Helping You Memorise New Chord Progressions | A Spontaneous Game

To acquire more repertoire, you need to memorise and internalise chord progressions so that you can reduce your conscious interference when it comes to what comes next, focusing more on improvisation, rhythm, etc. In this personlised game, you simply choose how long your chord progression will be (at least three chords!), choose random notes from the chromatic scale, apply them to a key and then write the resultant note values in that key. Caution: they will not always be notes of the key so you'll have to flatten them sometimes. Then memorise the number sequence in the key, then apply chord types. Do as much of this away from the piano as possible.
If you can get comfortable doing this with random chord progressions and types, approaching the main repertoire will be a breeze since the progressions aren't as crazy as your results will be!
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[@SMTX2023]

Aye (Yes), I thought the video lesson is rather interesting. I tried your numbers i.e. “7,5,9,8,& 3” or “F#/Gb, D#/Eb, G#/Ab, G, and D”, then I choose key of “Eb” since two of the three flats of “Eb” are there. The chord progression turns out as “m3-M7-M7-m7-°7” or “Gb-Eb-Ab-G-D”. It sounds kind of different (non-diatonic). Thanks Dan for this inspiring game. 👍👍

[@danthecomposer]

Yes, it gives interesting results but also trains you to recognise new chord progressions. Of note: in my video, I accidentally identified 5 as Eb; it is E (chromatically from C). I just didn't count far enough. Oops! However, good chord choices. Thanks for paying the game! Best, Dan

[@eapeters12]

Thanks for this, very helpful! I'm curious if you choose to voice lead these chords as part of the exercise?

[@danthecomposer]

Thanks for watching. Good idea! Adding layer after layer to any exercise is very useful. Your idea will help with inversion practice and getting used to even more shapes than the root position! Do it for sure!

[@eapeters12]

@@danthecomposer Thanks!

[@demospire]

I am a novice at piano, and am able to play chords if i think about the notes and can somewhat read sheet music (Its slow but im in choir and a good bit of music theory (chord shapes, modes and solfege) ) would you reccomend me just looking up songs sheet music and learning them to improve my hand skills and speed in reading sheet music or what other method should I use to improve my piano.

[@danthecomposer]

Hey, thanks for watching and for your comment. I've always, since my very early days, been of the mind that you sight-reading is a bit of a party trick and doesn't actually help you truly learn a piece. Staring at sheet music, even when you 'know' the piece, is a big distraction from actually performing (I call this 'conscious interference'). I always encourage people (and I do it myself) to master the chord progression (if jazz) or a few bars in one go, AWAY from the piano. You only go to the piano when you know you can play it in your mind. Of course, the first thing to do when learning a new piece (any genre) is to listen to an original and then many other versions. This solidifies the structure and helps with overall performance quality, plus you will TRULY know the piece inside out!

[@PianoAcedmiaArc]

Why is the G a minor. Its a major G chord isnt it?

[@danthecomposer]

Perhaps you missed the part where I say you choose your own chord types in this exercise so nothing is diatonic, at least on purpose, but you can if you want do it that way…. But it’s a bit boring because it’s so predictable! My Gm chord was a half diminished…. The F# also is wrong diatonically, as are all the rest! 😎 Mix it up!

[@tzodearf2596]

Sounds reminiscent of DeBussey