Q. Ive been playing piano for 3 years im considered a prodigy at my skool but now I have a problem I gotta memorize chords...
A. There are about 8,400 possible chords
ref: http://www.playpiano.com/Articles/29-howmanychords.htm
You don't need to memorize the structure of each of these chords. You can use a CHORD BUILDING FORMULA to build a basic major chord. The remainder of the chords is simply alterations of and/or add-on's notes to the major chord.
5-4 MAJOR CHORD BUILDING FORMULA
Half-steps are used to build the major chord. A half-step is simply the smallest distance between 2 notes on the piano (i.e., C to Db is a half-step; D to Eb is a half-step; B to C; F# to G; A to Bb; etc.).
Using the 5-4 formula for building the major chord is as follows
If you begin with the C noteâ¦
C - Count up 5 half-steps starting with the C root note as the "1" count you end up on
E - Count up 4 half-steps starting with the E note as the â1â count you end up on
G
The C major chord consists of C-E-G
If you begin with the Ab noteâ¦
Ab- Count up 5 half-steps starting with the Ab root note as the "1" count you end up on
C - Count up 4 half-steps starting with the C note as the â1â count you end up on
Eb
The Ab major chord consists of Ab-C-Eb
Using this formula you now know how to construct and play every major chord
To play the minor chords you simply alter the major chord by lowering the middle note by a half-step. Using the 2 examples above
C major = C-E-G to make a C minor you lower the middle note E by a half-step
C minor = C-Eb-G
Ab major = Ab-C-Eb to make a Ab minor you lower the middle note C by a half-step
Ab minor = Ab-Cb-Eb
You now know how to make all your major and minor basic triad chords.
I'm not going to get into augmented and suspend and diminished and dominant 7's and sixes and inversions and blah blah blah... you need to learn all that on your own.
Just remember all chords are nothing more than alterations and/or add-ons to the basic major chord.
Can someone help me understand tritones on the piano?
Q. I know you use tritones or fill in chords in between the original chord progression but how do you know which tritone or fill in chord to use in that key or chord progression? And how do I play the right tritone for a passing chord or any chord for that matter?
A. if you're looking to add more passing chords between the original changes of a piece, there are lots of ways of going about it. adding a secondary dominant chord or a secondary II V are popular method.
let's say the original progression is a bar each of Cmaj7 Fmaj7 G7, for extra passing chords, one could add secondary dominant chords (Cmaj7 C7 Fmaj7 D7 G7) or secondary II V progressions (Cmaj7 Gmi7 C7 Fmaj7 Ami7 D7 G7) but the real dictating factor in what you can get away with is whether the melody works over the new chords though, one can add extensions/augmentations to chords to help the melody fit. A tritone substitution is another popular way to alter progressions. wherever there is a dominant chord a tritone substition can be made, assuming the melody can be accomodated. the most important two notes in a dominant chord (aka the V chord) are the 3rd and 7th (in G7, B and F) because they move by semitone (considered a strong resolution) to the 3rd and 1st of the Key Centre. if you use the dominant chord a tritone away, you maintain those strong semitone resolutions, except the bass movement is now also a semitone resolution. In C Major, the V chord (G7) can be substituted with Db7, because it also has F and B as it's 3rd and 7th and the Db resolving to C adds and extra bit of chromatic resolution which can be tasty in the right circumstances. The Berklee Press Makes some great books about this stuff, there is really an endless amount of ways to reharmonize in, it's an exciting topic to delve into and to hear well executed.
How many major and minor chords are there for piano?
Q. I know that there are more than just major an minor chords, for example, diminished but I only want to know how many major and minor chords there are...help :)
A. That is a really difficult question to answer...
Unless you just just want the number of major and minor TRIADS. So there are 12 notes in a scale. so.. 24? unless you counting each octave as well.
a piano has 6 or 7 octaves...so then 144 or 168... just major and minor triads... as in 1-3-5
it's pointless counting each octave since it's all the same notes.
So I leave my answer at 24.
1. C major
2. C#/Db major
3. D major
4. D#/Eb major
5. E major
6. F major
7. F#/Gb major
8. G major
9. G#/Ab major
10. A major
11. A#/Bb major
12. B major
multiply that by 2 for the minor chords.
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