Q. so I have the vocal part of a song written but I'm having a hard time coming up with the accompaniment. It's a quite rhythmic song so I feel weird just using plain chords. Anyone have any ideas?
A. Try to imagine you're playing drums and/or strumming rhythm guitar when you're playing the chords. Start out simple, and remember what sounds or feels good to you and build from there. Try alternating your left hand with your right hand rhythmically for variety. Try playing arpeggiated chords instead of block chords.
There's no rule. Just try stuff until something sounds good. Just make sure that what you play doesn't get in the way of or clash with the vocal. You'd be surprised at how many professionals do exactly that: They just try different stuff until they come up with something that sounds and feels good.
help with piano chords?
Q. could you please answer with the notes in these chords.
you dont have to answer all.
Em9
D9
C9
Em9/D
Em9/C
Em
Dm/F
C/G
Gm
they're on piano
is Em (9) the same as Em9 but just written differently?
and finally what exactly is Em9/D , Em9/C?
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A. Em9 - E,F#,G,B - This is going to sound a little strange. If you play E and G with your left hand and play F# and B with your right, it sounds okay. You know chords can be split between the two hands. You also have the option of playing F instead of F#. F would be the minor 9th, but since it's a minor chord anyway, a minor 9th would sound good.
D9 - D,E,F#,A - This sounds okay in a higher register - above middle C. If you play it lower, I would play D,F#,A with my left and E and F# with the right.
C9 - C,E,G left C,D,G right - this sounds good. The D in this chord is the 9th.
Em9/D This is easy. The slash and then note just means you begin on the note after the slash. D is the 7th for E. So this would be D,E,F#,G,B (However since it's an Em alot of people would play the ninth also as a minor, so it would be an F, not an F#) The thing with ninths is you end up playing three notes in a row, in this case with the seventh - four notes in a row. You just have to experiment and see how you can make it sound okay - using two hands and switching inversions. An inversion is the order. There are three inversions.
Like with a C chord - The first inversion is C,E, G
The second inversion is E, G, C
The thired is G, C, E
Em9/C C,E,F,G,B (You could also play a D, since the D would be the 7th and anytime you have a 9th you can also play the 7th) The only set rule for this one is that is has to start with C. So the bottom note of the left hand has to be C. Try it different ways. CDF - left CE right sounds okay. Of course this leaves out the B, but sometimes you have to play it a little different to get it to sound okay.
Em - E,G,B When I play it I play it E,G,B,D - Technically the D makes it a 7th, but it sounds good.
Dm/F - F,A,D - Again if you play it as a 7th it sounds better. Add the C. F,A,C,D I like minor chords with 7th's
C/G - G,C,E
Gm - G,Bb,D
I don't know if Em (9) is the same as Em9
There is a book called "Ultimate Keyboard Chord Book" You can get it at any music store that sells instruments and books. Its by the Hal Leonard Corporation. It has all the chords.
Chords are based on scales. The basic chord is 1st, 3rd, 5th.
A 9th is really the 2nd note.
So the C scale is C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C
The 9th is D
They call it the 9th because they are thinking of it as being in the next octave. So it would be 7 notes above the 2nd note.
Here are the scales
C - C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C
D - D,E,F#,G,A,B,C#,D
E - E,F#,G#,A,B,C#,D#,E
F - F,G,A,Bb,C,D,E,F
G - G,A,B,C,D,E,F#,G
A - A,B,C#,D,E,F#,G#,A
B - B,C#,D#,E,F#,G#,A#,B
The basic chord is 1,3, 5
The ninth is the second
The seventh is the seventh
The 11th is the fourth
The 13th is the 6th
There are also scales for the flats - Bb, Db, Eb, Gb,Ab
Without writing them all out, just think of it this way. Think of the chord with the same letter but not flat. Like for a Bb, think of B. Now which notes were a half step higher? In B, the notes a half step higher are C,D, F, G, and A because those notes were all sharps. So for Bb, those notes would also be a half step higher, meaning, C,D,F,G and A would be played as regular notes and B and E would be flat. So for any scale, the flat scale would play the regular notes as flats and the sharps would become the regular notes. Like in D - you have C# and F# - So for Db- C and F would be regular, everything else would be flat.
Db - Db,Eb,F, Gb,Ab,Bb,C
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Q. Could somebody please explain sevenths to me a little bit more, major seventh, minor seventh and dominant seventh. I really seem to lack understanding of this. For dominant seventh i just add 3 semi tones, but i dont think thats a good way to learn it ? .. i've heared your suppose to learn it through keys, for example if somebody says play 1, 5, 1, 3 in c major scale, you would play, cmajor, gmajor, cmajor and Emajor, and if somebody said play 2, you play Dminor? .. im really starting to confuse myself. So back to my original question, can someone please explain all the forms of maj7 using maybe c, cmaj7 all the ways to form that and whats the rules for it etc.. same with cmin7, please just explain this as best you can :) ... sorry if my question was abit hard for you to understand but thanks :D
A. Major seventh:
This is the interval of 11 semitones. So from a C to a B, that's a major seventh.
Minor seventh:
This is the interval of 10 semitones. So from a C to a Bb, that's a minor seventh.
Dominant Seventh:
See, in a scale, say for example, C major, each triad has a corresponding triadic function. The C is the Tonic (I), D - supertonic (ii), E - mediant (iii), F - subdominant (IV), G - dominant (V), A - submediant (vi), B - leading tone (viio), then to the tonic once more. The capital letters and the small letters correspond to major and minor chords. Capital letters for major, and small letters for minor.
Dominant seventh, you add a seventh to the dominant chord. That's a G in this case. You add the minor seventh here. So this chord is G-B-D-F.
You do not always play major chords. If it is in C major, D, and E are minor and B is diminished. In that example you gave, you play I V(7) I iii. C, G(7), C, Em. Unless it goes to the dominant of C major, G major, then you may be allowed to play a D major.
You need to at least know which key you are in so you know if you are to play a major or a minor.
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