play by ear in worship without needing the music
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Play by ear without music
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The Process• Find the key by finding the root note
• Work out the notes in the key using TTs
• Listen to the bass intervals in the song
• Apply the major/minor chord patterns
• Chords outside the key; bass notes & sounds
What is a key
• A collection of notes and chords that go together
• Built around the major scale – Do, Re, Mi
• The root note is the ‘home’ note
How many notes?
Thinking first in major keys
Every key has SEVEN notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
Working out the notes
• All notes found by using the same pattern
• Root T T S (T) T T S
• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1(8)
• 3 rules….
3 rules
• One of every alphabetical letter
• Never miss out any letters
• Never mix sharps and flats
Intervals
• The distance in sound between two notes
• 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1(8) 2(9) etc
• Note 1 to 3 = 3rd, Note 1 to 5 = 5th etc
Chords in the key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
maj min min maj maj min (dim)
1/3 5/7
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
maj min min maj maj min (dim)
1/3 5/7
G A B C D E F#
Chords outside the key
They use notes not in the key (chromatic)
1 listen to the bass note interval
2 listen to the sound of the chord
3 chord basic types are maj, min, dim, aug,
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