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Tonic solfa of “Days of Elijah” by Donnie Mcclurkin

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Solfa notation: “Days of Elijah” by Donnie Mcclurkin

This is the solfa notation of “Days of Elijah” by donnie Mcclurkin.

Saxophone/Trumpet Intro:
d r m
s s f m f
d s d m
r t l s
s f m

s s s s s m s l     these are the days of Elijah
d s s s s f m m    declaring the words of the lord
s s s s s m s l   s l        these are the days of his servant Moses
s s s s s f m m            righteousness being restored
t t t t t d d s    these are the days of great triumph
d d  d d d l r r            of famine and darkness and sword
s s s s s m s s l s l       so we are the voice in the desert crying
s s s s m r d d            declaring the way of the lord

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s m r d behold he comes
m m r d d riding on the cloud
m m r d d shining like the sun
m m f m r at the trumpets call
m r d lift your voice
s m m r d d its the year of jubilee
m m r d d out of Zions hill
d t d d         salvation comes

d d d d d d d d there’s no God like Jehovah

d d d d d d d d there’s no God like Jehovah
d d d d d d d d there’s no God like Jehovah

t t t t t t t         there’s no God like Jehovah

Tonic solfa of “Open the eyes of my heart” by Michael W. Smith

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Solfa Notation: “Open the eyes of my heart” by Michael W. Smith

This is the solfa notation of “Open the eyes of my heart” by Michael W. Smith

m s s s m s s m        open the eyes of my heart lord
m s s s m s s        open the eyes of my heart
m r d r d                i want to see you
m r d r d                i want to see you

Solfa notation of “Assurance” by Davido

m m s s m s l l     to see you high and lifted up
s s m s l s m m r     shining in the light of your glory
s s s m s s l l             Lord pour out your power and love
m s s l s s m m r     as we sing holy holy holy

Tonic solfa of Psalm 23(I am not alone) by People and songs ft Josh Sherman

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Tonic solfa: Psalm 23 by people and Songs ft Josh Sherman

This is the solfa notation of Psalm 23(i am not alone) by people and songs ft Josh Sherman

d d m s s m-d                The lord is my shepherd
d m s s m d                    He goes before me
d d d m t s                     defender behind me
f m r-d                           I won’t fear

t t t l                               Halleujah
d t l s l                            I am not alone
t t t l                               He’s my comfort
d t l s l                           Always hold me close

t t t l                               Halleujah
d t l s l                            I am not alone
t t t l                               He’s my comfort
d t l s l                            Always hold me close

Solfa notation of “Jehovah yi ga”

d r m m r-d                     mercy and goodness
d r m m r-d                     give me assurance
d r m m s m                    that ill see his glory
f m r                                face to face

d d l s l d s                      your spirit lives within me
d d l s l d s                      your spirit lives within me
d d l s l d s                      your spirit lives within me
d d s                                my victory
d d s                                my victory

d d l s l d s                      your spirit lives within me
d d l s l d s                      your spirit lives within me
d d l s l d s                      your spirit lives within me
d d s                                my victory
d d s                                my victory

Quartal Chords and their application

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Quartal Chords and there application

By Elmond Isaiah

Key Db

Progression:

1 2 3 4 3 2

Play your 1 chord as: F#Msus2

Tonic Solfa of “Draw me Close to you” by Hillsong

Voicing below:

LH: F# G# C# ( quartal chord)

RH: F G# C#

2nd chord as:

Abadd9th

Voicing below:

LH: G# Bb Eb( Quartal chord)

RH: G# Bb C Eb

Play your 3rd as:

Bbmin9th (C#Maj13/Bb)

Voicing below:

LH: Bb C F (quartal chord)

RH: G# C# F

4th chord as:

Abmin11omit5

Voicing below:

LH: B C# F# (quartal chord)

RH: G# Bb C# F#

3rd as:

Bbmin7 (C#6)

Voicing below:

LH: F

RH: G# Bb C# F

2nd chord as:

Ebdim7 (F#min6)

Voicing below:

LH: Eb

RH: A C# Be F# (altered chord)

These chords are even more sweeter when you use your passing notes well.

Note:

The quartal chord is talking only about your left hand… And does not apply to any chord you didn’t see it written in front…

Also, looking at the chords, let’s take the first chord for example:

The left hand played quartal chord while the right hand played just the C# which is enharmonic in nature… It’s as simple. But putting them together will give u F#MajorSus2….

And you don’t have to always use it as your 1 chord. Like I said you can use it… It means only when the song you are playing warrant so…

It’s just chord coloring….

How to use and apply Sus2 or Sus4 chords while playing the piano

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Sus2 or Sus4 chords: Learn them and Apply them to your Playing.

I would like us to talk about what we call Sus2 or Sus4 chords. Never underestimate the power of the Suspended chord.

What then is a Suspended Chord?

