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#5 Chord Progression: Music Theory 10 Levels A Child Is Born
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#5 Chord Progression: Music Theory 10 Levels A Child Is Born

Learn to Reharmonize a song from basic chords to a music arrangement with advanced chords. 10 Level Chords
Created byRosa Suen
Last updated 1/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • SUBSTITUTE chords to create beautiful sounds
  • PLAY different beautiful chord progressions
  • LEARN beautiful chord progressions
  • EXPLORE advanced chords to arrange a song
  • PLAY a mature music arrangement to a simple song
  • CREATE jazzy sounds with tritone chords
  • PUT in secondary dominant chords for more reharmonizing
  • SPOT dominant chords to reharmonize higher level chords
  • SUSPEND chords with 4th tone
  • LISTEN to chord sounds
  • CREATE nostalgic mood with 9th tones
  • APPLY b9 to create cocktail chord sounds
  • USE Harmony rules from Level 1 to Level 10
  • STEP by STEP to arrange a simple song
  • APPLY music chords to melody tones
  • LEARN music chord theory at all levels
  • HARMONIZE a song from basic chords to advanced chords

Course content

13 sections • 54 lectures • 1h 2m total length

  • Introduction2:41

    Build basic chords in the key of c and progress through ten levels, exploring Manticore's substitution, circle of fifths, secondary dominants, and diminished, augmented, suspended, and tritone chords.

Requirements

  • Appreciate beautiful music

Description

Learn DIFFERENT Chord Progressions to arrange this song:  When A Child Is Born

You learn how to turn a song from its basic level to putting in advanced chords for interesting harmony. 

Here's the Secret:  Learn Rosa's 10 Level Studies of Chords

  • Start from basic chords

  • Move from one level to the next

  • Learn advanced music chords

  • Do a variety of chord substitutions

  • Learn 10 Reharmonization Rules

  • Have 10 eBooks for the 10 Levels to deepen your study with full explanation


Once you learn the full details of these 10 different levels of rearranging a song, you will be able to apply the same principles to hundreds and thousands of songs


This is a thorough step by step approach to show you how you can use the following chords to harmonize a song in the Key of C:

  • C,  C6 , CM7,  C6/9,  F6,  FM7,  F6/9,  FM9,  G7,  G9

  • Am7,  Dm7,  Em7

  • C7,  A7,  D7

  • C7b9, D7b9, G7b9, A7b9

  • C#dim7,  D#dim7,  Ebdim7,  F#dim7

  • C+,  G+,  A+,  D+

  • G7sus,  C7sus,  A7sus,  D7sus

  • Db7,  Eb7,  Gb7,  Ab7,  Bb7


You will learn the following Chord Progressions of When A Child Is Born:

  • Em7  Dm7  G7  C

  • C  Dm7  G7  Dm7  G7  C

  • C  Em7  Am7  Dm7  G7

  • Em7  Am7  Dm7  F  G9

  • Em  Am  Em  Dm7  G7  C

  • Em  Dm7  G7b9  C

  • C  D7  G7  C

  • C  Em7  A7  D7  G7

  • Em7  A7  Am7  G7  C6/9

  • D7  G7b9  C6/9

  • F  C7b9  F

  • A7  A7b9  D7  G7b9

  • A7b9  Am7  G7  D7  G7b9  C6/9

  • A7  C#dim7  D7  G7b9

  • Em  Ebdim7  Dm7  G7b9

  • D7  G+  CM9

  • Em7  A7  D+  G7  G+

  • CM7  D7  F/G  G7  CM9

  • Csus  C  Em7  A7

  • Em7  A7sus  A7  D7  G7

  • A7sus  A7  D7sus  D7  G7

  • C  Dm7  G7 D b7  C

  • Dm7  Db7  C


Here are the 10 Levels Music Theory Study:


Level 1 Basic Harmony: I IV V7 

  • Adding in cadences: IV to I; 

  • V to I 

  • Key of C: C, F, G7


Level 2 Chord Extensions & Quartals 

  • Add color tones: 6ths, 7ths, 9ths 

  • I6,  IM7,  I6/9,  IV6,  IVM7,  IV6/9,  V9 

  • Key of C: C6,  CM7,  C6/9,  F6,  FM7,  F6/9,  FM9, G9


Level 3 Minor chord substitutions & additions 

  • ii, iii, vi

  • Key of C: Dm, Em, Am


Level 4 Circle of 5ths for minor chord substitutions 

  • ii7, iii7, vi7 

  • Key of C: Dm7, Em7, Am7


Level 5 Secondary Dominants 

  • I7, II7, VI7 

  • Key of C: C7, D7, A7


Level 6 Altered dominant chord substitution

  • 7b9 I7b9,  II7b9,  V7b9,  VI7b9 

  • Key of C: C7b9,  D7b9,  G7b9,  A7b9


Level 7 Diminished 7 Chords (b3 + b5) Substitutions and Insertions 

  • I#°7,   ii#°7,   bIII°7,   IV#°7 

  • Key of C: C#dim7 to Dm;    

  • D#dim7 to Em;

  • Ebdim7 to Dm;    

  • F#dim7 to C/G


Level 8 Altered dominant chord substitution: 

  • +5 Augmented chords

  • Key of C: C+, G+, A+, D+


Level 9 Suspension chords: 

  • 4th tone

  • IV/V,  bVII/I,  V/VI,  I/II 

  • Key of C: G7sus, C7sus, A7sus, D7sus


Level 10 Tritone Substitution Chords 

  • bII7,  bIII7,  bV7,  bVI7,  bVII7 

  • Key of C: Db7, Eb7, Gb7, Ab7, Bb7


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Who this course is for:

  • Students who want to arrange a song with advanced chords

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