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What Key Is Dark Blue In?

What key is Dark Blue in? Look at the music book for FL4. 3 flats. Also, the first and last bass note is C hinting at the tonal center. Ian Yes. And yes. And yet: it doesn’t really ever sound like C is a definitive…

Chord Drill Inversions

Elizabeth Gaikwad, I have a question about the Chord Drill inversions. I understand that students need to have all Accomp 1 chords solid and that is the prerequisite. What I’m wondering, is how the inversions appear/are taught in Accomp 2? Will it be beneficial to…

Accompaniment Variations 23 & 24

I’m confused on Accompaniment Variations 23 & 24. Do they only apply to second inversion chords? Neil uses Amazing Grace as an example, so would all the chords be in second inversion through the song, or only the first chord? I couldn’t tell if he’s…

Chord Drill: add9 chord

I really like the Chord Drill program! One question, though: when the add9 chord is inverted, wouldn’t the 9th be on the bottom? Is that not a particularly desirable voicing, because you jump to the 3rd of the chord? Is this because the 6th chords…

Songs for Christmas chord inversions

The variations in Songs for Christmas use inversions that my Level 4 students have not yet learned. However, they’re beyond the basic C F & G chords of the simple versions. Should I teach the variations using root position chords, or find a way to…

Accompaniment Variations 23 & 24

Any advice on Accompaniment Variations 23 and 24 (pivot runs) which are applied to chord inversions? This isn’t presented until Accompaniment 2, so should we come back to these later? I think you just teach the pattern without explaining. I usually just say C chord…

Teaching chord inversions

Some of my students want to play songs from simple fake books…usually Christian. Is it OK for me to teach them chord inversions? Also, they wanted to do Star Spangled Banner in G because it’s a better key for singing, but jumping around to play…

Working with lead sheets and melody

I was trying to help a student with a lead sheet incorporating the melody with harmony (5ths and 7ths). We have not started Jazz yet, sort of jumping ahead, but I was wondering how to approach split chords in this fashion, such as C/Bb? I…