Chords for Jordan Rudess Technical Exercise
Tempo:
119.15 bpm
Chords used:
E
F#
G#
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I sat down to practice today and I cannot turn you on to it.
Allow me to show you what the notes are that we'll be using in this exercise.
It's a pattern of 10 notes.
Starts on E.
Whether you're a guitarist, a keyboard player, a trumpet player, I don't care.
You can try this.
Here we go.
So it starts out from E chromatically.
[C] E, F, F sharp, [D#] G, G sharp.
Goes [E] back to E, [D#m]
[C#m] G sharp, [G#] A.
[B]
[F#] [N] There's one catch.
Here's where the challenge comes in.
We're going to be playing this in 9-8.
8 in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3.
Kind of like this.
I'll count it and play it slowly.
1, [Bm] 2, 3, 1, 2, [G#] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
So, I'm never [E] changing the order of notes.
I'm just changing the accent.
Check it out, I'll do it [F#] slowly.
3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, [G] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
[E]
[Bm]
You think [C] it's easy?
It's not.
Here's the challenge.
[F#] This [C#]
[D]
[Bm] [E] is [F#] really cool.
Check out where the accents fall [C#m] if I keep the same 10 note [G#] pattern but play it 9 8.
G.
[E] G sharp.
[G#]
[F#] G sharp.
G.
[E]
[N] So yeah, if you followed that, we had a 10 note pattern of notes.
We kept it going, but we were counting it in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3, like 1 2 1 2 1 2.
[D#]
9 8.
Here it is one more time.
[D]
[C#]
[Em]
[N] If you practice that in every key, start it on C.
Start it on C sharp.
Start it on D.
G sharp.
E.
F.
F sharp.
G.
G sharp A.
G sharp B.
It's an amazing technique.
And I'll
Allow me to show you what the notes are that we'll be using in this exercise.
It's a pattern of 10 notes.
Starts on E.
Whether you're a guitarist, a keyboard player, a trumpet player, I don't care.
You can try this.
Here we go.
So it starts out from E chromatically.
[C] E, F, F sharp, [D#] G, G sharp.
Goes [E] back to E, [D#m]
[C#m] G sharp, [G#] A.
[B]
[F#] [N] There's one catch.
Here's where the challenge comes in.
We're going to be playing this in 9-8.
8 in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3.
Kind of like this.
I'll count it and play it slowly.
1, [Bm] 2, 3, 1, 2, [G#] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
So, I'm never [E] changing the order of notes.
I'm just changing the accent.
Check it out, I'll do it [F#] slowly.
3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, [G] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
[E]
[Bm]
You think [C] it's easy?
It's not.
Here's the challenge.
[F#] This [C#]
[D]
[Bm] [E] is [F#] really cool.
Check out where the accents fall [C#m] if I keep the same 10 note [G#] pattern but play it 9 8.
G.
[E] G sharp.
[G#]
[F#] G sharp.
G.
[E]
[N] So yeah, if you followed that, we had a 10 note pattern of notes.
We kept it going, but we were counting it in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3, like 1 2 1 2 1 2.
[D#]
9 8.
Here it is one more time.
[D]
[C#]
[Em]
[N] If you practice that in every key, start it on C.
Start it on C sharp.
Start it on D.
G sharp.
E.
F.
F sharp.
G.
G sharp A.
G sharp B.
It's an amazing technique.
And I'll
Key:
E
F#
G#
Bm
C
E
F#
G#
_ _ I sat down to practice today and I cannot _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
turn you on to it.
Allow me to show you what the notes are that we'll be using in this exercise.
It's a pattern of 10 notes.
Starts on E.
Whether you're a guitarist, a keyboard player, a trumpet player, I don't care.
You can try this.
Here we go.
So it starts out from E chromatically.
[C] E, F, F sharp, [D#] G, G sharp.
Goes [E] back to E, _ [D#m] _ _
[C#m] G sharp, [G#] A.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [N] There's one catch.
_ Here's where the challenge comes in.
We're going to be playing this in 9-8. _
8 in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3.
Kind of like this.
I'll count it and play it slowly.
1, [Bm] 2, 3, 1, 2, [G#] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, _ _ _ 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
So, I'm never [E] changing the order of notes.
I'm just changing the accent.
Check it out, I'll do it [F#] slowly. _ _ _ _
_ 3, 1, _ _ _ 2, 3, 1, 2, [G] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
You think [C] it's easy?
It's not.
Here's the challenge.
[F#] This _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] is [F#] really cool.
Check out where the accents fall [C#m] if I keep the same 10 note [G#] pattern but play it 9 8.
G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ G sharp.
[G#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ G sharp.
_ G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ So yeah, if you followed that, we had a 10 note pattern of notes.
We kept it going, but we were counting it in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3, like 1 2 1 2 1 2. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
9 8.
Here it is one more time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] If you practice that in every key, start it on C.
Start it on C sharp.
Start it on D.
G sharp.
E.
F.
F sharp.
G.
G sharp A.
G sharp B.
It's an amazing _ _ _ _ _ technique.
_ _ And I'll
turn you on to it.
Allow me to show you what the notes are that we'll be using in this exercise.
It's a pattern of 10 notes.
Starts on E.
Whether you're a guitarist, a keyboard player, a trumpet player, I don't care.
You can try this.
Here we go.
So it starts out from E chromatically.
[C] E, F, F sharp, [D#] G, G sharp.
Goes [E] back to E, _ [D#m] _ _
[C#m] G sharp, [G#] A.
_ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [N] There's one catch.
_ Here's where the challenge comes in.
We're going to be playing this in 9-8. _
8 in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3.
Kind of like this.
I'll count it and play it slowly.
1, [Bm] 2, 3, 1, 2, [G#] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, _ _ _ 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
So, I'm never [E] changing the order of notes.
I'm just changing the accent.
Check it out, I'll do it [F#] slowly. _ _ _ _
_ 3, 1, _ _ _ 2, 3, 1, 2, [G] 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
You think [C] it's easy?
It's not.
Here's the challenge.
[F#] This _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [E] is [F#] really cool.
Check out where the accents fall [C#m] if I keep the same 10 note [G#] pattern but play it 9 8.
G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ G sharp.
[G#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ G sharp.
_ G. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ So yeah, if you followed that, we had a 10 note pattern of notes.
We kept it going, but we were counting it in 3 sets of 2 and a set of 3, like 1 2 1 2 1 2. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _
9 8.
Here it is one more time.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] If you practice that in every key, start it on C.
Start it on C sharp.
Start it on D.
G sharp.
E.
F.
F sharp.
G.
G sharp A.
G sharp B.
It's an amazing _ _ _ _ _ technique.
_ _ And I'll