Q. my parents won't sign me up for piano lessons, but i really want to learn. they probably wouldn't buy me any books about it or anything either. is there any place online that can teach me? or any youtube videos? anything??
thank you.
A. I'm currently trying to teach myself piano, and yes, it is hard, but still possible. You need a couple steps to be able to start playing;
1.Learn to read music-piano uses standard notation always. To be able to know what you need to play without having to figure it out by ear you need to know this. http://datadragon.com/education/reading/ (learn to read music)
2.Understand where the notes are on the keyboard-obviously knowing what note you have to play means nothing if you can't find that note. http://img.quamut.com/chart/401/10cscale.jpg (also keeping in mind the black keys are sharps and flats)
3.Know how chords work and how to play them-music is often based around chords, playing multiple notes together that make a distinct sound. A chord finder is here http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm but it would be good to pick out the patterns of how chords can be found just from their name, such as minor chords have their 3rd lowered (this takes basic knowledge of music theory, which I would also recommend http://musictheoryblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/basic-piano-chords.html)
4.A good site with piano music-it helps to have access to a large amount of free sheet music right? http://my-piano.blogspot.com/
with all this it's just a matter of practice. Lots of practice. Most people take years to become successful with the piano, so it's something you've got to be ready to put a lot of work into.
My friend had this built into her electric keyboard..?
Q. So my friend's electric keyboard has a chord-finder, I guess you could call it.
I think whenever she plays something on the keyboard it tells here what chords she's playing.
Well, I just started playing keyboard and I'm using tutorials off of youtube.
But I would really like to know what chords I'm playing so I can play the songs I learn on my guitar as well.
My question is, this "chord-finder" that's built into my friends keyboard; can you buy them seperately?
A. Not unless your keyboard is software upgradeable and the company decides to implement that feature. Quite honestly, those things are never very accurate.
It's easy enough to learn basic chord construction, then you can figure out what you're playing on your own and won't need to rely on software to give you erroneous chord names.
There are also several little things online where you can enter in the different notes you are playing it it will tell you what chord it is. Again, it's often not very accurate.
http://www.gootar.com/piano/
^ there's one you can try, but as I said, it's not terribly accurate.
Piano question????Please?
Q. Well i played way back and i want to go back to piano but i know how to play. Its been so long cuz i played flute and guitar web i stopped playing. How do u play chords? I know a minor is keys A C E and lots more but i saw my friend play a melody and she plays the chord with keys A and E only. How many keys do u play in a chord? Is there a special way to call that chord because she said play aminor but like i sed she played only A and E but she called it aminor what is that? Dumb question i know. But its in the back of my mind but its not an interval. Oh and wut do u accompany a chord with? Plz and thankyou(:
A. Here's an online chord finder: http://www.8notes.com/resources/notefinders/piano_chords.asp
Chords are usually three or more notes. That middle one you mention in your A C E chord is required because that's what tells you if it's major or minor. In A major it will be C# and in A minor it will be C. (Technically, a set of two notes is called a dyad, and might be considered a chord in some contexts)
If you want to learn about chords, try these:
http://zebrakeys.com/lessons/beginner/chords/
http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/40
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