Q. I'm a guitarist and I'm trying to work on my improv skills. I'm looking for some chord progressions to practice over that are a little more complicated than the standard ii V I stuff. Any suggestions?
A. here is a little progression I wrote a little while back. (feel free to change key if it is a bad one for guitar)
| are barlines
the FM7 is not dom 7th, it is major 7th (or delta 7 if you learned it that way), the one with E natural
Am7 | G7 G6 | FM7 F6 | Em7 E7|
Work with some standard 12 bar blues progressions also, there are no limits to what you can do with blues progressions.
I will write it out in case you don't know how they are
Key of E
E7 |A7 |E7 |E7 |
A7 |A7 |E7 |E7 |
B7 |A7 |E7 |B7 :|
nice progression piano jazz man!
What are the notes Elmo's playing on his piano when he's singing Elmo's song?
Q. It's for my niece, I know how to play the actual notes to the words but not the background music.
A. Try this. I'm using the video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSYadh2xmcI
The chord progression I'm giving you is a little simpler than the one in the video.
Let me know if you have questions.
Here are the notes to the chords:
C = C E G
C/E = C E G with E in the left hand
Dm7 = D F A C
D7 = D F# A C
Dm/B = D F A (that's Dm) with B in the bass
Ebdim7 = Eb Gb A C
E7 = E G# B D
G7 = G B D F
A7 = A C# E G
Am = A C E
[C] This is the song
La La La La
[G7] Elmo's Song
La La La La
La La La La
[C] Elmo's Song
(I like it)
[C/E] La La La
[Ebdim7] La La La
[Dm7] La [G7]
(To think, he wrote this alone)
[Em7] La La La
[A7] La La La
[Dm7] La [G7]
(Catchy)
[C] He loves to sing
La La La La
[G7] Elmo's Song
(Oh, sing it)
La La La La
La La La La
[C] Elmo's Song
[Dm7] He wrote the [Ebdim7] music
[Dm/B] He [E7] wrote the [Am] words [D7]
[Dm7] That's [G7] Elmo's
[C] Song! [If you want to repeat, play Ebdim7 Dm7 G7, then go back to the beginning]
Help changing guitar tabs into piano chords?
Q. How do I play Dsus4 and Cadd9 and Em7 on the piano ? (what notes are they) thanks !
A. The notes in the chords:
Dsus4: DGA
Cadd9: CEGD
Em7: EGBD
How you might play them:
Dsus4:
RH: DGA (or GAD, or ADG)
LH: D
Cadd9:
RH: CDEG (or GCDE, or DEGC, or EGCD, or DEG, or GDE, or EGD)
LH: C
Em7:
RH: BDG (or GBD, or DGB, or BDEG, or GBDE, or DEGB)
LH: E
As you can see, there are lots of ways to voice the chords. See what sounds best to you. Feel free to email me if you have questions.
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