La tríada menor como acorde II
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This lesson is part of the course Exploring Jazz Piano: Tríadas menores
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Understanding Minor Triads in Major Keys
Now, of course, you find minor triads in minor tunes, but that's not the only place that you might come across them. In fact, in any major key, you've got several minor triads right there.
Example in C Major
For instance, in C major (all white notes):
- The D minor triad is found on the second note (the ii chord).
- On the third note, we have the E minor triad (the iii chord).
- The fourth and fifth chords are major.
Here comes another minor triad on vi:
- This one isn't minor because it would need to have an F# in.
- That one would be called B diminished.
So remember:
- ii, iii, and vi (all white notes) are present as minor triads in the major scale.
Focusing on the Two Chord
Now we're going to mainly focus on the ii chord. So, in the key of F, for instance:
- G minor is a really important chord (i and ii).
Practice Routine
Here's a little routine that almost plays a whole scale harmonized as triads using just those two chords. Try it for yourself!
- I'm going to start down here.
- You can get quite fluent at that, producing a really nice sound using those two chords and all their inversions.
In fact, we've almost played the whole scale. Apart from the fact that there isn't an E in either of those triads, we've covered six out of the seven notes in the scale.
Example: Manenberg
You're going to hear this sound again in the next tune, which is Manenberg by the South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim.
This is an example of what you might call township jazz, which typically features:
- Major harmonies
- The use of the ii chords, sometimes with the V in the bass.
Rather than thinking of that as a C chord, it's a G minor with a C bass. That's a very common sound in that kind of music.
About the instructor
Aclamado por la crítica, el pianista y compositor de jazz Tim Richards es uno de los educadores de jazz más experimentados de Gran Bretaña, y ha enseñado piano de forma privada durante más de 30 años, además de en el Morley College, el Goldsmiths College, la University of Surrey, Premises Studios y otros centros del Reino Unido y del extranjero. Ha producido numerosos títulos para Schott Music, entre ellos los superventas en dos volúmenes Exploring Jazz Piano, Blues, Boogie & Gospel Collection y el aclamado Improvising Blues Piano. También es coautor, junto con John Crawford, de Exploring Latin Piano y Brazilian Piano Collection.Más recientemente, Schott ha publicado Jazz, Latin & Modern Collection (15 piezas para piano solo), que reúne originales de Tim Richards junto a piezas de Duke Ellington y Thelonious Monk, y el estuche de dos volúmenes Beginning Jazz Piano (ahora un curso de MusicGurus en dos partes).“La verdadera alegría de la música de Tim… es que resulta a la vez enormemente didáctica y tremendamente divertida de tocar. Cualquiera con el más mínimo interés en aprender a tocar o a enseñar piano de jazz debería hacerse sin falta con una colección de los libros de Tim.” PianoDaoComo intérprete, Tim ha sido una presencia en la escena del jazz británico desde la década de 1980, tocando también el blues con leyendas del Reino Unido y de Estados Unidos como Otis Grand, Earl Green, Dana Gillespie, Larry Garner, Joe Louis Walker y Mojo Buford. Ha publicado más de una docena de álbumes como líder (con muchos de los mejores músicos de jazz de Londres, entre ellos Pete King, Gilad Atzmon, Tony Kofi, Jason Yarde, Seb Rochford, Ed Jones, Dick Pearce y muchos otros) y ha girado por toda Europa con formaciones que van del dúo al noneto. Su última grabación, el álbum ‘Telegraph Hill’ del sexteto Hextet, fue descrita en The Observer como "Una auténtica delicia de principio a fin". Puedes encontrar más información en su sitio web www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk read more