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Table of Contents
Explanation of Contents ........................... 6
’S Wonderful......................................................48
Harmony – Part 1
Harmony – Part 6
Diatonic harmony.................................................. 8
Basic rules of piano entertainment.................... 9
Leaving notes out.................................................. 9
Adding notes ........................................................12
Passing tones dominant (6,#5,5) ........................53
The ’sus’ chord.....................................................55
Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 1
Harmony – Part 2
Chord insertions – Part 1....................................57
Passing chords major / dominant seventh.......58
Minor passing chords dominant seventh..........15
Diatonic passing chords.....................................17
Oh, Lady Be Good...........................................22
Fills – Part 2
Fill / augmented triad with chromaticism.........60
Fill / diminished with chromaticism...................63
Harmony – Part 3
Possibilities for the left hand.............................26
Rhythm for the left hand.....................................28
Harmony – Part 4
Altering notes ......................................................29
Adding the sixth to the chord ............................32
Harmony – Part 5
The diminished chord..........................................34
Fills – Part 1
Possibilities with fills...........................................39
Fill / minor7th chord..............................................40
Fill / major7th chord..............................................43
Fill / dominant seventh chord.............................44
Fill / dominant seventh #5...................................45
Fill / diminished chord.........................................46
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Strike Up The Band......................................66
Ending “Basie-Fill”......................................72
Harmony – Part 7
Dominant augmented with b9.............................74
Harmony – Part 8
The half diminished chord..................................76
II – V – I – minor cadence...................................76
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Fills – Part 3
Fill / Blues scale.................................................. 79
Summertime.......................................................84
Cocktail Piano Christmas
Silent Night.........................................................113
We Wish You A Merry Christmas.....................119
Cocktail Piano Classic
Lullaby.................................................................122
Liebestraum........................................................126
Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 2
Chord substitutions..............................................88
Cocktail Piano Gospel
I Got Rhythm.......................................................91
This Little Light Of Mine....................................130
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot................................131
Tips and Tricks...............................................136
Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 3
Chord insertions – Part 2....................................95
Chord Symbol Glossary...........................139
Swanee River...................................................98
The Intervals....................................................142
Fills – Part 4
Fill / four-note progression...............................103
Blues scales
In All Keys ........................................................144
Intros, Transitions / Bridge
Passages, Endings
Secondary intros................................................105
Free-style intros.................................................106
Transitions / bridge passages..........................108
Endings................................................................110
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Chord Tables....................................................145
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Harmony – Part 1
To be able to develop your own stylish piano arrangements from songs you first need a good fundamental knowledge
of harmony. We will work step by step through this chapter on elementary basic principles.
Diatonic harmony
By “diatonic harmony“, we mean the chords that can be created using the notes of the normal major scales. We
will start with the key of C major and the accompanying C major scale:
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Almost all the chords that you need, to play popular songs, are at your disposal in the major scales. To understand
them better, let’s look at which chords are on which step (scale degree).
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Type of Chord
Major7 chord (= major triad with major seventh)
Minor7 chord (= minor triad with minor seventh)
Dominant seventh chord (= major triad with minor seventh)
Half diminished chord (consists of two minor and one major third)
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Oh, Lady Be Good
Oh, Lady Be Good
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Music: George Gershwin
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Oh, Lady Be Good
Music: George Gershwin
Arr.: Michael Gundlach
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Harmony – Part 4
Altering notes
Single notes of a chord can be raised or lowered a half-tone. In technical jargon we call this “alteration”. In
this chapter, for the time being, we want to concentrate on the altered fifth of the chord. A lowering of the fifth
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dominant seventh chord adds a wonderfully
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Certainly the most attractive fill for many pianists is inventing his own little melody. The question naturally arises,
which notes can I play and how can I best put them together? The last example shown on page 39 already gives us
an indication: The notes of the triad in the right hand have been separated into single notes and played one after
another. A variation of the melody fill exists therefore in the use of the single notes of a chord.
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this extensively. Every one of the following examples consists of three exercises, each with two bars. In the examples 14a – 14c we will practice the fills in an ascending movement, while the examples 15a – 15c are given in
a descending movement. Furthermore, in each case the examples are printed in three keys.
&
14a
Fill / Moll7-Akkord
∑
Dm7
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1
2
4
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2
4
G7
Dm7
w
Л™
В°
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4
Л™Л™
Л™
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1
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Е“
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G7
2
1
Л™
2
Dm7
4
Л™
В°
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1
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4
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Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 1
If you analyze the songs of popular music, you will often find the same, or rather similar harmony sequences
(cadences). If you know these (and can master them and play them well) your own interpretation of songs will be
much easier.
Chord insertions – Part 1
Typical harmony sequences are often already notated in a lead sheet. If such cadences are not already available,
these can be created through inserting additional chords later and therefore enriching the song harmonically.
Let’s assume we would find in the music score a C major chord that was in three consecutive bars (key of Cmaj,
Ist scale degree):
C
C
C
The first alternative (in order to avoid boredom) would be to insert just one chord, for instance the dominant:
1st variation
C
G7
C
Instead of the dominant you could insert a sus chord
2nd variation
C
F/G (Gsus4)
C
These two variations have already been practically implemented in “’S Wonderful” (page 50 bars 15–17) with the
chords Eb, Ab/Bb and Eb.
