Q. I know that if we were in a normal scale that has 7 notes like A major: A B C# D E F# G#. But in a pentatonic scale there is only five notes like E minor: E A D G B. Where do the notes come from? How do they get these notes? Do they take the notes from an E minor chord and you just play all the notes anywhere on the neck? Thanks in advance.
A. This requires a very lengthy explanation. I am going to make it short.
The first generation piano had only white keys, no black keys. Needless to say, there were only majors, no minor. At the time, it sounded very weird. Slowly, they found if 2 keys were eliminated, the music sound more easy listening. So 2 - 1/2 notes were eliminated. What was left were these 5 notes, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. These 5 notes today are referred to as Major Pentatonic. As music continued to evolve, in classical music, they started to add the chords to the music pieces to achieve a better harmony and minor chords were born. In order to reach a harmony, Blues changed the pattern of the major scale, from 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 to 1, 2#, 4, 5, 6#. Today, this new pattern is known as Minor Pentatonic.
This is why, when we play the Blues, when the 1 chord comes, at soloing, we play the major scale, when the 4 & 5 chords come, at soloing we play the minor scale.
What are the piano chords for "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab for Cutie?
Q. I play a little bit of piano, and I really love that song. All I am looking for is the names of the piano chords used in the song, the chord progression, and the notes that make up those chords. Thanks in advance, God bless! :-)
A. "Transatlanticism" - Death Cab:
http://www.e-chords.com/chords/death-cab-for-cutie/transatlanticism
"Transatlanticism" - Death Cab:
http://www.911tabs.com/link/?1164368
"Notes in Chords: Major, Minor, 7th, Aug":
http://www.michael-thomas.com/music/class/chords_notesinchords.htm
Cheers ebs
What are the notes/ fingerings for these arpeggios on piano?
Q. What are the notes for C major C minor G major F major A minor D minor? Please help by telling me the notes or directing me to a website about piano chords, arpeggios or broken chords.
A. Arpeggios , as I'm sure you know are the notes of a chord played consecutively rather than together. So for C major you would play (going up the scale)
C E G C,
then back down the scale.
C minor
C Dsharp F
G major
G B D
F major
F A C
A minor
A C E
D minor
D F A
The fingerings for arpeggios are (right hand) thumb, 3rd finger, little finger 3rd finger, thumb.
or thumb, 3rd finger, thumb little finger, thumb, 3rd finger thumb.
Here are some useful sites (be sure to look at other pages than the ones directly linked.)
http://www.free-online-piano-lessons.com/arpeggios.html
http://8notes.com/resources/notefinders/piano_chords.asp
and for some fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AOEHW2SfWA
Happy playing.
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