Q. There are a lot of songs I like that I want to learn on piano, but I don't know how. I can play piano by reading notes, have studied music theory, and can play a melody of a song by ear, but I don't know how to play guitar. If I had the guitar chords/tabs for a song, would I be able to play the song on the piano using them? (And how..?) Thanks (:
A. Guitar chords and piano chords are exactly the same. But when you read guitar chords and tabs, sometimes they are showed differently. It will show the six strings and dots. All you need to do is find the guitar fingerings. It is actually very simple. Then you see what notes those chords are and play them on the piano. (:
How long will it take to be able to read piano music?
Q. I would like to be able to look at a basic piece of music and play it... Nothing too advanced. I can play guitar by tabs and chord sheets, but would like to be able to play simple pieces of music on the piano. For someone not trying to learn piano seriously, would lessons or learning by books on music theory be better? Thanks so much.
A. I've been playing guitar for about seven years, and then I tried to start learning piano. Piano has bass cleft, it is the most confusing thing. I could sit there for hours and look at an A note and it's something totally different. Haha. So If you're not used to reading notes yet, it should only take about eight months to be able to look at a piece of piano music and play it. I say lessons. But that's just my preference. Good luck.
How would I make music using music theory ?
Q. I learned most of what I believe that I need to know about music theory , Major scale , minor scale , intervals , and triads , now how would I start using them now , I really need advice .
A. You still have a lot more to learn. Scales and triads are like the first couple weeks of music theory in college and I believe to actually start knowing how to truly write music using music theory, you have to complete at least one year in college (and even then, there's so much more).
You need to go into extended chords (7th, 9ths etc); Chord progressions; Cadences; Non-harmonic tones; borrowed chords; modulations; form and analysis; history.....and there's still genre-specific theory (classical, baroque, jazz, etc...); the list goes on and on.
I don't want to make you feel that it's impossible to write music. This doesn't mean that you can't write songs. Many songs of the world are written from guys who just know what they like to hear (like Yanni). I figured that since you asked, I'd try to give you as much of info as I can.
HOWEVER, if you want to use THEORY, you're going to have to go into more formal training. I am a music educator and I took (among more specialized classes) 2 years of Music Theory, 2 years of aural training, 2 years of music history, 2 semesters of advanced music theory (orchestration and form and analysis), 2 semesters of advanced music history and 2 years of piano. There are way more other classes but those are the classes I believe made music writing easier for me.
It's like saying I'm a golfer when I only play a few times a week with my friends and trying to compare myself with Tiger Woods. It's just a whole different upbringing and game level.
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