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    The document provides instructions for warming up on the piano by playing triads and 7th chords using each note as the root, third, fifth, and seventh. The exercise involves playing the chords up and down over the full range of the instrument from each of the 12 notes. An expanded version involves doing the same with 7th chords.

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    The document provides instructions for warming up on the piano by playing triads and 7th chords using each note as the root, third, fifth, and seventh. The exercise involves playing the chords up and down over the full range of the instrument from each of the 12 notes. An expanded version involves doing the same with 7th chords.

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    Triad Warm Ups

    Take a note and think of it as the root of a triad, then as the 3rd of a triad, then as the 5th. Use both major and minor triads. Play up and down the triad over the whole range of the instrument. The following example uses the note C. Do this off each of the 12 notes.

    Cm

    C as root of Maj Tr

    C as root of Min Tr

    Ab
    C as 3rd of Maj Tr

    Am

    C as 3rd of Min Tr

    Fm

    C as 5th of Maj Tr

    C as 5th of Min Tr


    Ab7

    Once you're comfortable with the above exercises off each of the 12 notes then try it descending:

    An expanded version of this exercise is to do it for 7th chords not just triads:

    C^

    C as root of ^

    C7
    C as root of V7

    Cm7

    C as root of m7

    C as root of


    Db^

    Ab^

    C as 3rd of ^


    D7

    Am7

    C as 3rd of V7

    C as 3rd of m7

    C as 3rd of

    F^

    C as 5th of ^

    F7

    C as 5th of V7

    Fm7

    F#

    C as 5th of m7

    C as 5th of

    C as 7th of ^

    Dm7

    C as 7th ofV7

    C as 7th of m7

    C as 7th of

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