Q. i'm looking specifically for one that relates chords on a piano to a guitar fretboard. if that makes any sense. for me it is pretty easy fingering out most chords on the piano but since i don't know guitar too well i would just like to find a site where i could punch in a chord name so i can see the relations of that same chord on piano and guitar. i just basically want to learn how to form actual chords on a guitar using the knowledge i have on piano. yes, i can look up chord diagrams for guitar but it wouldn't really tell me how they are formed this way. i may be confusing myself but if any one gets what i'm trying to do i would appreciate any help. thank you in advance.
A. Since there are many different types of inversions that a pianist can use to play a particular chord, guitar and piano aren't exactly one-to-one usually when trying to translate their chords. Nonetheless, there's a good ebook at www.stringtheorychords.com that helps with this by basing everything on the guitar voicings. It presents guitar and piano chords right next to eachother along with recommended fingerings. It also covers guitar and piano chord theory a bit to give you some good background on how chords are built.
Can someone PLEASE figure out the chords to this song? Almost by Tamia?
Q. This song is really pretty, but I can't get the chords...I found some on Ultimate-guitar.com but they don't sound right....you'd be AMAZING if you could figure them out :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdzFK0IHjdI&feature=related
A. As you may have already guessed, the ultimate-guitar.com that was suggested, does not have accurate chords for this song. It think they may be right about the key it appears to be in Bb.
The chords in this song are jazz chords and are a little complicated but, I think I have some of them figured out so here goes.
The first chord is a Bbmaj6 the notes are F G Bb D (this is also the same chord as a Gm7)
Then I think they play the Bb and G notes separately and then
The next chord is an Fmaj6 the notes are D F A C (this is also the same chord as a Dm7)
Then it appears they play the notes in the chord D - F - A - C and then repeat the chord (Fmaj6)
Then they play the notes A and F separately
Then they play a Bbmaj6 again but this time with the D as the root or D F G Bb
That is not the beginning of the song by the way but those chords are used in various places throughout the song. So, if you follow that, then you can tell that this does sound an awe full lot like the song.
Sorry, but, it taking way too long to listen and then figure out what the chord is but here is how you can do it yourself on the piano. Listen to the chord you want to know and then find just one note in that chord that is correct. Stop the video and with that chord sound in your mind, find the other notes that goes with that chord (usually 3 additional notes or 4 total) by trial and error. it's not that hard to do. Then, use this chord name finder to determine what that chord is: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/ChordNameFinder.htm
To help you out a little, typical jazz chords in that key would be Bbmaj6, Bbmaj7, Cm7, Dm7, Ebmaj7, Ebmaj6, Fmaj6, F7, Fmaj9, Gm7 - in the chorus the chords probably move to the key of Eb
It would help you a lot if you had a chord wheel:
http://www.guitarwheel.com/guitarwheel/Guitar_Wheel.html (they have one for piano too)
Anyway this has been fun but, I need to go and pick up a package so, I hope this was of some help to you.
Is it possible to teach myself how to play piano?
Q. my parents won't sign me up for piano lessons, but i really want to learn. they probably wouldn't buy me any books about it or anything either. is there any place online that can teach me? or any youtube videos? anything??
thank you.
A. I'm currently trying to teach myself piano, and yes, it is hard, but still possible. You need a couple steps to be able to start playing;
1.Learn to read music-piano uses standard notation always. To be able to know what you need to play without having to figure it out by ear you need to know this. http://datadragon.com/education/reading/ (learn to read music)
2.Understand where the notes are on the keyboard-obviously knowing what note you have to play means nothing if you can't find that note. http://img.quamut.com/chart/401/10cscale.jpg (also keeping in mind the black keys are sharps and flats)
3.Know how chords work and how to play them-music is often based around chords, playing multiple notes together that make a distinct sound. A chord finder is here http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm but it would be good to pick out the patterns of how chords can be found just from their name, such as minor chords have their 3rd lowered (this takes basic knowledge of music theory, which I would also recommend http://musictheoryblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/basic-piano-chords.html)
4.A good site with piano music-it helps to have access to a large amount of free sheet music right? http://my-piano.blogspot.com/
with all this it's just a matter of practice. Lots of practice. Most people take years to become successful with the piano, so it's something you've got to be ready to put a lot of work into.
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