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USING JAM CARDS Root Key on C C Major Chord. JAM the card behind the keys of your piano / keyboard. 2. Line up a key with any note for the desired chord or scale.. The blue keys will show you what other keys to play. For corresponding keyboard curriculum please visit: http://www.littlekidsrock.org/thehang/keyboard-index/

CHORDS: Major chords sound happy. Play these three color stripes anywhere on the piano gives the chord its and the "pattern" you are playing is a major chord. The name. When the is on "C", you are playing "C major" #a 2 4 Major 20 Little Kids Rock

CHORDS: Minor chords sound sad. This minor chord "pattern" is the same as the major gives the chord its name. chord "pattern" except for the middle note. The NOTE 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock #b 20 Little Kids Rock Minor

CHORDS: Major in Ways All major chords have three "patterns" and each major chord can be played three still ways. Knowing the three "patterns" makes changing chords easier. The gives the chord its name, no matter where it appears in the "pattern". SHAPE 2 SHAPE 2 SHAPE #2a 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock

CHORDS: Minor in Ways All minor chords have three "patterns" and each minor chord can be played three still ways. Knowing the three "patterns" makes changing chords easier. The gives the chord its name, no matter where it appears in the "pattern". SHAPE SHAPE 2 SHAPE 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock 2 #2b

CHANGING CHORDS Changing chords is easier when you know and use the three different chord patterns from Jam Card #2. If you put the first stripe (the one on the left) on "C" and you move between the top pattern and the bottom pattern, you will be playing "C" major to "F major. #a 2 4 NOTE 20 Little Kids Rock

CHANGING Play the top chord pattern first, then the bottom one. Notice how your finger stays on the color stripe with the picture of an anchor for both chords. This makes changing chords easier. The gives each chord its name. CHORDS #b 2 4 2 NOTE 20 Little Kids Rock

SCALES: This is a scale.you play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a happy sound.you can use this scale to make up little patterns or melodies. Musi gives the scale its name. cians call this "soloing" or "improvising." The Major Pentatonic #4a 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock

SCALES: This is a scale.you play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a sad sound.you can use this scale to make up little patterns or melodies. Musi gives the scale its name. cians call this "soloing" or "improvising." The Minor Pentatonic #4b 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock

SCALES: This is a scale.you play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a happy sound. Most of the songs we sing use the notes of this scale. This scale is like the Major Pentatonic scale on Jam gives the scale its name. Card # but it has two more color stripes or notes. The #a 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock Major

SCALES: NOTE BLUE This is a scale.you play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a sad or bluesy sound. This scale is like the Minor Pentatonic scale on Jam Card # but it has one extra color stripe called the "blue note" The gives the scale its name. #b 2 4 20 Little Kids Rock Blues

THE SCALE CHORDS #6a MINOR MAJOR MAJOR MINOR MINOR 20 Little Kids Rock MAJOR 2 4

SIX CHORDS THAT ROCK Root Key on C #6b C Major Chord The other sidejam of thiscards Jam Card has 6 chords that sound great together in USING any order. Here are pictures of what those 6 chords look like if you put the. JAM the card behind the keys(the of yourone piano on / keyboard. first stripe the far left) on C. 2. Line up a C key with any note for the desired chord or scale. F Emi Dmi. The blue keys will show you what other keys to play. E D F G A For corresponding keyboard curriculum please visit: http://www.littlekidsrock.org/thehang/keyboard-index/ 20 Little Kids Rock C Ami G

PROGRESSION:, 4, These three chords are all major and have been the three most often used chords in Pop Music for decades. #7a 2 4 THE CHORD 20 Little Kids Rock THE 4 CHORD THE CHORD

SHORTCUT:, 4, These are three chords using shortcuts to make changing chords easier. The anchor shows which note stays the same when changing between chords; when switching from to 4 the bottom note stays the same, but when switching from to the top note stays the same. #7b 2 4 2 THE 4 CHORD THE CHORD THE CHORD 20 Little Kids Rock