[QUOTE]Originally posted by flatfoot:
Can any of y'all recommend some songs using these changes that will help me learn?

Douglas Wolfe

Hi Douglas,
I am going to step out ---- looking for songs that have many chord changes is not the way to go. Hmmmm! I'll go back to my teaching days.

#1- Find a very simple song with three chords -- I V7 IV in C major C G7 F, play it until you're comfortable, then
#2- Play that song in all the keys around the circle of fifths. C F Bb Eb Ab ECT--
#3- When you're comfortable with that, go to a song that has four to five chords and do the same thing.
#4- Now go to the songs that have all those great changes.

It is not as much fun doing it this way but it gives you a skill that you'll use in all music. It also helps transposing a song to different keys.

When I made my move from guitar to keyboard, I learned to play the IIm7 V7 I Dm7 G7 C chords with my left hand. While the left hand played the chords my right hand improvised on the C major scale.
Repeat for the key of F --- G --- Bb --- D --ECT --

The IV chord and the IIm7 chord are closely related, sometimes inter-changeable.

Enjoy the day, it's what we have, John C.


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