| Most professional musicians play from a
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| | and changes. This type of notation
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| book called a "Fake Book". I bought my
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| | differs from that of classical music in
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| first fake book containing only about 200
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| | that chord symbols don't show the
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| songs when I was a teenager -- they were
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| | function of a chord the way the Roman
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| illegal then, but most musicians owned
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| | numeral notation does. Chord symbols, for
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| them -- for $50. That would be equal to
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| | modern music with lots of changes, are
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| $500. or more now. But fortunately, they
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| | much easier to read. They function as a
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| have since become legal, so you can buy a
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| | sort of shorthand for change-heavy music
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| real good one with 1000 songs now for
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| | and are written with four chord parts in
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| $50. or less. A fake book contains just
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| | mind: the root, the quality, the
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| the melody (tune) and the chord symbols
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| | extension, and the alterationsThe first
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| of a song, so you have to know chords to
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| | part in chord symbols, the root, tells
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| use one. But when you do, your playing
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| | the musician which note is the root of
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| comes alive -- you're only reading a few
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| | the chord. In an E6 chord, for instance,
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| notes, but playing lots of notes.Most
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| | the E serves as the root. In a C7 chord,
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| people learn to play the piano by playing
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| | C is the root. Easy enough.Quality, the
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| just the written music. Playing by
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| | second part in chord symbols, denotes
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| written music is exactly what the phrase
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| | whether the chord is major, minor,
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| says it is -- playing the exact notation
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| | diminished, or augmented. In a Cmaj7, the
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| on a piece of sheet music. But playing by
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| | maj tells us that the C chord is major.
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| chord symbol is very different. Instead
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| | The abbreviations for this area in chord
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| of following the harmony note by note,
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| | symbols are maj, min, dim, and aug
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| you follow the chord symbols (i.e. C7 or
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| | respectively. So Cm means the chord is a
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| F) written above the harmonies, filling
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| | C minor chord. Caug means that the chord
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| in the gaps with...well, whatever you
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| | is a C augmented chord.The extension in
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| want as long as it sticks to those
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| | chord symbols, written after the quality,
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| chords. Of course, you'll still read the
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| | shows the musician if the chord differs
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| melody (it is, after all, often what
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| | from a triad, such as an 11th or 6th or
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| makes the song recognizable) but even
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| | 9th or 7th or 13th. So a C9 would mean
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| that is completely open to
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| | that the C chord includes the 9th note
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| interpretation. Playing by chord symbol
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| | above C, which is D. A C6 chord would
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| allows you a freedom that playing by
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| | mean that the C chord includes the 6th
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| written music simply doesn't. The freedom
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| | scale note above C, which is A. This part
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| to create. The freedom to invent. The
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| | of chord symbols is not always shown; if
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| freedom to arrange chord patterns in the
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| | there is no indication of an extension,
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| way you want.Does that mean playing by
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| | the musician is to assume that the chord
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| written music is less important than
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| | is a triad.The last part in chord
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| playing by chord symbol? No. The ability
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| | symbols, the alteration, is usually but
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| to play by written music is an extremely
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| | not always expressed. Think of this part
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| valuable skill, one that even some of the
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| | as the "notes" section in chord symbols;
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| most famous musicians don't possess. And
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| | it gives the musician any specific (and
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| while you don't necessarily need to know
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| | sometimes irregular) instructions for
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| the skill backwards and forwards to
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| | playing the chord and is always written
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| create great arrangements, it's a great
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| | in parentheses after the extension (or
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| help.Chord symbols -- sometimes referred
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| | the quality, if no extension exists). For
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| to as "chord tabs" (for example, Cmaj7 or
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| | instance, (no fifth) would tell the
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| G6 or Fm7) are a type of notation used
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| | musician that the chord is to be played
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| frequently in jazz and other areas of
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| | with the fifth tone left out.
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| modern music to notate chord progressions
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