Q. can someone tell me when playing a chord i play piano but have to learn the chord system for my church ok when playing a 9th 11th 13th chords, they are really big what notes would you omit like one chord was a Gb 13 #11th chord what note or notes would i omit. in every key how do you know what notes to omit when playing 9th 11th 13th chords.and one more G13 sus 4 what do i omit. thanks yahoo like i said i read and i guess when i was young piano teachers really did not stress much on chords i hate that. my church uses chord piano and the number system.thanks god bless.
A. I think you should focus on English and punctuation more rather than studying music.
Guitar Question, In the Key Of?
Q. okay, so my guitar chord book lists all the chords in various sections under different sections based on "keys" i was just wondering what it is as it says in the key of c, key of am etc. and another quick thing the book wont show all possible guitar chords will it? because you can virtually invent your own i think? thank you =D
A. You can't really invent your own chords. You can "invent" chords that you don't know and call it something, but what you're playing will most likely have a name.
You need to focus on chord construction. This isn't really an easy question you're asking. Chords are based off of scales. The basic chords are called triad chords, meaning they only contain 3 notes... and don't get confused when you play all 6 strings for a C major chord, you're still only playing 3 notes, it's just that some notes get doubled up.
The C major chord is made up of these 3 notes, C E G. Anywhere on your piano or guitar where these three notes are present, and you play them together, you'll be playing a C major chord.... so this is how you can "invent" your own chords... well, like I said, you're not inventing a chord, you're possibly inventing a new way to play that chord, or chord fingering/position... which actually, has most likely been played before.
To find the notes in a chord, you need to first know the notes in the scale. So, we will look at the C major scale and I'll show you how we get C E G.
The C major scale is comprised of the following notes:
C D E F G A B and then it just continually repeats. The major scale has a formula, which is W W H W W W H. Not sure if you're familiar with that or not, but W equals a whole-step (or 2 frets in distance from the previous note you played), and H equals a half-step, or 1 fret in distance. So, if you play a C note, (8th fret on the E string), then move down to the 10th fret, this will be considered a W, or whole-step. The 10th fret is D. Then you move to the 12th fret, whcih is E... etc.
This formula works for every key, so if you were to shift the whole fomula up or down, and still keep the W W H W W W H pattern, then you'll always be playing the Major scale... just in a different key.
So, like I said, the C major scale is C D E F G A B.
Well, chords follow a pattern/formula as well. The basic chords will follow what is referred as 1-3-5 (or R-3-5)... 1 is the root note, so we call it R. The root note is C, in the C major scale. It's the first note. The 3 is the 3rd note in the scale, and 5 would be the 5th note in the scale. So, if you look at that scale, you'll see that the first note is C, 3rd is E, and the 5th is G. This is how you find the notes used in the chord.
What is important, is to find the most common positions for these types of chords, so you can refer back to them if you forget where you're at. You can try looking into a method called the CAGED System. Look it up on yahoo or google.
The next thing you'll need to know is what chords can go into certain keys. And here, you cannot "create" your own chords to go into certain keys. There are tons of chords that you can use, but since scales, chords and chord progressions follow a formula, then there will be a defined number of chords that belong to a certain Key.
There is also a formula for chord progressions. The Major scale chord progression is:
Maj, min, min, Maj, Maj, min, Diminished. Every one of these gets numbered 1-7. So, your first chord in any major key is going to be a major chord. The 2nd chord is a minor chord.... etc.
So, if we look back at the C major scale C D E F G A B, you can match each note up with that formula and you can see which chords are in the C major scale family. (also, this only pertains to your basic chords. It gets more complex with 7ths, 9ths, 11ths and 13ths. But for now, stick with this. Also, these are general rules or guidelines to go by,.... nobody can tell you what sounds good to you, so if you find that another chord sounds good that is not associated with the C major scale, then you can use it. For instance, the 5 chord (also written as the V chord... V meaning 5), can be substituted for a Dominant chord, which will be written as G7
Anyway, the basic triad chords you can use in the C major scale would then be:
C maj
D min
E min
F maj
G maj
A min
B Dim
* If you were to lookup all the notes in these chords, you'll find that every single note is in the C major scale.
Tips for learning the piano?
Q. I've played the flute for about 9 years, but I wanted to take up the piano--so I bought a keyboard, some piano music, etc. I'm having a little trouble learning to play from piano sheet music. Could anyone offer any advice to help me understand/learn it faster?
Thanks!!
A. What you should do is make a serious attempt to play by ear. Use YouTube to study and practice fingering. Learn and practice your 12 major scales. Learn to construct the triad (3-note) major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords. With concentrated effort you can accomplish this within a month. Learn to play using the number system instead of chord names.
Download this PDF book and read it at the piano http://www.keyeduppiano.com/dl687/PlayByEarDiscovery.pdf
Then go here and watch the videos: http://www.keyeduppiano.com/
If you can grasp the concepts obtained from this source, practice them, get out and hook up with other musicians so you can apply the knowledge in the real world, then go for expanding your knowledge of music theory. If you have a real passion and desire to play you'll be surprised how fast you learn.
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Best of luck
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