A suspended chord is simply replacing the 3rd of mostly a major chord with another note which will either be the 2 or 4 of the scale of the root of the chord.

Example 1:

The CM chord has C+E+G. Now you can replace the E with Either D which is the 2 of the CM scale or F which is the 4 of the CM scale. So instead of C+E+G, you’ll have C+D+G and C+F+G.

Example 2:

The FM chord has FAC. You can replace the 3rd which is A with either G which is the 2 of FM scale or Bb which is the 4 which is the 4 of FM scale.

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Now here are all possible Suspended Chords in a Major Key using the key of C:
1. C sus2 CDG, C sus4 CFG
2. D sus2 DEA, D Sus4 DGA
3. E sus2 EF#B, E sus4 EAB
4. F sus2 FGC, F Sus4 FBbC
5. G Sus2 GAD, G Sus4 GCD
6. A Sus2 ABE, A Sus4 ADE
7. The B Sus chords will be omitted here because most of the notes are outside the CM key or scale.

But, here is what the intermediate and pros like to do; they like to double the note at the top. So your chords would look like

1. C sus2 GCDG, C sus4 CFGC
2. D sus2 ADEA, D Sus4 DGAD
3. E sus2 BEF#B, E sus4 EABA
4. F sus2 CFGC, F Sus4 FBbCF
5. G Sus2 DGAD, G Sus4 GCDG
6. A Sus2 EABE, A Sus4 ADEA

Look at it one way and you have a Sus4 chord. Look at another way and you have a Sus2 chord.
Lesson over for today!

Preacher chord progression to play on your piano

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The strength of the 5 preacher’s chord.
Preacher’s chord as the name implies are chords used to back up your pastor during sermon.

They’re varieties of Preacher’s chord but we’ll focus on this ones.
Let’s ride straight in.

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This lesson is in the Key of Ab

Progression: 5-6-3-4-6

LH                      /             RH
Eb+Bb+F          /             Gb+Db+F+Ab
F+C+G            /              Ab+Eb+G+Bb
C+Ab+C         /               E+Bb+C+Eb
Db+Ab+C     /                 F+Bb+C+Eb
F+C+G         /                 G+A+C+E

How do you locate the rootless form of a chord?

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ROOTLESS CHORDS

As the name implies, “Rootless” means there’s no root in the chord.

Rootless chords are chords without the root present.

It is believed that every chord can be seen as a rootless form of another chord.

How do we locate the rootless form of a chord?

Simple;

Tonic solfa of Oshimiri Atata by Preye Odede

Look deep

Let’s try an example using a normal Cmajor triad as C-E-G

If you look deep you’ll find out that its also a Rootless Amin7[A-C-E-G]

Did you see the Cmaj triad in the Amin7 chord as A/CEG which is A/Cmaj.

Another rootless chord will be Abmaj7#5 [Ab-C-E-G]

Which is simply Ab/C-E-G.

I believe you’re following up?

I guess so:

Let’s try another example using F minor triad as F-Ab-C

Look it at the triad very well you’ll see a Dmin7b5[D-F-Ab-C] chord.

Your ability to locate chords makes this easy.

It can also be seen as a Rootless Dbmaj7 chord as Db-F-Ab-C.

Now you try this.

Find the Rootless form of the following chords

> D minor [D-F-A]

> F7 tetrad [F-A-C-Eb]

> G diminish triad [G-Bb-Db]

> C dim7[C-Eb-Gb-Bbb]

> Ebmin7[Eb-Gb-Bb-Db]

There are several principle for detecting a rootless chord.

Let me share just one today.

“Every Altered dominant chord has its Rootless form a tritone interval away from its root”

Let’s try few example.

E7#5#9 as E-G#-B#-D-Fx [Enharmonically; E-G#-C-D-G] will have its rootless from a tritone away from the root which is E

So the tritone will be Bb.

Adding Bb to the chord we’ll have

Bb + E-G#-C-D-G

Juxtaposing it in stack of 3rd, we’ll have

Bb-D-Ab-C-E-G which is a Bb13#11 chord Harmonize from Bb Overtone scale [Bb-C-D-E-F-G-Ab

Also called Bb Lydian dominant scale or Bb Dominant #4 scale.

In modern music; Rootless chords had evolve from being a chord without the root note present.

Now you see a chord called rootless but the root is present in it but “Not in root position”

An example makes this better.

Cmaj7 in second inversion [EGBC] and third inversion [GBCE] can be termed Rootless.

Because the Root [C] is not the lowest note.

How to make your piano chords sound more contemporary with chord voicing

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A beginner keyboardist approached me today with a question, and it goes this way.
Please sir, i listened to a song today with a 2-5-1 Progression, and the keyboardist was really crazy with his 2 chord.

When he held his 2 chord, it doesn’t sound like the regular 2 chord on the key of C major which is D on the left hand and D+F+A+C on the right hand, atleast not really, but his 2 chord sounds more contemporary and spicier than the regular 2 chord.

