How to Play Piano: Practicing Chords

So the satisfying way to practice is to play a chord with your left hand. Hold it down listen to the sound the mood it creates to play the appropriate scale with our right hand (piano playing) throw an A (piano playing). You can lay there add an extra note on top of the basic triad chords by using your left hand thumb to play notes that cover the chord. Let us try it in C major again, fifth finger of the left hand on C, fourth finger in E, second finger on G. Now put your thumb on C an octave higher, playing all four notes together of the chord and a bit of a scratch to get it.

Now try moving your thumb down a whole step to B flat which is a flat in seventh in the C scale, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven flock.—(piano playing). It is also called the dominant seventh (piano playing) okay B, to B flat and play all four notes together (piano playing). This chord is named C7, a dominant seven chord that is used in most form of music including folk, blues, rock, and jazz.

Here is a chart for C7. Let us try a basic sequence. It is used a lot in blues and rock. This particular chord progression is often referred to as one four five sequence
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