This marks the start of a brand new video series here at Lumatone, all about CHORD SHAPES. One of the most powerful features of Lumatone is that you only have to learn a chord shape once, allowing you to use the same shape, no matter what key or tuning you're playing in. For example, a minor chord is the same shape for C minor as it is for F# minor. This makes it far easier to learn Lumatone from scratch when compared with a piano or other instruments, and helps inspiration strike in new and creative ways.
In this inaugural episode, we look at the standard western tuning we all know and love, the one with 12 notes in an octave! In future episodes we'll explore alternate 12-edo tunings as well as many popular microtonal tunings, giving you a simple guide for how to play all sorts of common (and not so common) chords.
These videos won't be an exhaustive list of every possible chord, but they're a great place to start. In addition, we'll soon be launching our "Chord Shapes" library on our website, www.lumatone.io. You'll be able to use it as a handy, easy to navigate reference no matter what tuning you're playing in to get you playing rapidly.
Remember, most Lumatone layouts (including the one featured in this video) are built much like a traditional piano across the center. Your white notes are white, and your black notes in this case are blue. You can use that familiar piano layout as a way to easily locate your root notes, and then apply these chord shapes and their inversions in all sorts of creative ways. When you get rolling, you'll be blown away at how much more fluid and inspired your playing can be.
Dave and the rest of us here at Lumatone hope you enjoy this new series! Please leave your feedback in the comments about how we can make this even better, and stay tuned for more.
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