Q. I have longer fingers, but even though everyone says longer fingers are better for playing, its pretty uncomfortable for me. My hands get stiff whenever I try to play a 7th chord on a minor or major. Any advice?
A. straighten em out and lay ur wrist low.... usually ur not supposed to but since uur finger are long i think ull be fine
How do you turn guitar chords into scales?
Q. If I play a chord, like F major and A minor, how do I know/find out what scale works for those two chords? I'm not entirely looking for the answer to this example, but I'm more interested in being "taught to fish" so to speak. Thanks.
A. youtube.
A scale has 8 notes in it, and three of them are in the chord that has it's name.. except if the chord's a minor..
Am uses the C scale, F uses the F scale, G uses the G scale.. Em uses the G scale too..
So..
The C scale is the notes c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c..
doh, re, mi fa so la ti doh..
These are the white notes on the piano, starting with the one that's just left of the group of two black ones..
The black notes in between are sharps or flats in the C scale..
So the piano goes
c, c#, d, d#, e, f, f#, g, g#, a, a#,.b, c...
Notice some of the notes don't have a sharp between them... true of any scale... the amount of space between each note in the scale is called the interval, most are two spaces, or semi tones.. some are one.. Each scale has the same pattern, starting with the name note of the scale..
For today... learn the C scale.. then go to youtube, and look for more.. or you can probably find diagrams.. and there are people who will show you places to put your hand to make scales...
A chord.. is the first, third and fifth note in the scale.. ie, in the C scale, the chord notes are C, E, G, repeated in the chord...
On the guitar, C is third fret on the fifth string [second fattest one] D is the fourth string open, E is fourth string second fret.. F is fourthe string third fret.. G is the third string, A is third string second fret, B is second string, and C is second string first fret....
Now... put a capo on the guitar, on the second fret, and play the same scale.. it's a D scale here... though you can to it without the capo...
D is the fourth string.. you can find the scale by counting up... the same intervals as in the c scale...
the intervals in semitones, starting from the name note..
D+2,+2+,1,+2,+2,+2,+1 will get you back to D... do it all on the D string... think of each fret as an interval, semi tone.. So.. D is open string.. next note.. 2nd fret..
What are the piano chords for Fix You by Coldplay?
Q. ive been lookin for these chords all over and they never sound right??..if someone can please give them to me or tell me where to find them?
A. verses are on a C major chord in the bass, and the treble just climbs down. ssoo, while the bass hand is staying with C, you play a C major chord in 2nd inverson (G C E). the C note goes to B, then to A, and back to B. immediately before the chorus, instead of going to B, you play a G7 chord ( G in the bass, then (F B D) on top.
the chorus is an F major chord, then E minor, Gsus4, and G major, played as follows:
F Em Gsus4 G
Lights will guide you home
the part right before the 2nd verse is the same chords, but the piano part on top is just octaves, (G C. G B. G C. G B)
the bridge part (tears stream...) is just going back and forth between a C major chord and an F major chord. On certain parts, you play A minor instead of C major, you'll just have to listen to figure taht part out. Hope this helps! If you read music, i can transcribe it on NotePad and send it to you. if you want it, let me know and i'll give you my email address.
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