Q. Yesterday I auditioned for a family band, and they told me that I could play and read music very well, but unfortunately they hardly ever have the sheet music for songs they do for their concerts, and the pianist I will hopefully replace (she's getting very old and ill) pretty much improvises an accompaniment to go along with the melody, so in other words I would have to learn to play by ear. They printed me off sheet music for 3 songs so I could practice them and try to make up my own accompaniments, but I'm a little confused by some of the chord names? I understand the simple Bb and F and what not but what does Am/C mean, and Abm/C Gm? Also Gm7 and F/A....I looked up the first one and it was a guitar chord..can anyone explain to me in simple terms what chords they are for piano? I originally thought Gm7 meant a G minor first inversion (haven't done music theory in forever, forgive me if that's wrong too) but I'm not sure. If anyone could help out that would be great. Thanks!
A. I'm a little confused by your question: if you have the sheet music, play that and ignore chord symbols.
If you are given chord symbols and expect ted to make up your own piano accompaniment (something that is very common) then you certainly aren't being expected to play by ear as you are being given the chords.
In this context, there is no such thing as, "a guitar chord" - a chord is a chord whatever instrument it's played on. If you don't understand basic chord symbols or know the notes in common chords (e.g. Gm7) really, you lack the ability needed.
Guitar / Piano chords for D?
Q. I'm new to guitar, don't know how to put this. When I'm playing a song in D, what other chords are suitable to be played along side D? List each one of them please, especially the jazz chords!
I just picked up the guitar yesterday so the only ones I know for D are A & G haha so I appreciate the help. Thanks! :)
A. Hello there,
Here is a link to a chord progression generator. You can use it to find various combinations of chords. For instance, you want to play in D. You can check out the I 4 5 1 progression. You can hear how it sounds and see what the chords are. Since you are just starting, you may not know what the 1 4 5 1 means. You don't need to at this point. The numbers refer to the root note (1) in this case D, the 4th note up the scale and the 5th note up the scale. Don't get hung up on that aspect. You will pick up the theory in time. For now, use try select different progressions to see how they sound. If you like them, use them. A easy way to experiment on chord progressions without understanding music theory.
http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp
Also, here is a link to a chord chart. It is a pdf file and several pages long. Just down load the pdf file to your computer. Whenever you want to see what the fingering is for any chord, you can find it on the chart.
http://www.guitarnotes.com/guitar/notes2/ultimate11.shtml
Later,
where can i find piano chords for songs?
Q. ok so i cant read music sheets so i would like just the notes you have to play. i tried asking this question yesterday and it wasn't very successful.
any information would be much appreciated :]
A. Checkout guitar books. One for sure that would help, is called the "fake" book. It has the chord names above the lyrics. Throughout the entire songs. You will need to know your piano chord shapes though! Print out a chord chart, that's how I got started.
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