Chord Town

CHORD TOWN is a clever and practical introduction to making beautiful music using chords and patterns. Designed for both pianists and harpists, this flexible book helps you build the foundational skills needed to confidently explore lead sheets, play by ear, and create your own music.

Whether you're arranging your favorite songs, improvising, or composing, Chord Town equips you with essential tools to support a lifetime of creative music-making. Perfect for self-guided learning or studio use.

Chord Town offers the fundamentals to help you feel successful with chords and patterns at the harp or piano. Here's what you will learn:

• Common ways to move through the six basic chords in C Major
• Left hands patterns for creating beautiful accompaniments
• How to read lead sheets
• How to enhance a melody by adding harmony notes
• How to choose your own chords for a melody
• How to add introductions, endings and interludes
• Learn cadence templates
• Use triads and inversions for "smooth move" chords in the right hand
• Use non-chord tones to dress up a melody
• Using lyrics for rhythmic inspiration
• How to expand a lead sheet with variations

Learn all of these valuable skills using familiar tunes like "Red River Valley", "Happy Birthday", "Lavender Blue", "Early One Morning", "Shenandoah", "Morning Has Broken", "The New World Symphony Theme", "Brahms' Lullaby" and "Waltzing Matilda".

Pages: 29 pages of music
Format: PDF for immediate download
Key: C Major
Level: Early Intermediate Harp or Piano

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Single User License

This sheet music download is licensed for the exclusive use of one individual. Please do not share, reproduce, or distribute in any form. Thank you for respecting the rights of the composer.