Functions First!
Definition: Activities to Learn How I and V7 Chords
Function - BEFORE Playing Them at the Piano
Follow the magnet images in the videos and tilt a
PUSHPIN MAGNET on magnetic receptive surface
to sync with the "feeling" of V7 tension.
pushpin magnet flat = TONIC = home/stable
pushpin magnet tilted = DOMINANT = feel pull
toward magnetic receptive surface
Excerpts from Rossini, Mozart,
Beethoven, and more!
CLICK HERE for classical excerpt index in YouTube
Piano Repertoire
Click on Counting link under title for video
March No. 1 - Turk
Minuet - Reinagle
Vivace / Trumpet - Gurlitt
German Dance - Beethoven
Improv Examples - Roots, Chord Tones, Non-chord Tones
Chord tone and non-chord tone improv ideas
