- How to practice and play block chords
- This is the style I like, it sound 'crunchy' due to the blockiness of the chords.
- Intro to Block Chords ,
- Minor Block Chords / Barris Harris Method . Alternate between inversions of
C Em G AandD F A C. Play in locked hands style, hands always touching. Melody note on the outside. - See that we can think of the block chords as being drawn from the bebop scale! For example,
C E G Acomes fromC (D) E (F) G (Ab) A! So, this also avoids the 'dissonance' of 'C E G B'. - Play dimished chords and play in contrary motion on the right hand side.