Q. im 17 and just starting teaching myself how to play piano by guides on the internet, i used to have lessons when i was young but quit because they were expensive. I remember the basics and learnt a few other things about notes on these guides and i think i could learn them all fully in a month. I was just wondering how long did it take you to fully learn piano notes and know which note is where on the piano and stuff. thanks for answering!
A. it took me about a year. however, i was already able to read music for guitar, cello, bass guitar, string bass (believe it or not those two are actually different just because of where you place your hands, the notes are technically the same but you tend to play them in different places), and voice. if you keep at it, you could probably get it in 6 months or so, but a year would be a good bet if you practice alot. this is to be fluent, technically i knew which note was which after like 2 weeks, but i wouldn't be able to look at a simple piece and just play it. i would need to think about it, try a few times, and practice. chord charts are great, so you can just follow chord changes, but i really respect what youre doing. i didnt start piano till i was 16 and i regretted not starting earlier, so it takes massive cajones for anyone to start this late, and props to you boy. or girl. i actually teach keyboard lessons now (rock and pop music only, little bit of hip hop, obviously i cant teach classical on piano if ive only been playing 2 years), so email me for any questions
I have to memorize a guitar piece to accompany a piano, can I just play Maj/Minor chords instead of 7th etc?
Q. I have to memorize a guitar piece within a few days, it is fairly complicated, the piano will most likely play the piece verbatim but I'm given some more creative freedom.
The chord charts say to Play all sorts of chords I don't have time to memorize like Gsus2/F and Cmaj9. Can I get away with just playing chords like this in their 1-3-5 form (Maj/Minor)? Will it still sound tonally correct?
A. Playing dominant seventh chords are just as easy to play as majors and minors. The sustained chords you mentioned may not be necessary unless they are key to the melody transition, in which case you should learn them.
Learning and playing Gsus2/F and Cmaj9 will be to your advantage because of their unique voice. If you aren't serious about accompanying an instrument then don't bother with them. You can ask the pianist to emphasize those chords for you.
But what does that tell the pianist?
How do you play notes on piano from guitar chords?
Q. i'm trying to learn a song on piano but i can only find the guitar chords to it. i would like to know how you play the notes out of the chords. thank you
A. Depends on the printed layout you've got for the song in question. If you just have the little grids with pictures, it can be harder to match the chords with note letter names. But if you have the names of the chords, it's best to learn to "fake" the chords on the piano, rather than try to play the exact guitar chord notes on the piano.
If you try to duplicate the notes of the chord on the keyboard, it'll work; but it won't sound as good on the piano as on the guitar. Guitar melody chords are already inverted and voiced to sound good when you're singing along, but they sound thin and incomplete when transferred to a keyboard, which is capable of much more complex chords than your average guitar player's fingers can handle. It's a question of digits: 4 on the fretboard for most guitar chords, vs. up to ten (!) to help you accompany a singer on the keyboard (not to mention what you can do with the pedals).
Learning to fake the chords and picking good voicings on the piano keyboard to make the song work is an art unto itself. It's not quite playing by ear, although there's some of that involved as you advance to alternative voicings and inversions.
If you can read music (and know basic keyboard notes), and you know scales, then you've got a good start on faking chords already. You can pick up the basics in 4 or 5 lessons with a keyboard teacher, or you can get a beginner teach-yourself chord piano book (sometimes listed as "adult" piano methods--self guided or otherwise) and go at your own pace.
Here's a good site for some general information: http://www.pianochordfinder.org/html/piano_chord_charts_flash_8.php (Note: I'm not affiliated with this website, nor did I take any information from it. It looks well done and simple, though)
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