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How do find a dominant seventh chord?

Q. For example, how do you find the dominant seventh chord of C major?

A. basically, its all about understanding the major scale, all the other scales, and every chord is based off the relationship of the notes in the major scale.

theres 12 notes all together, and in the major scale, we'd play 7 of the 12. think of it as a ruler. all 12 inches are there, but we're only going to play attn to the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, and 12th. now, rather than calling them by those numbers, we just rename them: one through seven. those are the notes in the major scale. (do re mi fa so la ti do). keep in mind, when you're playing these notes, even though you're not using all 12, all 12 spaces are still there. so, the inches on the ruler that arent used are still there, they still count as distance between notes. when you play a major chord, you're playing the root note (note #1), the third, and the fifth - out of the 7 in the scale. to play a dominant seventh you'd need to add in the 7th, but theres a certain dissonance to that note, so we'd take that note and make it flat (one fret lower, or one piano key lower). so, now you've got 1-3-5-b7

or :: c-e-g-Bb

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What are the piano cords for the song Lucy by Skillet from there new album Awake?
Q. Ok so I think the repeated notes are a D and a B natural but the lower ones I cant tell would love to do this song for my talent show but I need help! Please&Thankyou
Your Fellow Panhead. :)

A. There's not really a short explanation I can give but I'll try.

Anytime you want chords to a song, google "(name of song) chords"
It doesn't matter if the instrument it is, they all have pitch that has to match.
So it makes no difference if it says guitar or what ever. As you improve you just
learn to improvise to make it sound good on what ever instrument you play.

Also I recommend that you learn the Nashville Number system and start improving your relative pitch so you'll begin to sound songs out by year. The NNS is just like shape notes except with numbers.
You have 12 major musical scales which all contain "Do rei mi fa so la ti do" but instead of the shape notes (the do rei me) you use numbers "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1" Do = 1 rei = 2 mi =3 fa=4 so=5 la= 6 ti=7 and do =1

C scale = C=1 D=2 E=3 F=4 G=5 A=6 B=7 C=1
G scale = G=1 A=2 B=3 C=4 D=5 E=6 F#=7 G=1

If you start using numbers you will notice that all songs follow a certain pattern they are just keyed in different keys and your relative pitch will develop and you will start being able to sound songs out on your on. The song you want is chorded in G major

When your relative pitch starts to develop you'll notice alot of patterns like how 6 minor usually resolves to the 4 chord or how every time you play a 2 major chord it resolves to the 5 chord.

Remember the C scale your teacher made you do when you first began piano? You have 11 other major scales to learn to play (with the same fingering) (12 in all) and as you play them, don't forget to count.

Last thing. When the chord says C2 or C SUS, you don't have to play it that way, you can play just the normal C chord which is easier, the 2's and sus' just sound better. Your chords are in the link I gave you.

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The most difficult you've played?
Q. Mine was Sonata Facile. God, the piece's so brittle and transparent! I have played a lot of other pieces that are supposed to be A LOT harder, though I still think that sonata is so hard to get smooth and clear.

And the most difficult scale (along with its arpeggios, chords, etc).

Mine's C major.LOL. It's RIDICULOUSLY hard. So annoying. And yes, I have played every single key and its chords and arpeggios, etc.
I have NO IDEA why I am asking this stupid question! LOL!
Music, that's so funny! LOL!
That concerto's crazy!
Lisa, your story made me laugh so hard! I just know what you mean. Because I am playing Prokofiev's March and I've got the entire thing down, but this stupid measure and I practiced it for a friggin hour and it's not perfect yet. It actually sounds horrendous. LOL!
And it's impossible to practice Sonata Facile after eight years of playing. It just makes you feel stupid. And it makes you feel pathetic because you can't concentrate; it's sort of too easy.

A. Musically the most challenging thing was Chopin's b minor sonata. To hold that piece together is so difficult. So many themes, the key modulations, pacing of the phrases, dynamic nuances. A challenge musically.

Technically - Bartok Sonata for Two Piano and Percussion. Never have I worked to hard for months and accomplished nothing. But performing that piece made it all worth it. The accents, rhythms, poly-rhythms, use of double forths, displaced accents, texture, tempo, articulations made this the hardest thing I have ever done. And then to coordinate it with another piano which is doing everything opposite of me and multiple percussion instruments makes this one of the most difficult ensemble pieces ever. Lots of slow practice and counting out loud.

Close Seconds - La ci darem la mano variations by Chopin, Prokofiev 7th Piano Sonata, Tchaikovsky Bb Concerto, Dream of Amphion by Andrew Macdonald, and Ravels Gaspard de la nuit.

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