Do you know how he did that?

Hmmmm i took him to my church and played for him when i voiced out the 2 chord in the Key of C major, he was really amazed then he said “Yes, that’s exactly how his 2 chord sounded” Can you show me how you did that?

Tonic solfa of Fall by Davido

By now you should know that my lesson now is based on voicings.
So many Gospel pianist has a different way of voicing chords and make it sounds more like the regular chords. E.g, Playing the Drop 2 voicing of the C major 7th which is G – C E G sounds different compared to the regular Cmaj7, C E G B also voicing a rootless voicing of the C maj9 chords this way, G B – E G B D, while the bass player plays the root note which is C, sounds more like the regular Cmaj9 chord which is C – C E G B D.
Voicing has to do with the rearrangement of chords using a technique known as voicing techniques.
This lesson is on the Key of C major for simplicity sake but if you do not play on Key C, transpose is at your service.

Chord 1:

The regular C major chord , C / C+E+G can be voiced thus,
LH/ RH
C+G+E / G+C+E+G or by adding a 9th tone
C+G+E / G+C+D+E G(Cmajor9) or
C+F+G / C+E+G you can also add you 7th tone if you like.

Chord 2:

the regular D minor 7th chord D / D+F+A+C can be voiced thus
LH / RH
D+A+C / F+C+D+F or this crazy stuff
D+A+E+F / G+A+C+E+G.

Chord 3: the regular E minor 7 chord E / E+G+B+D can be voiced thus
LH / RH
E+C / E+G+C or
E+C / E+G+B+C check out this one
E+B+D / G+C+D+G

Chord 4: the regular F major 7th chord F / F A C E can be voiced thus.
LH / RH
F+C+G+A / C+F+G+C

Tonic solfa of “Excess Love” by Mercy Chinwo

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This is the solfa notation of “Excess Love” by Mercy Chinwo
Your love is kind                  m r d l
Your love is patient              s f m r t
You fill my heart                  m r d l
With so much peace and Joy           m s s m d t
You’re amazing                     r m l d
You make my life feel brand new           m r d s f r t

Backing Tracks!! Backing Tracks!! Backing Tracks!!

Jesus You love me too much ooo                   s f m d t l s f
Too much o, too much o, excess love o          s f m s f m f f m r

All Your promises again, and amen                d r m m r d l s r d
You’re not a man, You never lie                      s s s s m f m r
Too much o, too much o, too much o, excess love o.         f m l f m l s m d f f m r
Your love for me too much o                          m s f m f m l
Too much o, too much o, too much o, excess love o                        f m l f m l s m d f f m r

Tonic solfa of “Unlimited God” by Olamide Iyun

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This is the solfa notation of “Unlimited God” by Olamide Iyun

No man can see the end of Your grace.         s  m   r   m  r   m  r  d    l
Ah ah ah                                                         s    r    d
No man can know the end of Your love.         s  m   d   m   r   m  r  d   t
Ah ah ah                                                          t     r    d
No man can see the end of Your glory.           s  m   r   m  r   m  r  d   d l
Ah ah ah                                                          s    r    d
No man can know the end of Your power.       s  m   d   m   r   m  r  d   r  t
Ah ah ah                                                          t     r    d

Solfa notation of “Igwe” by Mercy Chiwo

As far as the heavens stand                            d  s  s  s  f  m    f
Stand above the earth.                                    f   m  f  m  m
You are exalted, Unlimited God                       m  m  r d  t  r  f m r   m
As far as the heavens stand                            d  s  s  s  f  m    f
Stand above the earth.                                    f   m  f  m  m
You are exalted, Unlimited God                       m  m  r d  t  r  f m r   d

You are exalted,                        m  m  r d  l
You are exalted,                        f    f  m r d
You are exalted,                        m  m  r  d t
Unlimited God.                          r  f m r   d

You are exalted,                        m  m  r d  l
You are exalted,                        f    f  m r d
You are exalted,                        m  m  r  d t
Unlimited God.                          r  f m r   d




When I think that I have seen You             m  f  s   s  f  m   s   d l
You show me there’s much more               s   l    s   f     s     s
When I think that I have known You           m  f  s   s  f  m   s     t
You show me there’s much more                s   l    s   f     s     s
When I think that I have touched You         l   l  l     l  l  m    s    d l
You show me there’s much more               s   l    s   f     s     s
You are exalted, Unlimited God                 s   s  f m r    r  f m r   d
So please open up my eyes                      l   l     l  l  l  m   f
Open up my heart                                      l  l   l  f   m
Show Your word to me                              s    s    s  d  r
Great and mighty things                            l    l   l   m  s
I will open up my mouth                            s  s  l l   l  m  f
To say the words You say                         m  l   l   l     f   m
You are exalted, Unlimited God                s   s  f  m r  r f m r    d


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