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USING JAM CARDS
Root Key on C
C Major Chord
1. JAM the card behind the keys of your piano / keyboard.
2. Line up a
ROOT
key with any note for the desired chord or scale.
3. The blue keys will show you what other keys to play.
For corresponding keyboard curriculum please visit: http://www.littlekidsrock.org/thehang/keyboard-index/
CHORDS:
Major chords sound happy. Play these three color stripes anywhere on the piano
ROOT gives the chord its
and the "pattern" you are playing is a major chord. The ROOT
name. When the ROOT
ROOT is on "C", you are playing "C major"
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5
1
ROOT
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Major
JAM CARD™
FINGER
FINGER
11
3
5
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THUMB
FINGER
CHORDS:
Minor chords sound sad. This minor chord "pattern" is the same as the major
ROOT gives the chord its name.
chord "pattern" except for the middle note. The ROOT
ROOT
NOTE
FINGER
FINGER
1
3
5
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FINGER
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ROOT
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Minor
JAM CARD™
CHORDS:
Major in 3 Ways
All major chords have three "patterns" and each major chord can be played three
ROOT still
ways. Knowing the three "patterns" makes changing chords easier. The ROOT
gives the chord its name, no matter where it appears in the "pattern".
THUMB
1
SHAPE 1
FINGER
1
3
FINGER
FINGER
2
FINGER
FINGER
3
5
SHAPE 2
FINGER
SHAPE 3
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FINGER
5
5
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THUMB
ROOT
ROOT
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1
JAM CARD™
CHORDS:
ROOT
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JAM CARD™
Minor in 3 Ways
All minor chords have three "patterns" and each minor chord can be played three
ROOT still
ways. Knowing the three "patterns" makes changing chords easier. The ROOT
gives the chord its name, no matter where it appears in the "pattern".
3
5
SHAPE 3
5
5
1
FINGER
SHAPE 2
5
FINGER
SHAPE 1
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1
FINGER
3
2
1
FINGER
FINGER
1
FINGER
THUMB
THUMB
THUMB
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CHANGING
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CHORDS
JAM CARD™
Changing chords is easier when you know and use the three different chord patterns from Jam
Card™ #2. If you put the first ROOT stripe (the one on the left) on "C" and you move
between the top pattern and the bottom pattern, you will be playing "C" major to "F” major.
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THUMB
1
ROOT
NOTE
ROOT
FINGER
3
5
ROOT
FINGER
FINGER
3
5
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FINGER
CHANGING
Play the top chord pattern first, then the bottom one. Notice how your finger
stays on the color stripe with the picture of an anchor for both chords. This
makes changing chords easier. The ROOT
ROOT gives each chord its name.
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THUMB
CHORDS
THUMB
FINGER
1
FINGER
FINGER
3
5
JAM CARD™
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ROOT
FINGER
1
2
ROOT
NOTE
5
ROOT
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SCALES:
1
This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a happy
sound.You can use this scale to make up little patterns or melodies. MusiROOT gives the scale its name.
cians call this "soloing" or "improvising." The ROOT
ROOT
FINGER
Major Pentatonic
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ROOT
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JAM CARD™
SCALES:
1
This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a sad
sound.You can use this scale to make up little patterns or melodies. MusiROOT gives the scale its name.
cians call this "soloing" or "improvising." The ROOT
ROOT
FINGER
Minor Pentatonic
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5
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ROOT
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JAM CARD™
SCALES:
1
ROOT
FINGER
This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a happy sound. Most of the
songs we sing use the notes of this scale. This scale is like the Major Pentatonic scale on Jam
ROOT gives the scale its name.
Card™ #3 but it has two more color stripes or notes. The ROOT
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ROOT
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Major
JAM CARD™
SCALES:
NOTE
ROOT
1
BLUE
FINGER
This is a scale.You play it one color stripe at a time. This scale has a sad or bluesy sound.
This scale is like the Minor Pentatonic scale on Jam Card™ #3 but it has one extra color
stripe called the "blue note" The ROOT
ROOT gives the scale its name.
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ROOT
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Blues
JAM CARD™
THE SCALE CHORDS
JAM CARD™
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ROOT
MINOR
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ROOT
MAJOR
ROOT
MAJOR
ROOT
MINOR
ROOT
MINOR
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MAJOR
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SIX CHORDS
THAT ROCK
Root Key on C
JAM CARD™
#6b
C Major Chord
The
other sideJAM
of thisCARDS
Jam Card™ has 6 chords that sound great together in
USING
any order. Here are pictures of what those 6 chords look like if you put the
1. JAM the
card behind
the keys(the
of yourone
piano on
/ keyboard.
ROOT
first
ROOT
stripe
the far left) on C.
2. Line up a
C
ROOT
key with any note for the desired chord or scale.
F
Emi
Dmi
3. The blue keys will show you what other keys to play.
1
E
D
3
5
1
3
5
1
3
5
F
G
1
1
3
5
A
3
5
1
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3
5
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C
Ami
G
PROGRESSION:
1, 4, 5
These three chords are all major and have been the three
most often used chords in Pop Music for decades.
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JAM CARD™
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1
ROOT
1
3
3
1
3
1
5
THE 1 CHORD
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THE 4 CHORD
ROOT
THE 5 CHORD
ROOT
THUMB
SHORTCUT:
1, 4, 5
These are three chords using shortcuts to make changing chords easier. The anchor shows
which note stays the same when changing between chords; when switching from 1 to 4 the
bottom note stays the same, but when switching from 1 to 5 the top note stays the same.
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JAM CARD™
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1
1
3
2
3
5
THE 4 CHORD
5
THE 1 CHORD
5
THE 5 CHORD
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1
ROOT
1
ROOT
ROOT
THUMB