Q. Ok so I am attempting to learn a song on my keyboard (Zzyzx Rd. by Stone Sour) but the chord charts I keep finding are on a guitar and say the guitar has to be tuned a half step down.
How does that translate to a keyboard?
Keep in mind I know absolutely nothing about guitars.
Thanks everyone!
A. So you know nothing about guitar, but I assume you know how to play piano. The guitar chord chart tells what chord shapes to play (ie. a C chord). if the guitar were in standard tuning then you would just play a C chord on the piano and it would be fine. With the guitar tuned a half step down, you're basically playing all the same chord shapes but the guitar is just tuned a half step lower. To play this on the piano and match the pitch of the guitar you'd basically have to take each chord and drop it a half step on the piano.
So, where the guitar chart says C chord, because the guitar is tuned down a half step it would actually be a B chord, so you'd play a B chord on the piano. If the guitar chart said to play a G chord, with it tuned down a half step it's really a A# chord so that's what you'd play on the piano.
Of course you can just use the chords as written and just be playing it a half step higher. Unless you're playing along with a recording or someone playing it on guitar the half step lower, that shouldn't be an issue.
if your keyboard has a tune down/up knob like mine you can just turn it down a half step too.
is it easier to teach yourself to play the guitar or keyboard/piano?
Q. i know a lot of people who teach themselves to play the guitar using online lessons or books or both. can you do the same thing to learn to play the piano/keyboard... or do you need formal training?
in people's opinion, what's more difficult to learn to play... the guitar or piano/keyboard?
thanks!
A. Hey there!!
I used to learn the piano when i was a kid. And when my teacher got married and moved away, I started self-learning the guitar. After a year i got formal guitar lessons. In my opinion, learning the guitar by yourself is easier.
Yes you're right. People can can books and stuff for guitar. It's really easy. I've tried looking up piano lessons online for free and there isnt much.
Piano is a harder instrument to self-learn because you need to know the positions and you really need someone to be there explaining then to you where as the guitar you can just get chord charts and it tells you the fingering and everything!
So in my opinion, guitar is easier to self-learn! :D
Good luck!
How can I learn to play piano fast?
Q. What is the best way for a beginner to learn piano? Lessons or do you think its a good idea to learn from youtube?
A. Okay then.
(The people's key?)
Anyway, you may want to first get yourself some books on piano chord basics, or a chart to understand the positioning (chord finger pattern) and octave ranges that can be played. A DVD with basic methods of instruction, or even a performer example at the keyboard will certainly help as an instructional aid.
If you then have a good keyboard with at least a 61-key layout, then you are in good shape to learn and it will provide the 5-octave range, to cover most all music and vocal styles ever played or written, short of concert piano.
Otherwise, anything smaller may do for now, hope it is not less than a 49-key to at least cover the singing voice.
Look for the piano guide system put out by a Scott Houston, 'the Piano Guy', as this particular instructor makes learning a piano less heady or involved and a more relaxed method for anyone wanting to learn piano at any age, or ability.
And as of any instrument of choice, it will usually take a year's time of learning to get to a point of becoming a serious player. A few months, if you are still interested and have the desire to continue at all.
Then, time will become irrelevant once you 'get into' and it becomes a good experience and you are bitten by the bug, and start to just enjoy playing a keyboard of any degree and at any level of accomplishment.
But actual lessons are certainly important and wise to try out if you have the opportunity. But, anyone can prepare with what has been outlined above.
Get to a music store, or GC, and take someone with you who is already into piano to make it all an adventure. And discover what all is on the market of which to choose from to get you started properly.
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Description : Q. Ok so I am attempting to learn a song on my keyboard (Zzyzx Rd. by Stone Sour) but the chord charts I keep finding are on a guitar and s...