Q. I want to play a song that I only have piano sheet music for. I want to play it by myself on my guitar and just playing the melody on one string at a time I was wondering if there is a way for me to put some bass notes and stuff in to make a nice finger picking song. So is there a way?
A. Yes you can!
The first question that comes to mind is do you know the notes and where they are located on your fret board?
Such as the the 2 spots you can play your middle C?
A good understanding of the different scale patterns and correspoding modes will help also. This will help you maintain a clean counterpoint and stay in "position" for the melody (would not recomend a one string approach for the melody)
Also remember that piano music is actually and octave below what guitar notes are written. So keep that in mind -- example the middle C on piano music is actually the high C (the C on the 3rd line of the staff).
Another thing to look for when transposing piano to puitar is to remember that the piano uses alot more notes (you have 10 fingers for the piano but only 5 for your fret board) so keep a look out for unnecessary passing tones or added notes to the basic chords (your add4, sus's, b13's, #9's) that is more piano oriented and those are usually passing tones that sound good with a piano but horrible on a guitar.
Just focus on the melody then look at the bass line of the piano score to find out the best bass notes to use. Try to stick with the root notes at first but you can look into using the counterpoint rythym to add the 7ths etc of the chords.
Time consuming but definately fun!
You can also try downloading Power Tab. It will allow you to place the notes (both melody and bass lines) in standard notation form (point and click) and it will show a tabbed version as you enter in the information. Also hs a MIDI capable playback so you can get an idea if what you are writing "sounds" correct.
good luck!
Have you learned the piano and the guitar simultaneously successfully?
Q. I like both instruments and I'm about to learn them?
Should I learn the guitar one day and piano on the next day?
You think this is doable?
What are your recommendations?
A. I've done that! I think that learning both at the same time is a kinda sorta good idea.
Piano's definitely easier though, it gets you accustomed to note-reading, time-telling, hand-eye coordination, while guitar gives you chords, strum patterns (muscle development!), and Music Theory.
I'd start piano for about a month first to start, since getting started on the piano's pretty tough. Guitar took me 1 45-minute class to start picking up things, but piano has the fundamentals you need.
I need answer from piano teacher on how to teach a 4 year old to play piano?
Q. I'm planning to teach my daughter piano. I don't know what book to use and method? She knows all the letters, but does't read yet. Even though I play piano for years, I never had any experience to teach. I need advice on material that I need to use and method. thanks in advance!
A. If there is someone in town who is good at teaching preschool music, go for it.
See if there is someone licensed in Kindermusik.
That's a curriculum which makes music a fun and gregarious activity for preschoolers.
If that works, then you can invest in a violin if there is also a Suzuki teacher in the area.
The most important variables are patience and creativity on the part of the adult.
Here are some ideas which I have used with preschoolers:
â manipulating wooden cut-out notes
I start with quarter notes and eighth-note couplets only.
That's plenty enough for a preschool beginner.
â manipulating oversize notes
After teaching the child a song, give the child a set of cards and see if he or she can arrange them in the correct order.
I start with songs using only so and mi.
In Lois Choksy's books, there is a compilation of such songs.
That's plenty enough for a preschool beginner.
This page from my Website might be helpful:
http://www.pentatonika.net/very_beginning.html
â melodic dictation
Hum so mi so so and ask the child to play it.
With only so and mi, this activity can last longer than you might expect.
If you limit the activity to 4/4 measures using only quarter notes, that gives you 16 possible rhythms.
If you add in eighth note couplets, that brings it up to 256.
Preschoolers sometimes like to reciprocate.
If the child wants to dictate measures to you, I hope you don't mind.
â measure search game
With the score for the song in front of you, play one measure from the song and ask the child to identify.
If the child wants to reverse roles, don't take it personally.
In fact, that's good, because the game lasts twice as long that way.
â rhythmic dictation
"Show me quart quart eighth-eighth quart."
Again, if the child wants to turn the tables, I hope you will be a good sport.
â transposing
Show the child where the two notes are for the two-note songs in all 12 keys.
This may bore the dickens out of an adult, but preschoolers love it.
â card games
Make a card deck consisting of 2 cards for each of the 16 possible 4/4 rhythms using quarter notes and eighth-note couplets. If that's too much to handle, use only a few cards out of the deck.
At first, a preschooler might not understand any card game except the memory game, but after a while, he or she can understand old maid and go fish.
This page from my Website might be helpful:
http://www.pentatonika.net/fun_activities.html
â ostinatos
An ostinato can be very simple.
While you sing or play a bichordal song, such as Mary Had a Little Lamb or Skip to My Lou, the child can repeat the fifth note of the scale.
If the child enjoys it the first time, do it 11 more times in all the other keys.
There have been compositions written for exactly this purpose. Exploring the Piano by Alexander Tcherepnin is a good one.
This page from my Website might be helpful:
http://www.pentatonika.net/ostinato.html
â anything involving permutations
I once worked with a 3-year-old using a set of bells and a chord organ.
While I played the bells and she played the chord organ, I chanted the child's name on all 12 major chords and all 12 minor chords.
Then she asked me to do the same thing on the words "Mommy" and "Daddy."
Then she asked me to trade instruments and we performed the whole ritual all over again.
If anyone ever tells you that "preschoolers have a 5-minute attention span," remind them that the number 5 can be multiplied.
If you have at least 12 different activities, the child can last for a whole hour.
I know because I've been there and done that.
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