![]() Play through the chords slowly and listen how the voice-leading line clearly outlines the underlying harmonic motion. (If you don’t know these piano voicings yet you can check out Steve’s lesson on shell voicings or Steve’s lesson on rootless voicings.) More advanced players can use rootless voicings. It is a great way to learn new tunes quickly and as Vincent Herring pointed out, it can be a way to hear the chord changes of a tune that you don’t know (if it gets called at a jam session, for example).Īfter being able to sing the voice leading lines using a single note as a reference pitch, sing the lines while playing the chords on the piano.īeginners can use a simple voicing placing the root in the left hand and the 3rd and 7th of the chord in the right hand. Hearing the motion of these chord tones helps you quickly internalize the harmonic motion of a given tune. This motion of thirds and sevenths through the chord changes is typically referred to as a guide tone line or more generally as voice-leading. ![]() Hearing Chords By Singing Guide Tone Lines Work slowly until you can hear the notes in the context of the major key and then again in the context of the minor key. Once you master the exercise using the first note as your reference pitch, try playing a Bb to start (the tonic of the major key) and then try to sing through the exercise.Īfter that, play a G as your reference pitch (the tonic of the minor key) and sing through the exercise.Īgain, the first time you do it, you may have difficulty when you change your reference pitch. Keep working until that final Bb you sing is perfectly in tune with the piano. Practice slowly and hear the motion of the 7ths to the 3rds. If you have never done something like this exercise before, you may be surprised that your final pitch can be quite a bit off.
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