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ESSENTIAL HIPHOP

CHORDSIntroduction_______ Pg. 4

Minor Chords______ Pg. 7

Major Chords______ Pg. 12

Sus Chords________ Pg. 17

Specialty Chords__ Pg. 21

Chord Progressions Pg. 23

Index______________ Pg. 24

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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


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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


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The TechniqueAfter 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.

RequirementVirtually 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...

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 11 10 12

15 16 14 13

Pad Key

1 C

2 C#/Db

3 D

4 Eb/D#

5 E

6 F

7 F#/Gb

8 G

Pad Key

9 Ab/G#

10 A

11 Bb/A#

12 B

13 C

14 C#/Db

15 D

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Minor Chords

Minor RootSHAPE 1

Ab min

E min

C min


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Minor RootSHAPE 2

C# min D min

Eb min F min

F# min G min


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Minor Inversion 1SHAPE 1

Eb min

D min

C# min

B min

Bb min

A min


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B min

Bb min

A min

G min

F# min

F min


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Ab min

C min


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Major Chords

Major RootSHAPE 1

Ab maj

E maj

C maj


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Major RootSHAPE 2

Eb maj

D maj

C# majF maj

F# maj

G maj


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Major Inversion 1SHAPE 1

Eb maj

D maj

C# maj

B maj

Bb maj

A maj


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B maj

Bb maj

A maj

G maj

F# maj

F maj


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Ab maj C maj

Ab maj


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Suspension Chords

SuspensionSHAPE 1

C sus

E sus

Ab sus


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SuspensionSHAPE 2

F sus F# sus

C# sus D sus


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SuspensionSHAPE 3

G sus Eb sus

SuspensionSHAPE 4

B sus

G sus Eb sus


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SuspensionSHAPE 5

A sus Bb sus

F sus F# sus


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Specialty Chords

Cm7 (b5)

Cm7

Cm9

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 1

Pad 2

Pad 3

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C diminished

C maj9

C maj7 C7

C7(b9)

C7(#9)


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Chord ProgressionsA 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. 1Bb min C diminished

EX. 2C7(#9) F min Bb min

EX. 3

EX. 4

E min

C# maj Ab maj Eb maj Bb maj C min

D maj F# min G maj


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IndexN = inversion R = rootS = shape

Chord Page

C Minor RS1 7

C Minor N1S2 11

C Major RS1 12

C Major N1S2 16

C Sus S1 17

Cm7 21

Cm7 (b5) 21

Cm9 21

C7 22

C7 (b9) 22

C7 (#9) 22

C Major 7 22

C Major 9 22

C Diminished 22

C# Minor RS2 8

C# Minor N1S1 9

C# Major RS2 13

C# Major N1S1 14

C# Sus S2 18

D Minor RS2 8

D Minor N1S1 9

D Major RS2 13

D Major N1S1 14

D Sus S2 18

Eb Minor RS2 8

Eb Minor N1S1 9

Eb Major RS2 13

Chord Page

Eb Major N1S1 14

Eb Sus S3/S4 19

E Minor RS1 7

E Major RS1 12

E Sus S1 17

F Minor RS2 8

F Minor N2S1 10

F Major RS2 13

F Major N2S1 15

F Sus S2 18

F Sus S5 20

F# Minor RS2 8

F# Minor N2S1 10

F# Major RS2 13

F# Major N2S1 15

F# Sus S2 18

F# Sus S5 20

G Minor RS2 8

G Minor N2S1 10

G Major RS2 13

G Major N2S1 15

G Sus S3/S4 19

Ab Minor RS1 7

Ab Minor N2S2 11

Ab Major RS1 12

Ab Minor N1S2 16

Ab Sus S1 17


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N = inversion R = rootS = shape

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

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