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C Family Chords: An Impressive Broken Chord' Ballad That Uses All The Basic

The document describes a ballad that uses broken chords across both hands moving up and down the keyboard in a sweeping pattern. It uses only the notes in the C major chord played as broken triads and outlines how to play the pattern, providing musical notation of the sequence of chords to follow (C, F, G, Em, Am, Dm, G, C).

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C Family Chords: An Impressive Broken Chord' Ballad That Uses All The Basic

The document describes a ballad that uses broken chords across both hands moving up and down the keyboard in a sweeping pattern. It uses only the notes in the C major chord played as broken triads and outlines how to play the pattern, providing musical notation of the sequence of chords to follow (C, F, G, Em, Am, Dm, G, C).

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AN IMPRESSIVE

‘BROKEN CHORD’ BALLAD

THAT USES ALL THE BASIC

C FAMILY CHORDS

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The amazing BROKEN CHORD BALLAD
Part 1

This tune is SO easy yet it sounds really fancy and complicated!


Everyone will be VERY impressed!

Once you learn the sequence using ONE chord it’s really easy
to play the rest of the tune.

Think first of all about the chord of C


in your RIGHT HAND

C E G

Now instead of playing the three notes at the SAME time play them
ONE AT A TIME starting with C

So play the C note with your THUMB


Then play the E note with your MIDDLE finger
then play the G note with your WEE finger

This is called a ‘BROKEN CHORD’


and here’s how it looks in Music Notation
C E G

OK...so far so good!

Now try playing the SAME thing but with your LEFT HAND

So play the C note with your WEE finger (Left Hand)


Then play the E note with your MIDDLE finger (Left Hand)
then play the G note with your THUMB (Left Hand)

Great - now go to Part 2

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Part 2
Hopefully you can now play the chord of C as a BROKEN CHORD in both hands

Now for the exciting part


You’re going to make a SWEEPING ‘melody line’ using broken chords

1. Play a SINGLE C note two octaves (16 keys) to the left of middle C
in your LEFT HAND (any finger)
2. Then play a broken C chord one octave (8 keys) up from that note
in your RIGHT HAND
3. Then lift your LEFT HAND over your right and play a broken C chord
another octave up in your LEFT HAND
4. Finally sweep your right hand under the left and play a broken C chord
another octave up in your RIGHT HAND

C C C C

LH RH LH RH
C note Broken C Chord Broken C Chord Broken C Chord
Keep the SUSTAIN pedal down throughout

Now see if you can play the same pattern but THIS time use the chord of F
Start off with an F note (LEFT HAND) low down the keyboard

GET THE IDEA?

To play the entire tune use the pattern with the following chord sequence

C, F, Bo, Em, Am, Dm, G, C


(End the tune on an ‘extra’ single C note)

The next page will show you what it looks like in Music Notation

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The amazing BROKEN CHORD BALLAD
In Musical Notation

Keep the sustain pedal down throughout EACH bar

CHORDS C C C F F F Bo Bo Bo

5 3 1 1 3 5
LH RH LH RH ETC

1 3 5 F
C B
Count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and

CHORDS Em Em Em Am Am Am Dm Dm Dm

A
E D

CHORDS G G G C C C C (end on a C note)

G
C

NOTE - The above notation is in ‘5/4’ time which means there are 5 beats in each bar.
As you play you can count each bar as “1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 and”

You are VERY unlikely to ever play in 5/4 time again so don’t worry if it seems complicated - it just
happens to be the timing for this particular ballad

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