Q. I'm a beginner guitarist, but have been playing piano, drums and singing for years. I understand that in guitar, Gm = G minor, but what does the G7 chord stand for? like Gm is the G chord in minor, but what is the G7 chord in relation to just the regular G chord?
and also, does anyone have any songwriting tips? i have the vocal notes down (the rhythms are slowly coming along), but i just am having trouble finding chords and chord changes that fit with my song (there aren't any key changes in the song, but i dont want to be playing the same guitar chord throughout the whole song!)
A. you add the flatted seventh note of the G scale in this case it is "F"
Major chords = root, 3rd, 5th
Minor chords = root, flatted third, 5th
Seventh chords = root, 3rd, 5th, and flatted 7th
Seventh chords are "transitionary" they announce something is going to change. Create tension. pull for a "resolve"
How do you know what piano chords go together?
Q. I wanna write a song on piano, but I haven't really learned chords and stuff. I know a few chords but they don't sound like they go together to write a song. Could you guys give me some tips on writing songs?
A. I'm been composing for a LONG time so I can tell you where you need to start. I know exactly what your problem is and how to fix it. You need to practice remembering what chords are compatible to one another.
For example a D G (Bflat) chord is compatible with a G (Bflat) D chord.
Did you see how they contain the same notes but are arranged differently?
Look at a d minor scale:
D E F G A (Bflat) (Csharp) D
Any of those keys are acceptable for a d minor song. So if you used chords that are combinations of any of those keys, you can be 90% sure to be fail safe. That's a good place to start.
Now look at an a minor scale:
A B C D E F (Aflat) A
Play the following chords:
(A C E)
((Aflat) C E)
(F (A flat) C)
(E A C)
Those are all in the scale and you just created a tune to an a minor song
Recognizing what doesn't sound right is the beginning of learning what DOES sound right.
Experiment a little and find out what works what doesn't
Hope this helps
Can a chord progression follow the aeolian (minor) mode?
Q. I'm looking into general chord progression structure, using the roman numeral approach, ,eg I-V-II etc., and i've noticed that all of the lessons i've looked at have been constructed relevant to a major key, so that I-V-II is
C major-G7(dominant)-D minor
What I'm wondering is, can you use this format, but using the minor (or aeolian) mode? For example, in C minor, would this make sense to say?:
I-V-III = C minor-G minor-D# major ?
I could have gotten all that painfully wrong, aplogies if i did, i've only been playing for a year and a bit now, but hopefully someone can put me in the right direction :)
thanks!
A. Yes, chord progressions may follow the minor key of the key of the song. But this occasion is rare and even uncommon, but serves a vital purpose in orchestra endings, where they play a very melancholic minor song, and the 4-bar ending they flipped it to major, thus creating a major, holy tune. Here's some of the song:
Key: C minor
Cm-Fm-Bb-Eb-AbM7-D dim-Gsus4-G7-Cm-Gm-EbM7-C Major------end
Play it on piano. EbM7 onwards, a little ritentuto is given. Although Eb major and D# is different, they sound the same practically. So it's not I-IV-III, it's I-IV-II.
Hope this helps :)
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