Q. when you take C chord, and you know you got your 1st, 3rd, and 5th keys hit from that C, when you take your 3rd key and go up a half step and your 5th key and go up a whole step, what's that called? 'cuz you can do it for every chord and it sounds sweet but i looked up different chord types and couldn't find it anywhere. and it's gotta be common as all hell because it sounds like heavens bells jingling from a soft cloud made of pink roses.
A. If I'm reading you correctly:
You start with:
CEG, raise E a half step up to F, and G a whole step up to A?
You then have CFA.
That is a second inversion of an F major chord.
Inversions: the bottom note is jumped up on octave.
CEG (root position
EGC (first inversion)
GCE (second inversion)
Do that from F
FAC
ACF
CFA - your second inversion F chord.
The second inversion has a 'quality:' with its the fifth as the bass - it sounds less 'at rest' than the root position or first inversion.
The F chord in that position, if in the key of C, is a typical position to resolve (cadence) to the C chord in root position, the IV - I (F maj to C maj) chord sequence of many an 'amen' you hear in hymns, and also a most commonly used cadence in country and western music. (...play CFA, hold the C, lower the F,A to E,G)
P.s. the four basic triad types -- all spelled as rooted on C.
C, E, G = major
C, E-flat, G = minor (the third lowered one half-step
C, E-sharp, F-sharp = augmented (enlarged) the third and fifth each raised one half-step
C, E-flat, G-flat = dimimished (made smaller) the third and fifth each lowered one half-step
major - major third on bottom, minor third above
minor - minor third on bottom, major third above
augmented - two major thirds
dimished - two minor thirds
Best regards.
What are some easy but popular songs to learn on piano?
Q.
A. Mary Had a little lamb
Twinkle Twinkle Little star
Any Blues song with a 1,4,5 Chord Progression
Jingle Bells
Row Row your Boat
Yankee Doodle
On Top of Old smokey
Joy to the World
Turkey in the Straw
If you're happy and you know it Clap your hands
If you want something Serious, I recommend "Totentanz" by Liszt
Full Easy Jingle Bells Piano Sheet Music?
Q. I need the full Jingle Bells, not just the chorus. A link to a website would be great. It also needs to be fairly simple, not any chords or anything, i'm new to piano. Also, the lyrics. Thanx!!!
A. http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh
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