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Cool Smooth Jazz Piano Chord?

Q. Looking for jazzy 4 chords for a piano song for my left hand. any help? or maybe some block chords (or something like that) im sorry im a total beginner

A. Use the so what chord(link below) for minor 7th voicings, it is quite hip. Play the root and the fifth(maybe) in your right hand, and the 3rd and 7th in the right, that's a pretty basic jazz voicing, especially if you can voice lead the 3rds and 7th in the right hand. Building chords out of 4ths is always cool too. More specifics about the chords you are tackling would help!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_What_chord

Original Question

how do you play piano chords on guitar?
Q. Ive made a chord sequence on piano and want to play it on guitar but the chords dont sound the same on guitar?

A. There's no difference between chords on the piano and guitar... an A major chord is an A major chord regardless of the instrument you play it on.

The difference is in the chord voicings (the specific order of the notes). Some piano chord voicings are impossible to play on the guitar, and vice versa. That's what makes each instrument unique.

Just look at the voicing on the piano, figure out a way to play it on guitar. If you're playing Bb7 and the notes go Bb F Bb D A, then you just to find a Bb on the guitar and build from there.

If you don't know which notes are which on the guitar, then it's time to learn.

If you don't know which notes are in which chords, then watch these videos I made:
http://www.tinyurl.com/lucasmanchords1
http://www.tinyurl.com/lucasmanchords2
http://a.1asphost.com/LukeSniper/ccc.html

Original Question

What advantages does the piano have over the guitar?
Q. thankyoou!!

A. Umm.... hello?

You can play more notes at the same time with the piano than the guitar (8+ vs 6) and its a lot easier to play more complicated chords. You can also voice your chords more easily (hey guitarists... ever heard the term "piano voicings"?) and with more versatility. A piano can play its own bassline, and can play notes that are both higher and lower than the guitar.... remember, the guitar is limited to approximately three octaves!

Ever noticed bars or clubs that can play with just a piano? Again, that's because the piano can play its own rhythm and bass notes.

A guitar has to have its low-end filtered out if its in the mix with other instruments because of how boomy its lower end is.... its easy for a guitar to muddy up the mix - the 300-800 "mud zone"! That lack of tightness in the lower end means you can't get those lower notes, and that unless you're playing solo guitar, you have to be limited frequency-wise, and that means less versatility.

Learning piano means having to learn staff music, and that means becoming more of a "musician" than your average guitar player. What percentage of guitarists ever bother to learn staff music? Aside from the serious students and players, not many. On the other hand, learning staff music is a prerequisite to playing piano!

There is far more music written for piano than guitar. Additionally, you can play lines from other instruments that the guitar simply can't, in terms of frequency range.


Is the guitar more portable? Yes. Is the guitar "cooler" in many cases? Sure. Can you pick up chicks easier with a guitar? In some cases, yes, although it depends a lot on the guy and the girl! Many of the girls in the church I grew up in are more interested in guys who can play piano, because their perception is that guys who play guitar tend to be a little to "out there" and rebellious. What can I say? Conservative religious people.... *shrug*

A piano player can pick up a synthesizer or organ, and has a better foundation to learn many other instruments, as the other answerer said (again, because piano players tend to have teachers, which means proper technique, and learn more music theory and how to read music.... the fundamentals, which means a higher learning curve, but a better overall musician).

The piano is a more "serious" instrument, musically speaking. I respect a piano player, all other things being equal, more than I do a guitar player, largely because the piano is a more difficult instrument to learn... but musically speaking, you can do more with the knowledge you pick up from learning piano than you can with guitar.

If you want to be a better musician, go with being a piano player. If you want an easier instrument that is probably a little "cooler" in popular culture, sure, go with the guitar.

No disrespect to many of the serious, dedicated guitar players out there.... but if you're a serious player, then you can recognize the limits of your own instrument. Pianos can't do slides, and they don't sound as good distorted (imho).... just as neither instrument can easily emulate the breath nuances and stylings of brass instruments, or the texture of string instruments.

On the other hand, I have a friend who just got a gig at a piano bar.... what's the last time you saw a "guitar bar"?

I regret not learning piano. Maybe I'll get a teacher one of these days.... it would make me a better musician, and that would only benefit me!


Saul

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