With cocktail piano, the dominant with the raised fifth also fits nicely:
3rd variation
C
G7#5
C
If you have one and the same chord over a longer period of time you can, of course insert more chords. So our
three bars of Cmaj can be augmented with a II. and V. scale degree:
4th variation
I
II
V
I
C
Dm7
G7
C
In addition to the II. and V. scale degree, the VI. Scale degree could also be inserted:
5th
variation
I
VI
II
V
I
C
Am7
Dm7
G7
C
It is a matter of personal taste as to which of the five variations are employed. You must consider, however, that
the melody must fit with the newly inserted chords. If this isn’t the case, melodies can be modified and made to
fit in.
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Swanee River
Swanee River is one of those songs that display, in it’s original, a very simple harmony, as the lead sheet shows:
Swanee River
Swanee River
Traditional
Lead sheet 1
C
F
&c пѓє
5
&пѓє
9
G
13
C
& Е“.
&пѓє
Е“
Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“
C
F
Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“
Е“ Е“
J
j
Е“ Е“
Е“.
F
Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“
j Е“.
Е“
Е“
C
Е“
j Е“.
Е“
j Е“.
Е“
Е“
Е“
C
G7
пѓє
Е“
C
Е“
G7
Е“
Е“ Е“ Е“
F
Е“
Е“
C
Е“
Е“
w
C
Е“
Е“
w
C
w
G7
C
Е“ Е“ Е“
Е“ Е“ w
The song is in the key of C major and in the original version, uses the chords of the I., IV. and V. degrees. The obvious suggestion, therefore, is to insert the new harmony sequences from the previous chapter. Although there
are only 16 bars in the complete piece, you can use this harmony sequence several times. If you analyse “Swanee
River”, you will find the harmonic sequences from the I., IV. and I. degrees altogether four times, in the bars 1–3,
5–7, 10–12 and 13–15:
I
VI
I
C
F
C
Transformed into the typical harmony sequence, the three bar cadence looks like the following:
C
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F
F#dim
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Besides inserting the typical harmony sequence, we will also insert (in bars 3 and 4) a VI chord and a II chord
converted into a dominant (compare “Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 2”, explanation to the variation No. 5,
pages 89–90):
written in bars 3 and 4
augmented harmony sequence
C
G7
C/G
п‚ћ
Am7
D7
G7
If you notate all of the explained chord augmentations in the music, the lead sheet will look much more interesting:
Swanee River
Swanee River
Traditional
Lead sheet 2
C
C 7/E
&c пѓє
5
C
&пѓє
C 7/E
Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“
G
Е“ Е“
J
13
C
C 7/E
&пѓє
F
Е“
Е“
F # dim
j Е“.
Е“
C 7/E
Е“.
Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“
j Е“.
Е“
j
Е“ Е“
C
F
F # dim
Е“
Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“ Е“
9
& Е“.
F
Е“
F # dim
j Е“.
Е“
Е“
C/G
пѓє
Е“
C/G
Е“
F
Е“
C/G
Е“
A m7
D7
Е“
G7
Е“ Е“ Е“
Е“
Е“
G7
w
C
Е“
F # dim
Е“
w
C/G
w
G7
C
Е“ Е“ Е“
Е“ Е“ w
G7
Before you play the following piano arrangement of “Swanee River”, try to play through this second lead sheet,
with the new additional chords.
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Swanee River
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Arr.: Michael Gundlach
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The Cocktail Piano Method – Exercises in all Keys
Table of Contents
Harmony – Part 1
Cadence exercises ................................................................................................................... 4–5
Dominant with added ninth .................................................................................................... 6–9
Harmony – Part 2
Minor passing chords dominant seventh............................................................................... 10–11
Diatonic passing chords....................................................................................................... 12–18
Harmony – Part 4
Dominant seventh #5.......................................................................................................... 19–27
Harmony – Part 5
The dimished chord............................................................................................................. 28–29
Fills – Part1
Fills – Part 1 – minor7th-chord.............................................................................................. 30–36
Fills – Part 1 – major7th-chord............................................................................................... 37–39
Fills – Part 1 – dominant seventh.......................................................................................... 40–42
Fills – Part 1 – dominant seventh #5..................................................................................... 43–45
Fills – Part 1 – diminished chord........................................................................................... 46–47
Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 1
Passing chords major – dominant seventh............................................................................ 48–49
Fills – Part 2
Fills – Part 2 – augmented triad with chromaticism............................................................... 50–53
Fills – Part 2 – diminished with chromaticism ....................................................................... 54–57
Harmony – Part 7
Dominant chord embellished with a flatted ninth (b9).......................................................... 58–62
Harmony – Part 8
II – V – I – minor cadence.................................................................................................... 63–66
Fills – Part 3
Fills – Part 3 – Blues scale.................................................................................................... 67–76
Fills – Part 3 – Blues scale / Intros and Transitions................................................................. 77–81
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Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 2
Chord substitutions............................................................................................................. 82–98
Typical Harmony Sequences – Part 3
Chord insertions................................................................................................................ 99–105
Fills – Part 4
Fills – Part 4 – four note progression................................................................................. 106–110
Intros............................................................................................................................ 111–119
Endings....................................................................................................................... 120–133
Please note:
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book. The sequence of the examples correspond with the topics addressed in the book. Because the notes of
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