Q. I have an audition tomorrow, and I want only the chords played. Do I just tell him/her to leave the melody out?
Any help would be much appreciated!
A. It really depends on who the accompanist is. Sometimes they'll be the music director and others they'll be some person hired just to play for auditions. So you get a variety of skill levels.
If the accompanist is worth their salt, they've already seen the song that you're performing and should be able to play it. That said, if you come in with a Sondheim, the accompanist will probably want to kill you. It's INCREDIBLY difficult music for one person with two hands to play.
You can explain to the accompanist that all you want are the chords played, though it seems like a strange request. I'd imagine that playing the melody would always make you sound better and give the director/casting director/music director a better look at what you can do.
How to know which key your in music for piano?
Q. If there was a song I liked in the key of c let's say, and I wanted to play the song in the key of e what is being done differently ? Obviously the chords but would the chord patterns be different and what chords would you play?
The song I would like to play on the piano is imagine by John lennon
But I want to play Cher lloyds version of it which I believe is in a different key.
So if you can explain anything you know about the Keys of Music and help me out with the two songs? Thanks !! X
A. It's good to know what each scale tone is for these:
I - tonic
ii - supertonic
iii - mediant
IV - subdominant
V - dominant
vi - submediant
viiº - leading tone
The names weren't really necessary, but knowing the notes of each scale degree is helpful. For example, scale degree I in the key of C is C, scale degree ii is D, iii is E, etc.
The key signature of E major has four sharps: F#, C#, G# and D#
Just remember these when you're playing the chords.
You'd move everything up four half steps, if you want to just do it that way.
Hope this helps!
Can someone explain to me what chord voicings are?
Q. Hi! I'm a little bit confused about 7th chord voicing. I understand inversions but voicing is a bit confusing for me. I want to know how many possible chord voicings are out there. I also want to know which notes I have to lower in order to correspond to the drop voicing. Thanks.
A. Chord voicings are ways in which you can arrange the notes in the chord for various effect. For a 7th (assuming you mean Dom 7) in G, you might "drop 2, drop 4" which means (for one example) on piano, you would play the root and 5th in the right hand, and play the 3rd and the 7th in the left. In this example, then, imagine the G7 chord this way: (from the bottom), LH: B, F, RH: G, D. Root position of this chord would simply be G, B, D, F. Reasons for voicing chords certain ways may be for concerted writing (voice *leading* so that each instrument has a line that is close to step-wise movement), or for supporting the melody. Capeche?
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