hand plays the third, the seventh and the third |
| And while there is nothing wrong with learning triads, | | | | again. Spelled out, this would be: Left hand... c-g-b. Right |
| they're a little antiquated. | | | | hand... e-b-e. |
| The open position chord is a modern sounding seventh | | | | This 6-note chord sounds unbelievably full and rich. And |
| chord that is used today in pop, jazz, new age, and | | | | the best thing about it? Once you get this chord down |
| other contemporary piano styling. The seventh chord is | | | | in your hands, you can learn how to play it very easily |
| a term that is used to describe how the chord is | | | | in all 12 keys! |
| constructed. It's really easy. The chord is made up of | | | | |