Q. My friend and I are trying to compose a song and can't find any good chords. Preferably in the key of C.
A. The major chords are generally considered "upbeat", but it depends on how you use them. But something tells me if you have to ask online for "some upbeat and happy chords", you probably don't have a solid enough foundation in music to start composing yet.
Common major chords in C major:
C Major: C E G
F Major: F A C
G Major: G B D
bonus:
G7: G B D F
I suggest studying music theory and some common chord progressions.
I am having a hard time reaching a G7 Chord on the piano?
Q. I just started lessons, and they are once a week. I am having a hard time with my fingers being able to stretch all the way for a G7 chord. Is there any exercises that I can do to help make my fingers stretch so I can eventually reach all the notes?
A. Hi,
The G7 is just short of a full octave reach... Many classical compositions require you to be able to reach a full octave, sometimes more.
I would venture to guess that since you just started playing, this will get easier with time. When I started playing piano, I could barely reach anything and thought it was hopeless. However, I learned with time that this was more due to clumsiness and not being used to the piano keys than my inability to stretch my fingers and hands.
I would try practicing the chord consistently until it becomes easier. Try using different finger arrangements to see what's most comfortable for you. Like, I find it easier to make wide stretches between my index and middle finger, even if most people would use, say, their thumb and middle finger. I also found it helpful to not just practice one specific chord or bar of a song over and over, but to kind of "jump" to it from other chords so I could reach it no matter where my fingers were before.
Good luck to you! Once your fingers become more used to being on the keys, I think you'll be surprised at how easy what once seemed difficult was! With practice, even the hardest pieces I tried to learn when I started I can now play with my eyes closed.
Don't give up!
How can I play chords like Em7 or Dm7 on the piano?
Q. I'm playing piano and well I just have no idea how to play chords like Gm7 or just G7 or Em7 or Dm7 and etc. To make it much easier please explain to me how to play them and not just what notes to press. I want to be able to know how to play any kind of chord that has "7" or minor in front of the note. Thank you so much! Please help me out!
A. Okay, so if you are in the key of G minor, take Gm7: it is a minor triad on G with the minor 7th added. So you want the root (G) and the 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees of the G natural minor scale. I assume you know what this is: G, A, B flat, C, D, E flat, F, G.
The same applies to every 7th chord, major or minor: the chord consists of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees on the root. So for a minor 7th chord, you use the minor 3rd, but for a major 7th chord you use the major 3rd. Any 7th chord uses the perfect 5th.
Another point is that whichever 7th you add to the basic major or minor triad to create the 7th chord depends on the key the music is in: try looking at some examples, but the 7th of the minor chord is the 7th degree in the key of the music, not the 'key' of the chord. Generally the 7th of a minor chord is a minor 7th above the root, but the 7th of a major chord can be either a major 7th or a minor 7th above the bass. E.g. if you are in C major, G7 has an F as the 7th degree (i.e. a minor 7th), but C7 has a B (i.e. a major 7th). As I said above, as a general rule, count up from the root of the chord to the 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees, but using the scale and accidentals that the piece is in.
Another way to look at it is in terms of the intervals you are adding to the root. Again, you take your root, which for Gm7 is G, add a minor 3rd, giving you B flat, add a major 3rd on top of that, giving you D, and add another minor 3rd to give you F. Every minor 7th chord (Gm7, Em7, Dm7....) consists of a stack of three 3rds: minor, major, minor. For every major 7th chord (G7, E7...) you again use a stack of three 3rds, but it is major, minor, minor/major this time.
Incidentally, it's nice to see that you want to work out the principles of it, rather than just be told the 'right answer'!
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