Q. I am taking piano lessons and learning about keys and chords. This is very different from my former classical piano lessons! The issue is the teacher is someone from my church that has never really taught before (its free) but doesn't really lay out any notes (as in the text, not the musical note) for me to follow.
I pieced together that in the Key of C there are 3 chords (at least what she has taught me so far) - they are the C, F, and G, chord in which each C chord = C, E, G the F = F,A,C, and G = G, B, and D.
However, I need help with the others.
What 3 chords are in the following keys?
F
G
A
D
If you know of a good resource (i.e. book or website, I prefer books) please let me know.
A. All right, so, the chords you have found in the key of C, namely, C, F, and G, are the I, IV, and V chords, meaning they are built starting on the first, fourth, and fifth notes in the scale, respectively. Each key actually includes 7 basic chords: I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, and vii°. You will notice that your favorite three chords are in caps. This is because they are major chords. The ii, iii, and vi are lowercase because they are minor. vii° has a degree sign because that means diminished.
Sorry if all that was a bit dense, I hope you were able to get it.
The I, IV, and V chords in those keys are:
Chord Function Spelling
F
F I FAC
Bb IV BbDF
C V CEG
G
G I GBD
C IV CEG
D V D F# A
D
D I DF#A
G IV GBD
A V A C# E
A
A I A C# E
D IV DF#A
E V E G# B
Notice that when Chord X is the IV of Key Y, Chord Y is the V of Key X.
Also notice that the same chord can have different functions in different keys, but keeps the same spelling.
In future, try making an audio recording of your lessons (with permission, of course) and later transcribing it to act as "notes".
Some good books:
The "For Dummies" series or "Complete Idiot's Guide" series probably have books out that will help you a ton. Look for titles like "Music Theory", "Chord Theory", "Jazz/Blues Chords", "Playing the Piano", "Piano Chords", "Piano Comping", or simply "Music".
The textbook for my AP class was called "Tonal Harmony" and did a great job of breaking things down and making them easy to understand. I can't remember who wrote it, but it was small and blue.
Good luck and keep playing piano!
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Q. can someone explain to me the piano/keyboard chords like whats a minor idk what it mean when ppl say now play b minor or sumthing and what r the black keys called and idk how to read sheet music
A. The black keys are sharps and flats. A sharp is one key above the note, and a flat is one key below the note.
When reading sheet music, these four mnemonic devices can aid you tremendously. In the treble clef (top section of music), the notes in the spaces spell "FACE", and the notes on the lines spell out EGBDF, or "Elvis's Guitar Broke Down Friday", going from top to bottom. In the bass (lower) clef, the notes on the lines spell out GBDFA, or "Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always", and the notes in the spaces spell out ACEG, or "All Cows Eat Grass"
There are four main chord qualities: Major, minor, diminished, and augmented.
A major chord is the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes played in a scale. The chord's name is the same as the scale name (B major chord=B major scale).
In a minor chord, the 3rd note of the scale is lowered by one half step.
In a diminished chord, the 3rd and 5th notes in the scale are lowered by one half step.
In an augmented chord, the 5th tone is raised by one half step.
I will use a C chord as an example.
C major chord:
CEG
C minor chord:
C, Eb (flat), G
C diminished:
C, Eb (flat), Gb (flat)
C Augmented:
C, E, G# (sharp)
You can add flat, sharp, or normal 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, etc. to your musical preference.
I made this video explaining everything just for you! I hope it helps! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBUXTgaZf50
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Q. 1.OK How do you know how to make the melody in a song chords like if you are playing note E then do you play the whole E major chord to make it a chord?
2.And how do you know what chord to play when you are playing a melody or intervals or watever?
thanks for your help plz answers soon bye now chow tootalup hehehe
A. You can play anything you want. Typically when you write a melody it follows either a major or minor scale. So use chords that fit the intervals. If you want to work backwards and work with chords first then you think of chords as degrees of scale.
For example in the C major scale C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, the first chord, C is major, D is minor, E is minor, F major, G major, A is minor, B is really the seventh of a G chord and back to C major. This works for all keys.
Your melody can follow the scale or it can be part of a chord. For example, in the key of C, if you play an E note you can play either a C chord, A minor, E minor, they all contain the E note.
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