Q. I started teaching piano lessons about a year ago. It's been GREAT so far, and I love it. The problem is, I am running out of ideas. Anyone have any games I can play with my students? Educational games, of course.
Thanks in advance. :)
A. My music teacher has these dice with the names of all the notes on them. Sometimes in class we spell chords with the dice, though I don't see the point of the actual dice in this instance... But you could give each child two dice and have them find the interval between the two note names they rolled!
If they are young children, you could have them walk around town and name all the sounds they hear, or make rhythms or sounds with different objects.
Flash cards or ear training are also always good. As is singing!
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Help with chord progressions?
Q. Last year I wrote a simple, lyrical piano piece in G minor. The entire song is based on a i - VI - III- VII chord progression (ends on III). I picked it up again recently to try and add a "B" section to it because it is quite repetitive and simple. However, I can't seem to get out of this progression. Do you have any suggestions for a chord progression for the "B" section, or ways to help me get "unstuck" from this four chords and create more variation in the song? I realize that this is difficult to do without hearing the piece, but I appreciate any help that you can give me! Thank you so much.
My one other question is about the actual tonality of the piece. I suppose it doesn't matter that much, but I am curious to know whether it is actually in G minor, or is it really Bb Major (vi - IV - I - V progression). Based on the Baroque music theory rules I suppose it would be G minor, but I'm not too experienced in this area. Is it minor, with a picardy third ending (III) or simply major, beginning on the vi chord? Thank you again!
A. I played your progression a few times, and it's pretty similar to Jewel's "Foolish Games", and I'm pretty sure it's minor. First of all, a i iv V7 I would be an example of a chord progression with a picardy third, because a major I chord does not exist in the key. In any minor key, the III is always major, just like it is always a iii in a major key, so a III in a minor key is not a picardy third. On top of that, your VII is resolving to a i chord, which establishes G as your tonic. Otherwise, your chord progression isn't resolving because a I to a V is a half cadence, and a V to a vi is a deceptive cadence, which would not work for an entire piece.
As for a B section, you could modulate to your relative major, or you could modulate to g minor's minor v, as both of these would be easy options. In your relative major, VI would become your IV chord, which you would immediately cadence with your V to establish Bb major as your new key. Moving to your minor v would be easiest if your i becomes the iv of your new key. So if you're in g minor, you would play your g minor chord as if it were your iv chord of D minor, but you MUST cadence with its V chord afterwards in order to establish you have switched keys to D minor. You can practice this by playing your progression, and when you get back to G minor, follow it with an A major chord and then a D min chord. This is a difficult progression to get into, but once you're in it sounds really nice. Secondary dominance and chromatic modulation can be learned through analyzing pieces that you like, as well as through a college theory course which can be taken over the summer in your free time. I wrote out a few sample chord progressions that I came up with on my own.
Relative Major:
VI (becomes IV) VII (is now your V, etc.) I vi, (then you could repeat, or whatever), in chord names:
Eb major, F major, Bb Major, G minor, F major leads right back into your minor progression if you would like to go back to G minor.
Minor v:
i (becomes iv) i64 (double the 5th of the i chord, and put the 5th in the base) V i VI III VII i, repeat, or modulate back, or whatever. Not super happy with this one, but at least it gives you an idea of what you can do.
G min, D min, A maj, D min, Bb maj, F maj, C maj, D maj.
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