Q. I need the notes for "stand by me" to play on the piano because i cant read chords. And the chord progressions for it i think my teacher said something like that :)
A. They're are a lot of tutorials on youtube but the chords on piano are A F#m D E A.. I know you don't know much about chord structure but here's the notes in each chord
Major chords
http://www.piano-lessons-made-simple.com/images/Major_Chords.png
Minor chords
http://www.piano-play-it.com/images/Piano-chord-chart.png
Here's one for the f#m chord, its a little tricky to understand:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ribaL0K31rsko11o1_1280.jpg
These are very readable :)
Good luck fellow musician!!!
Let me know if you need anymore help!!
What is the best way to teach yourself?
Q. What is the best way to teach yourself how to play piano and guitar? I have a keyboard in my room, I don't know how to actually play. I just learn songs off of YouTube. I wanna eventually learn how to play it and read music. What would be the easiest way? I also have a guitar and electric guitar in my household and I would like to learn how to play that also. What would be the easiest way to teach myself? Please give a good description.
Thanks!
A. I taught myself guitar mostly, and piano. What you should do is learn a few simple songs, which you've been doing, but keep doing it. Then once your fingers get a little better and you can pick out where stuff is without looking then you'll want to start spending some money. For guitar I bought the Mel Bay series, it costs around $110, but it's a lot cheaper than lessons, it's a book series, it teachers a lot of reading sheet music, for guitar you have to play it an octave lower than it's written, and piano it's played at the octave shown. It also teaches tab, which is important for guitar, the majority of guitar music is written in tab as it's an easier method of reading music and faster to learn, although it's less universal and harder to transpose onto other instruments. I also bought a book called Scale Guru, you don't need that exact book, but definitely get a book with a bunch of scales in it, go through the book and learn as many different scales as you can and all of the positions, the main ones are Major, Minor and Blues, then there are other popular ones like Pentatonics and then the two Minor alternatives which are the Harmonic Minor and the Melodic Minor. Once you've learned some scales then you'll want to learn chords, pick yourself up a chord chart, which should have the majority if not all of the open chords in standard tuning for guitar. After you've figured out a bunch of open chords, or at least how to form an open chord, which is pretty much the same way you form any other type of chord that isn't altered, then you'll want to learn barre chords and triads. If you can take a music theory class, take as many levels of you can of it as possible, I'm going onto music theory 3 in high school, it's a college level course, I use what I've learned every time I play guitar and any other instrument(I play lots of instruments). In music theory you'll learn how to write and understand music, it's the most important part for knowing any instrument, depending on where you live in the world you'll have different things, but you speak English obviously so I'm assuming you live in Western civilization, so you'll learn Western music which is what i've been talking about, but also learn different types, I apply African, Middle Eastern, Indian, Byzantine, Greek, Japanese, Mongolian, Chinese, and so many different types of music into what I write, it helps give you a more unique sound that nobody else will have. But back to chords, there are also power chords, which you will probably want to learn early on, they're probably the most simple type, for most music it's what the guitarist doing rhythm generally plays through the whole song. Once you learn a lot on guitar you can start transposing your knowledge to piano, that's what I did, it worked for me. If you take a music theory course most of the things taught are taught on piano though, so you'll probably learn a lot just through that.
I am just starting to learn how to play PIANO by ear but I don't know which CHORDS to use?
Q. I read sheet music and i decided that it was about time I start to learn how to play piano by ear.
But that requires chords and I don't know which chord to use for a certain part of a melody since there are to many chords. How do we know which chords should be used?
A. That's pretty easy to answer. I have been in this officially for 25 years and doing this since 42 years ago.
The right hand part is pretty straightforward - up down or the same.
For the left hand part, you need to know how to form all the 144 chords (at least) using 9 formulas. To learn that, the formulas are as below:
My advise is to forget about scales if you want the fast track to getting chords. It will just like touching your nose the other way around. We can get back to the scale theory behind it later. In my profession, I strife to make learn as simple as possible for my 5000+ student in my 25 years of teaching. I hope this helps you.
Just think in terms of semitones (or half-steps in American Terms) and sharps and flats. With only 9 formulas, you can create at least 144 chords. There is absolutely nothing complicated with forming chords if you do it this way. Just peel open your eyes and ears.
You most probably would have already learnt that major chords are formed by pressing the Root note, next note 4 half steps up and then 3 half steps up. ie. C E and G in C chord. You can get every other major chords by using this R - 4 - 3 formula.
Now, to get the minor chord, just flatten the middle note (i.e. E flatted to E flat). So Cm chord = C Eb G. I do not want to use R - 3 - 4 because by doing so, you end up memorizing 12 formulas at least. I just want you to remember 9 for the time being)
Now for the 6th, 7th and Major 7th. (6th & Maj 7ths omitted. See reason below) Basically it means:
For 7th ADD a note 3 half steps from the 5th note. C7 will result in C E G Bb. These chords with "unfinished" feelings alway appear in pairs with root chords. I.e. G7 with C chord in C key; C7 with F Chord in F key; etc.
FYI, Yahoo answers has prevented me from submitting the complete article which becomes too long if everything is there. So you have to contact me to get the full picture.
For all the above, you will see that all these adds to the color of sound and like an artist, these are your shades that will help you paint your masterpieces. How you use them will determine the quality and output of your music.
With the above, you can create 144 chords at least. Test it out.
With so much 144 colors, you should have enough to paint your masterpieces. Only after mastering these, we worry about the 9ths, 11ths, 13ths later. If you take the course as I prescribed, there will be exercises and charts for you to put these into practice and also later, for reference..
To put them into your melody, you need to start being aware of the sound and the feeling (intention) of the song. Some part of the song will feel like it is getting stronger, some will feel like it is finishing, some will feel like it is unfinished. If it is getting stronger, you apply Chord IV (F chord if in C key); If the song sounds finished, you use chord I (C chord in C key); If unfinished, you use V7 (G7 in C key). There is a reason why you use G7 instead of G which can be explained in my course mentioned in my link.
As for the other chords like II, III VI and VII, they all convey different feelings and intentions. You have start getting aware. Then you will always get them right. In fact, you can even come to the stage of hearing the song and knowing exactly what goes where. It takes time to develop. I can do it. I have a course for that too but it is in Level 3A. You need to complete Level 1 and 2 first.
The above tips should be good enough to get you through the 1st stage.
There is a theory that the chord to be chosen should the based on the chord tone of the melody note. This will get you the correct answer only 70 to 80% of the time. This theory is a fallacy and does not help you to really bring out the best in a song. To prove me right, I would like to ask you to try that for Elvis Presley's song "Love Me Tender" or the folk song "Aura Lee".
I hope with these, you will have a good time making music.
There are a few more elements which you need to incorporate into your playing to make it to a hobbyist level. Check the below link to see the details.
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