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Playing With the D Major Scale
If you're new to accidentals on the keyboard, the D major / B minor scale is a great next step as it only contains two sharps; and, multitudes of songs from many genres are written in this key ... (Read more) Get a head start: Learn D Major & B minor chords
| Playing Ninth Chords on Piano
Ninth chords are five-note chords that span the usual intervals up to a ninth (root-3-5-7-9); and most often, the ninth interval remains major, even in minor 9th chords. Learn more on building the different types of major 9th,minor 9th & ADD9 chords on the keyboard and grand staff:
| Forming Major Seventh Chords
You probably know that a major triad is built with three notes: a root, a major third, and a perfect fifth. A major seventh chord also contains these notes, but has an added seventh interval. If that interval is major, the chord is a Major 7th chord; if the interval is minor, it's a dominant 7th chord:
| What Is Timbre?
The words timbre and tone are often used interchangeably ... much to the chagrin of purists! Do you know the distinction?
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