How to Play the Ditone

The ditone is a 2-note tone with a tone(or 3 semitones in-between). For instance [C E]. You’d virtually at all times play the ditone together with your left hand and couple it with a suspended chord in your proper hand. Let me present you and exapmple C E/Bb Eb Ab. The ditone may be very simple to play as you could possibly simply direct substitute them in your chords. You are able to do this simply as a result of the ditone that you simply play in your left hand is immediately associated to the foundation of the chord.

For instance in enjoying the ditone for chord 1 on C you’ll play- C E/A D G. For chord 3 on key C you’ll play- E Ab/D G C and for chord 6 you’ll play A C#/G D F.

As a keyboardist you’ll be able to create wonderful sounds by enjoying the tritone up or down, chromatically.

Methods during which you employ the ditone

  • As Passing Tone
  • Root of the chord
  • Chord Substitutions
  • You’d use it as a passing tone if you play the instance I gave above(aside from chord 1).
  • Passing tone: The ditone can be utilized to play passing tones. For instance, right here is an effective ditone substitution you should use as passing tone to chord 6 (on key C).
  • E Ab/D G C, F# Bb/E A D, Ab C/ F# B E, A E/G B D E
  • Root of the chord: You may simply substitute the ditone for the foundation of your chords. It provides quite a lot of flavour to your enjoying. Instance of ditone substitutions for 1 chords.
  • C- C E/A D G
  • F- F A/D A C
  • Chord Substitutions: You need to use the ditone instead of the common chords you play so as to add flavour to your enjoying as a keyboardist. Here’s a demonstration utilizing a 1 – 3 – 4 – 1# – 2 – 3 – 6
  • C E/A D G, E G C/D G C, F A/D G C, C# F/B E A, D A/C E F A, E Ab/D G C, A E/E G B D

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