Q. I am needing to know how to convert guitar chords to piano notes. I need to know how to do this because sometimes when our band plays music we can only find guitar chords and i need the notes for piano. like i need these guitar chords as piano notes. (G#5, C5, A#5, D#5)
A. Well, there are two ways -
the first is to find the chord on your guitar and find the notes that each finger is on. So, using your G#5 chord - your index finger is on the 4th fret, low E string, your ring finger is on the 6th fret, A string. So you count up on the guitar itself - G# on the pointer, D# on the ring. So, the G#5 chord is G# and D#. You will need to know the chord shapes to do this, as well as the step differences between notes to count right.
The second is to use music theory. Every chord (with the exception of power chords) uses 3 or more notes. The most basic chord is called a triad. It consists of a root note, 3rd, and 5th. If you know the scale that you are using, find the note you want, then move up two notes for your 3rd, and another for your 5th. For example, lets say your are in the key of G major and I needed to know the Amin chord. The scale is G A B C D E F# G. So i'd start on A, my 3rd would be C and my 5th would be E. ACE. For "5"/power chords, do the same thing, but only count the 5th note. So, your C5 would be a C and a G.
The above method ONLY works if you use notes and chords inside of a scale. An example of how this won't work - in the G major scale, the "A" chord is minor, or Amin. If you were to try to use this for the AMaj chord, you would get the wrong notes.
For the triads, there is another way to find the notes: the fifth is always 7 half-steps from the root. In a minor chord, the 3rd is 3 half-steps away from the root. In a major chord, the 3rd is 4 steps from the root. For example, you'd find the Gmaj chord like this: the root, G, would be zero.......1-g# 2-a 3-a# 4-B......B is your major 3rd. 1-g# 2-a 3-a# 4-b 5-c 6-c# 7-D.......D your 5th. Your GMajor chord is GBD.
If I confused you - I'm sorry. Music theory is not the easiest thing to explain or understand. It is all mathematics and rules.......way too many rules to explain w/o writing a book.
Piano Notes?
Q. if you know the music for "mockingbird" and "the phantom of the opera" on the piano, can you give it to me? but can you please just give me the letters instead of the notes, because i cannot read music very well..
thanks
A. Try these links below-
http://nephele.kulichki.net/eng/index.php?ind=downloads
http://www.qualitysheetmusic.com
http://mrpiano.bestmusicpages.com
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=piano+chord+
http://www.musicnotes.com
http://www.sheetmusicfox.com
http://www.music-scores.com/piano/composer.php
http://www.freshsheetmusic.net
http://www.8notes.com
http://www.sheetmusic.com
I want to learn piano chords and improvise fluently?
Q. How can I do that? In method books, they give you how to build them, and some little excercises to play them. But I want to memorize chords, learn how to switch between them effectively, and in the end I want to play any chord without thinking. Not just major, minor kinda beginner staff, all of them.
Ps: I already know basic maj/min chords. I want a method book or website to practice. Can't afford a teacher.
A. Hi,
please see below a link to an answer I provided with all chords and how to calculate their root position. From the root position, you can quickly find all of their inversions.
You will need to use these chords in songs and then once you master a few, you'll need to complete the rest.
Improvisation:
Most people here, due to lack of knowledge, think that soloing/improvising is all about chords and using their arpeggiated form in order to build a melody. This might be just another technique, but actually you need to know which scale is "safe" to play over each chord. Even this is a simplification- actually you would want to sometimes get out of the scale and then go back in. But you do need to know where's the safe scale , so you'd know when you've left it and when you're back in it.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130924122447AA44YjS
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