"Sunset on the Ivory Keys" by Jerald M. Simon

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Music Motivation® has created various FREE download-able PDF resources to help music teachers and music students learn music theory.  Most of the chords, scales, progressions, and examples are shown in every key – moving up either chromatically (in half steps) or following the circle of 5ths or circle of 4ths through every key signature.

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Below are the FREE exercises!

Click on each exercise title or image to download and print off each exercise for yoursef and your music students.

 

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Scales

 

 

 

 

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Intervals and Chords

All Major Intervals (harmonic and melodic)

All Major Triads (root, first, and second inversions)

All Minor Triads (root, first, and second inversions)

All Diminished Triads (root, first, and second inversions)

All Augmented Triads (root, first, and second inversions)

All Sus 2nd Triads (root, first, and second inversions)

All Sus 4 Triads (root, first, and second inversions)

All Sus2, Major Triad, and Sus4 Chords

All Major, Minor, and Diminished Chords

All Triads built from the Major Scales

All Maj., Min., Dim., Aug., Sus4., Sus2., and more Chords

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Sixth and Seventh Chords

All Major Sixth Chords (root, first, second, and third inversions)

All Minor Sixth Chords  (root, first, second, and third inversions)

All Major Seventh Chords (root, first, second, and third inversions)

All Minor Major Seventh Chords (root, first, second, and third inversions)

All Minor Seventh Chords (root, first, second, and third inversions)

All Minor Seventh Flat the 5th Chords (root, first, second, and third inversions)

All Minor Seventh Sharp the 5th Chords (root, first, second, and third  inversions)

All Seventh Chords (moving up diatonically in every key) - following the circle of 4ths

Voicing Seventh Chords (in All Keys) following the circle of 4ths

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Octave Chords

All Major Octave Chords (Blocked and Broken)

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Chord Progressions

I - IV - V - V7 Chord Progression in every key (simple)

I - IV - V - V7 - I Chord Progression in every key (root, first, and second inversions)

i - iv - V - V7 - i  - Minor Chord Progressions (simple)

i - iv - V - V7 - i  - Minor Chord Progressions (root, first, and second inversions)

I - IV Major Ninth Chord Progressions (in all keys)

Simple ii - V - I Chord Progressions (in all keys)

ii - V - I (Major 9) Chord Progressions (in all keys)

A fun ii - V - I Chord Progression in every key (following the circle of 4ths)

Dorian to Dorian (modal improvisation in all keys)

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Finger Strength Training Exercises

 

Finger Strength Training Exercise (number 1)

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Knee Slappers (Rhythm Exercises)

 

Knee Slappers - Rhythm Exercise (number 1)

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Triplet Exercises

Triplet Exercise - number 1 - (in all keys)

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