Essential Hip Hop Chords

ESSENTIAL HIPHOP CHORDS Introduction_______

Pg. 4

Minor Chords______

Pg. 7

Major Chords______

Pg. 12

Sus Chords________

Pg. 17

Specialty Chords__

Pg. 21

Chord Progressions

Pg. 23

Index______________

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Introduction Many beat makers are not musicians but choose to sample musicians thru vinyl, mp3’s, ect. Others may hire musicians to play out their ideas on various instruments. Some high profile producers do this, but everyone cannot afford to. This is where this ebook comes in handy. Now you will have access to operating like a musician. How??? By using your 16 pad drum machine as a keyboard. As you continue thru these pages, you will find an essential vocabulary of chords to use for the creation of sample free hiphop music. Serving as a reference guide for the use of your drum machine as a keyboard, this FIRST of its KIND ebook will help ALL beatmakers excel to the next level. For more info visit www.howtomakeverysickbeats.com.

Key Factors - Must have midi 16 Pad drum machine - Applies to all skill levels - No musical training required - Easy to read 16 Pad diagrams © 2013 Nusong Productions, LLC – All Rights Reserved. www.howtomakeverysickbeats.com Unauthorized duplication or distribution is strictly prohibited

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Terminology Its important to note that there are a few terms that may not be familiar and need explaining so here it is.

Chord- a group of notes played at the same time Inversion- the arrangement of notes of a chord being played in a different order (For example, C major 1st inversion is in this order: E,G,C instead of the original C,E,G)

Major- type of chord that sounds happy or feel good Minor- type of chord that sounds dramatic or dark Root- original chord with the 1st note being the bass Shape- a pattern used to give a specific form or look Suspension- type of chord that sounds jazzy © 2013 Nusong Productions, LLC – All Rights Reserved. www.howtomakeverysickbeats.com Unauthorized duplication or distribution is strictly prohibited

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The Technique After programming your drum machine to play notes chromatically from Pad 1 to Pad 16, (check your manual to do this). Assign Pad 1 to the key of C and follow the diagrams. Each diagram represents a chord defined by the darkened pads in conjunction with Pad 1 starting at middle C like on a piano. Just simply look at the diagram and press ONLY the darkened pads on your drum machine.

Requirement Virtually all drum machines with 16 pads in a 4x4 formation and has midi capabilities. Examples: All NI Maschine models, Roland MV8000/MV8800, all Mpc’s except for the 500, and any midi drum machine controller in the following style... Pad

Key

Pad

Key

1

C

9

Ab/G#

2

C#/Db

10

A

3

D

11

Bb/A#

4

Eb/D#

9

10

11

12

12

B

5

E

5

6

7

8

13

C

6

F

1

2

3

4

14

C#/Db

7

F#/Gb

15

D

8

G

16

Eb/D#

13

14

15

16

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Minor Chords Ab min

Minor Root

E min

SHAPE 1

C min

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Minor Root SHAPE 2 C# min

D min

Eb min

F min

F# min

G min

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Minor Inversion 1 SHAPE 1 Eb min

B min

D min

Bb min

C# min

A min

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Minor Inversion 2 SHAPE 1

B min

G min

Bb min

F# min

A min

F min

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Minor Inversion 1 SHAPE 2 C min

Minor Inversion 2 SHAPE 2 Ab min

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Major Chords Ab maj

Major Root

E maj

SHAPE 1

C maj

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Major Root SHAPE 2 F maj

C# maj

F# maj

D maj

G maj

Eb maj

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Major Inversion 1 SHAPE 1 Eb maj

B maj

D maj

Bb maj

C# maj

A maj

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Major Inversion 2 SHAPE 1 B maj

G maj

Bb maj

F# maj

A maj

F maj

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Major Inversion 1 SHAPE 2 Ab maj

C maj

Major Inversion 2 SHAPE 2 Ab maj

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Suspension Chords C sus

Suspension

E sus

SHAPE 1

Ab sus

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Suspension SHAPE 2

F sus

F# sus

C# sus

D sus

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Suspension SHAPE 3 G sus

Eb sus

Suspension SHAPE 4 B sus

G sus

Eb sus

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Suspension SHAPE 5

A sus

Bb sus

F sus

F# sus

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Specialty Chords Cm7

All specialty chords are in the key of C, but can be transposed to any key you like as long as each note is in chromatic order. For instance, if Pad 1 on your drum machine is the key of ‘F’(see below), then Pad 2 should be F#, Pad 3 should be G and so on. All of these specialty chords would be in the key of F(Fm7, Fm9, ect...). Pad 2

Pad 1

Cm7 (b5)

Cm9

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C maj7

C7

C maj9

C7(b9)

C diminished

C7(#9)

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Chord Progressions A chord progression is a combination of chords that can be used to make your beats with. The sky is the limit when it comes to creating your own combinations. There are no rules to how many bars a chord has to have or how many chords you have to use for a beat. Do you and have fun! Examples of chord progressions to play with... EX. 1 Bb min

C diminished

EX. 2 C7(#9)

F min

Bb min

D maj

F# min

G maj

Ab maj

Eb maj

Bb maj

EX. 3 E min

EX. 4 C# maj

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C min

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N = inversion S = shape

Index

R = root

Chord

Page

Chord

Page

C Minor RS1

7

Eb Major N1S1

14

C Minor N1S2

11

Eb Sus S3/S4

19

C Major RS1

12

E Minor RS1

7

C Major N1S2

16

E Major RS1

12

C Sus S1

17

E Sus S1

17

Cm7

21

F Minor RS2

8

Cm7 (b5)

21

F Minor N2S1

10

Cm9

21

F Major RS2

13

C7

22

F Major N2S1

15

C7 (b9)

22

F Sus S2

18

C7 (#9)

22

F Sus S5

20

C Major 7

22

F# Minor RS2

8

C Major 9

22

F# Minor N2S1

10

C Diminished

22

F# Major RS2

13

C# Minor RS2

8

F# Major N2S1

15

C# Minor N1S1

9

F# Sus S2

18

C# Major RS2

13

F# Sus S5

20

C# Major N1S1

14

G Minor RS2

8

C# Sus S2

18

G Minor N2S1

10

D Minor RS2

8

G Major RS2

13

D Minor N1S1

9

G Major N2S1

15

D Major RS2

13

G Sus S3/S4

19

D Major N1S1

14

Ab Minor RS1

7

D Sus S2

18

Ab Minor N2S2

11

Eb Minor RS2

8

Ab Major RS1

12

Eb Minor N1S1

9

Ab Minor N1S2

16

Eb Major RS2

13

Ab Sus S1

17

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N = inversion S = shape

R = root

Chord

Page

A Minor N1S1

9

A Minor N2S1

10

A Major N1S1

14

A Major N2S1

15

A Sus S5

20

Bb Minor N1S1

9

Bb Minor N2S1

10

Bb Major N1S1

14

Bb Major N2S1

15

Bb Sus S5

20

B Minor N1S1

9

B Minor N2S1

10

B Major N1S1

14

B Major N2S1

15

B Sus S4

19

Chord Progressions

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