Fundamentals
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107 Courses
780 Lessons
190 Smartsheets
Song: Angel of My Eyes
This comprehensive course covers minor block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
"The Position is Closed" (Swing)
"Minor Blockage" (Funk)
Block Chord Exercise (Am, Dm, Gm)
"Check, Mate!" (Bossa)
Block Chord Exercise (F#m, Bm, Em)
Block Chord Exercise (Ebm, Abm, Dbm)
"Fill Up More" (Ballad)
Definition & Positions
Block Chord Exercise (Cm, Fm, Bbm)
This comprehensive course covers major block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Block Chord Exercise (Ab, Eb, Db)
Block Chord Exercise (C, F, Bb)
"Locked Hands in Peace" (Swing)
Definition & Positions
Block Chord Exercise (A, D, G)
"Blocked Call" (Bossa Nova)
"Shearing the Hedges" (Ballad)
Block Chord Exercise (F#, B, E)
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