A Handful of Chord Moves, Endless Possibilities
Chord progressions are at the heart of playing blues and other roots music, and chord substitutions are the key to making chord progressions sound cooler and more interesting. But how do you know what chords to add to a song, and more importantly, where to add them?
In this workshop, you’ll learn multiple moveable shapes for all the essential chords used to play eight-bar and twelve-bar blues progressions. More importantly, you’ll learn how to put them together to create moveable one-measure and two-measure “chord licks” you can apply to any of the songs in your repertoire.
Before the workshop is over, you’ll take those new licks and use them to completely transform the kind of I-IV-V progressions found in blues standards like “Trouble In Mind,” “How Long Blues” or “Frankie and Johnny.”
A Three-Step Method to Transform Your Chord Progressions
Know The Chord Shapes
Learn the classic three-note Freddie Green shapes for every position of the chords you need to play blues standards: I, IV, V, ii, VI and diminished.
Learn The Moves
Build a vocabulary of specific chords moves to cover any situation, learn why they work, and when to use them.
Put It All Together
Get step-by-step practice in transforming I-IV-V progressions by applying your new chord vocabulary to a set of classic blues tunes.
The Secret To Amazing-Sounding Progressions
Chord substitutions are one of the most effective and satisfying ways to make your songs sound more interesting. If you understand how chord progressions work, you can change and add to the basic progression in a thoughtful and satisfying way. Instead of just learning more chords for chords’ sake, or guessing how you might add them to a tune, Chord Substitutions will provide you with a simple, stepwise way to dress up any basic I IV V chord progression.
In this workshop, we'll start with taking the I, IV and V chord up the neck, learn how diminished chords work, and round things out with some minor seventh and altered dominant chords.
Next, we'll look at all the important ways to use those voicings to keep things interesting: how to keep moving while staying on a single chord, and how to string three or four different shapes together to make smooth, colorful connections between the main chords in a song.
Finally, we’ll take a handful of classic blues tunes and see how to transform them, step by step, from simple I, IV V songs to kaleidoscopically varied progressions.
The materials and techniques you learn in this class will work whether you want to play chords to accompany someone else or create your own solo arrangements.
HOW IT WORKS
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Use the secure form below to sign up for and attend the live online workshop (or watch the replay later).
Take The Workshop
Learn why chord substitutions work and how to use them, then apply them to classic blues standards.
Transform Your Blues
Watch the replay for an entire year, organize your practice plan, and make chord substitutions an integral part of your style.
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How much does it cost?
$79Â 03/30/24 CHORD SUBSTITUTIONS
LEARN THE CHORD SHAPES AND MOVES TO TRANSFORM YOUR PROGRESSIONS
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