Everything You Need to Know About Piano Chords
Chords are the basic building blocks to the piano- and guitar-driven music. Could you imagine learning a few hundreds of CHORDS in one lesson? Not only will we give you the ability to play more songs but we will teach you how to play without referring to a chord chart! From Major 11ths, 13ths to diminished 7ths, we have you covered. Learn the best and easiest methods to form any chords, anytime, anywhere you want to play them. If you want to improve your improvisation then this is the ‘ONE TIME LESSON.
Outline = Course 01 (Everything You Need to Know About Chords)
- Construction of Chords (Major & Minor Chords Formula)
- Chords connection and playing
- Adding notes to the chords
- Major 7th (formula)
- Sus Chords
- Chords with extension (C9, C11, C13)
- Chord Symbol Appendix
- Formula for Augmented chords
- Formula for Diminished chords
- Minor Chord Extensions
- Slash Chords
- Major II-V-I using 3/7 Guide Tones
- Voicing in 4ths
- Voice leading of triads using the circle of 5th/4ths.
- Major triads voiceled around the circle of fourths
- Chord ‘stacks’ for all major, minor, dominant and diminished chords
- Major, Minor, Dominant Chords Family
About The Music Works
Past Events We Have Performed
The Music Works has been blessed to have had collaborated with and performed for Singapore’s government sector functions, State events, MNC functions, and other notable events including the late Minister Mentor Mr. Lee Kuan Yew’s memoir book launch/birthday celebration, a performance for His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping’s (then Vice President of the People’s Republic of China), OCBC Private Banking & BMW’s Product Launch alongside a full list of other reputable corporate clients.
We are also proud to offer our experience in organizing and scaling functions for personal occasions such as weddings, birthdays & anniversaries, etc.
Parry Yap Past Performance
| States Events |
| His Excellency Olafur Ragnar Grimsson – President of the Republic of Iceland and Mdm Dorrit Moussaieff.
His Excellency Gen (Ret) Prayut Chan-O-Cha Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand and A/Prof Naraporn Chan-O-Cha. His Excellency Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of the Republic of Indonesia. His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. His Excellency Tsakhia Elbegdorj President of the Mongolia. His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the State of Qatar. His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Alois of the Principality of Liechtenstein. His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Security of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste. His Excellency Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of the Republic of Indonesia. His Excellency Aleksandr Lukashenko President of the Republic of Belarus. His Excellency Donald Tusk Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. His Excellency Jean Marc Ayrault Prime Minister of The French Republic and Mrs Brigitte Ayrault. The Right Honourable John Key Prime Minister of New Zealand. His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand His Excellency The Right Honourable David Johnston Governor General of Canada. His Excellency Truong Tan Sang President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. His Excellency Denis Sassou-Nguesso President of the Republic of Congo His Excellency Dr Heinz Fischer Federal President of the Republic of Austria. His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping’s (then Vice President of the People’s Republic of China) His Excellency Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. His Excellency HE Mohamed Nasheed President of the Republic of Maldives. |
| Multinational Corporate (MNC) |
| Producer for NTUC Theme Song “Solidarity Forever”.
12 – Piece Big band for SNEC Annual Dinner. 13 – Piece Dixieland cum Dance Band for SSO 25th Anniversary. 26 Piece Orchestra with SSO for Standard Chartered Band 140th Anniversary – Conducted Bart Folse. 21 – Piece orchestra for Sony convention – Conducted by Lin Chien Kwan – Assistant professor of East School of Music. OCBC – Private Banking UBS – Private Banking UOB – Private Banking Investment Seminar for Premium Customers AIA – Award Ceremony Prudential – Award Ceremony SIA – Award Ceremony BMW – Product Launch Sembawang Ship Yard – Appreciation Event Cartier – Product Launch Far East Organization – Showroom GICs – Networking Event Singapore Tatler – Networking Event Canon – Appreciation Night |
| Other Collaborations |
| Concert tour with Taiwanese Singer Su Rei in Indonesia. Session Player for HK Superstar Alam Tham and Late Leslie Cheung.
NUS – Graduation Ceremony SGH – Conference HDB Hub – Annual Dinner Late Minister Mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew – Launch of Memoir Book/Birthday Hotel Associations Law Society KPMG Khattar and Wong PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst and Young |
