Trick 3 Advanced Perspective – mDecks Music
An advanced applied tutorial on using the 9th as a target over minor chords, exploring how target notes determine the next chord and create texture.
This lesson gives an advanced perspective on Trick 3: targeting the 9th over minor seventh chords. It shows how a single target note can function as a chord tone, a tension, or an outside anticipation and how those choices determine the following chord. The video demonstrates practical options for introducing the target note — either sounding it over the current chord or landing on it when the harmony changes — and offers techniques (like stepwise approaches) to make outside notes feel musical. You'll learn to hear target notes in your head before playing and to use parallel ninth textures effectively across progressions.
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