Most improvisation is based on the chords and scales that underly each song.
It is therefore essential that you spend some serious time on memorising and practising these two.
This is most important for musicians on all instruments, not just for keyboard and guitar players.
This Lesson provides you with some good routines for the practice of the five qualities of 7th chords in all 12 keys.
There is also a Quiz to improve your knowledge and memory of chords.
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WS 2.2 - Practice Format
This Lesson includes a Play-a-Long Chord Practice Midifile (in the Downloading Bay) which you may use for practice.
The track plays 4 bars in each of the five chord qualities (see Jazz Theory - Lesson 1) for each of the 12 keys.
The track starts with 4 bars of the C major 7th chord - then 4 bars of C7 - 4 bars of Cm7 - 4 bars of Cø - and 4 bars of Co7.
Then it continues with the five qualities of F chords, 4 bars for each quality, then the Bb chords, and so on.