Course Description

This Piano Course will teach you how to create unique/colourful Chord Progressions. 

This course will teach you how to create unique/colourful Chord progressions through the use of a technique that is called Chord Substitution and through the use of Passing Chords and Secondary Dominant Chords. Chord Substitution is a technique that involves using a particular Chord in the place of another Chord in a Chord Progression in order to create variety, interest and hence add colour to the original Chord Progression. 

In this course, you will learn about the different substitute chords that you can use for the Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant, Subdominant, Dominant and the Submediant Chords. You will also learn about the chord substitutions that you can use for other chords.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction

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    • What is a Passing Chord? | What you need to know before taking this Course (i.e. the prerequisites that are needed)
  • 2

    Secondary Dominant Chords (how to use them to add colour to Chord Progressions)

    • Introduction for this section of the Course

    • The Secondary Dominant Chord

    • An example of how to use Secondary Dominant Chords as Passing Chords

    • Using a Secondary Dominant Chord as a Passing Chord for different Chords
  • 3

    Introduction to the technique of Chord Substitution

  • 4

    Chord Substitutions for the Tonic Chord that is within a Major Key

    • Introduction for this section of the Course

    • First Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord

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    • Second Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord

    • Part 2 of the Second Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord

    • Third Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord that is within a Major Key

    • Practical example for the third Major Key Tonic Chord Substitution

    • 4th Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord that is within a Major Key

    • Practical example for the 4th Major Key Tonic Chord Substitution

    • 5th Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord that is within a Major Key

    • 6th Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord that is within a Major Key

    • Practical example for the 6th Major Key Tonic Chord Substitution
  • 5

    Passing Chords that you can use to add colour to your Chord Progressions

    • How to use one of the substitute Chords as a Passing Chord

    • Another Passing Chord that you can use to add colour to your Chord Progressions

    • 3rd Type of Passing Chord that you can use to add colour to Chord Progressions

    • 4th Type of Passing Chord that you can use to add colour to Chord Progressions
  • 6

    Practical example of how to apply Chord Substitutions to a Song

    • Practical example of how to apply Chord Substitutions to a Song
  • 7

    Chord Substitutions for the Subdominant Chord that is within a Major Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the Subdominant Chord

    • Part 2 of the first Chord Substitution for the Subdominant Chord

    • Second Chord Substitution for the Subdominant Chord

    • Practical example for the second Chord Substitution for the Subdominant Chord
  • 8

    Chord Substitutions for the V chord and the V7 chord that are within a major key

    • Chord Substitution for the V chord and the V7 chord that are within a major key

    • Another Chord Substitution for the V Chord

    • Practical example of how to use another chord substitution for the V chord

    • Third Chord Substitution for the V Chord and the V7 Chords

    • Practical example for the third chord substitution for the V and V7 chord

    • 4th Chord Substitution for the V chord and the V7 Chord

    • Practical example for the 4th chord substitution for the V and V7 chord

    • Similarities between the V, V7 and another Chord

    • 5th Chord Substitution for the V and the V7 Chords

    • Practical example for the 5th Chord Substitution for the V and the V7 Chords

    • 6th Chord Substitution for the V and V7 Chords

    • 7th Chord Substitution for the V and V7 Chords that are within a Major Key

    • Practical example for the 7th Chord Substitution for the V and V7 chords
  • 9

    The Tritone Substitution

    • The Tritone Substitution for the V7 Chord

    • Practical example of how to use the Tritone Substitution

    • More on the Tritone Substitution and how to make use of another Passing Chord
  • 10

    Chord Substitutions for the Supertonic Chord that is within a Major Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the supertonic chord that is within a Major Key

    • Practical example for the first Chord Substitution for the Supertonic Chord
  • 11

    Chord Substitutions for the Mediant Chord that is within a Major Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the Mediant Chord that is within a Major Key

    • Practical example of the first Chord Substitution for the Mediant Chord
  • 12

    Chord Substitutions for the Submediant Chord that is within a Major Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the Submediant Chord

    • Practical example for the first Chord Substitution for the Submediant Chord
  • 13

    Chord Substitution for the Leading Tone Chord that is within a Major Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the leading tone Chord

    • Practical example for the first Chord Substitution for the leading tone Chord
  • 14

    Chord Substitutions for the Tonic Chord that is within a Natural Minor Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the Tonic Chord that is within a Natural Minor Key

    • Practical example for the First Natural Minor Key Tonic Chord Substitution
  • 15

    Chord Substitutions for the Subdominant Chord that is within a Natural Minor Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the Natural Minor Key Subdominant Chord

    • Practical example for the First Natural Minor Key Subdominant Chord Substitution
  • 16

    Chord Substitutions for the v Chord that is within a Natural Minor Key

    • First Chord Substitution for the v Chord that is within a Natural Minor Key

    • Practical example for the first Chord Substitution for the v Chord
  • 17

    Chord Substitutions for the Supertonic Chord that is within a Minor Key

    • Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Supertonic Chord
  • 18

    Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Mediant Chord

    • Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Mediant Chord
  • 19

    Chord Substitutions for the Submediant Chord that is within a Minor Key

    • Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Submediant Chord
  • 20

    Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Subtonic Chord

    • Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Subtonic Chord
  • 21

    How to make use of Chord Substitutions in all the 12 Major Keys

    • The Key of C Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of C# Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of D Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of E flat Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of E Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of F Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of F# Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of G Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of G# Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of A Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of B flat Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions

    • The Key of B Major Chord Progressions and Chord Substitutions
  • 22

    Conclusion

    • Conclusion