Q. Hello,
I know there are probably sim1lar questions on here, but I was wondering if anyone could tell me how i would go about learning to play i run to you by lady antebellum on the piano by ear. What chords form the building blocks for this song, it's in e flat major. I have been taking piano since 1999 and i would love to play this song for a recital.
A. The best way I've found to learn songs by ear is to listen to a recording of it, over and over, until you can sing, hum, or whistle it accurately, from memory without reference to the recording.
You already know what key the recording is in (Eb major). If you've been playing piano since 1999, you should already know what chords are in the key of Eb, I hope:
I -- Eb
Ii -- Fm
Iii -- Gm
IV -- Ab
V -- Bb
Vi -- Cm
Vii -- D dim
....Where the I, IV and V chords are the most commonly used chords in any major key, so the Eb, Ab and Bb chords are the ones most likely to be used in this song. In all likelihood, the song starts on a I chord (Eb) -- most songs do -- so start on the Eb chord and start singing. At some point, the Eb chord will no longer harmonize with the melody you're singing, and you'll have to switch to a different chord. Your ear may tell you which chord to switch to, or you may have to experiment to figure out what the second chord is. Continue singing, until once again, your ear tells you to switch chords. And so on.
What do you call a dominant chord in a major key with the tonic as the root?
Q. I am doing a harmonic analysis for Beethoven's Piano sonata no. 8 movement 2 op. 13, particularly with the first 22 measures. In measure 8 there is a cadence that I must identify. I'm pretty sure it's an authentic cadence, (V-I), but for some reason there is a tonic in the bass? To elucidate: the chord has a D flat, E flat, B flat, G in the upper three voices, and the key is A flat major. So this is a V7 chord, but there is also an added A flat (tonic) as the bass voice. So how do I write out a V7 chord with a tonic in the bass?
A. Beethoven: Piano sonata no. 8 movement 2 op. 13
"The famous Adagio cantabile: first eight bars":
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Adagio_sonate_path%C3%A9tique.svg/400px-Adagio_sonate_path%C3%A9tique.svg.png
As you said, in measure 8 there is a A flat V7âI cadence,
where the added bass of the tonic is the lowest tone.
Cheers ebs
How do I modulate from the key of E flat major to the key of Fmajor?
Q. I am trying to create a transition between 2 songs - the first is in E flat major, and the second is in F major. The songs are children's hymns, so the transition should fit well with that style. I can play the piano well, but I know next to nothing about theory. Help!
A. Okay, so you need to modulate up a whole-tone, and you don't want to confuse the kids. If you're going to use pivot chords, I suggest you use a long transitory period, because you'll need to hammer home that you've changed keys in fact. One of my favourite cop-outs is to go octatonic, but if you do that, you'll confuse your audience with all the inherent tri-tones.
What if you somehow tonicised iii in Eb (that's ii in F). Could you go between V and I twice, then do V^7 of iii, for a surprise? (Actually, that could genuinely modulate you to g minor.) A simple scale with "A natural" in it would work if you landed on E. Your chords are EbM7-Gm/D-Gdim/Db-C. (C7 would also work, but it might be almost too directive. I think you want a clearer sound than the seventh quality gives.) You start the scale on an upbeat, and descend majestically to the E, changing chords every two steps. Medleys are tough. If I were you, I would have transposed it into Gb.
Anyway, if those options don't work, you can always just use a "go" modulation. I think kids are used enough to hearing it in pop music it won't confuse them. The question is, "Do you want to educate their ears, or do you want it easy on them (and therefore you)?"
Hope I've helped.
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