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Chords & Harmony - Simple exercise for Upper Structure Triads by Mike Pinto

mikepinto 23 October 2011

Hey Guys,
Staying in line with the Chords and Harmony idea this month I remembered I did a 3 part series on Upper Structure triads a while back.

Upper Structures are an easy way to achieve a rich harmonic sound.
Before (or after) going through the links below as a simple exercise for comping, lets pick a couple upper structures to practice playing with 4 mallets through all keys.

Lets start with a dominant chord. G7 and move to Cmaj7.
(Note you should play the root by itself before playing the upper structure so you can hear the upper structure against the root of the chord.)

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