Q. Any tips would be nice. I play piano. I see different ways to play it too like( Med. Swing, Calypso,, etc..........) How do you play it in these ways? I've been classically trained for a long time. But how to make the transition to jazz?
I also noticed that the players don't use a lot of pedal on their songs.
A. Well, since you have the melody, I'm guessing you need to learn your left hand, right?
A good way to start is by striding your left hand.
Let's say the Chord symbol is CMaj7.
You'd start by playing C2 then play your guide tones (The 3rd and 7th note in the scale of your chord symbol) So C major would be E and B.
So you'd stride your hand back and forth from C, to EB. When the chord symbol changes, change your notes. FMaj7. You'd play F2 then AE
Also make sure to keep your guide tone range between C3, and G4.
Hope that helps a bit.
What do pitch labels like E5 mean?
Q. I get the general idea and know a lot about music, but I don't know how the numbers line up. What is the highest note for each number? Like, is E5 higher than A5?
Ok, but how do the notes inbetween the C's fit in? Like where does it switch from 3 to 4? Is it C3 D3 E3 F3 G3 A3 B3 C4?
Ok I've got it now: of all the 3s C is the lowest and B is the highest, and the same for all the other octaves obviously.
A. It's more of a reference in regards to a piano keyboard. C3 is referred to as 'middle C' as it is in the middle of a piano and the numbers change in respect of the octave. So C4 would be one octave higher than C3 and C2, one lower. The same thing applies to all the notes in between!
Could also be a 5th of a chord depending on your source and how it is written, but not likely as it is usually reserved for 7ths, 9ths 11ths etc.
Are the piano chords C2 and Cadd9 the same?
Q. C2 has the notes C,D,E,G, while Cadd9 has the notes C,E,G,D', but here I quote from Wikipedia:
Add nine major triad major ninth - C2, Cadd9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_%28music%29
But I think that is impossible that that is right, because major ninth means D' which is not the same with D in chord C2.
A. The 2nd and 9th are the same note, so yes, they are the same chord.
How you voice it determines what it is called.
If you add the D that is between the root note and the 3rd, it is a C2.
If you add the D that is in the next octave of the scale it is Cadd9.
That's because the 8th would be an octave higher than the root note (C), which makes the 9th an octave higher than the 2nd (D).
They sound subtly different, but they are interchangeable if the song in question allows for improvisation.
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