Q. So i would like to join the praise team band for my church and they have sheet music that goes by chords. so i know that you have to play the chord on your left hand but im confused about what you play on the right hand. or am i wrong completely? i just never known how to play a chorded song
A. You should play in accompaniment style, meaning that you just play the chords while the singers take the lead. You can copy the chord youâre playing with the left hand on the right hand as well. Trust me it works, Iâve done it for years.
If you need a chord chart for your left hand chords, try this one:
http://www.mikesmusicroom.co.uk/chordbook.html
How do I write a song on the piano? (accompaniment)?
Q. I've written lyrics to songs for years now, and I've gotten pretty good and I really wanna put it to music. I got the melody down, but since I'm singing I don't know where to go. I keep trying to make the chords the melody and I'm not sure how to write the music at all, so how do I write the accompaniment (sorry if I spelled that wrong).
A. When you write a song you need to know the components of a song. The very first thing you need to do is pick a key for your song. The key of the song is the scale that your chord progression and melodies will be based on. Suppose using C major for an example, because it is an easy scale to work with. As you learn more scales, you will begin to get a feel for what emotions relate best to certain scales.
Since our song is in the C major key, what chords to use....... A lot of popular songs use three basic chords. These chords are the I, IV, and V chords. In the key of C those chords are C, F, and G. The V chord has a tendency to push the ear back toward the I chord. Because of this it is common to end a phrase or a musical section on the V chord. The root chord itself gives a sense of closure, so it is good to end a song on that chord.
Knowing what key our song is in, and what chords we are going to use. How do we go about creating melodies that work well with those chords? It's fairly easy to create a little melody in your head, but you need to transfer it to keys. Well, first and foremost, you know that you are going to be using the notes in the scale that you have chosen for your song, so that narrows it down a bit. Until you develop the knowledge of intervals needed to really play by ear, try making your melody out of the notes of the chord you are using.
Now, let's just start playing. I'm going to play the root note in my left hand, and a C major chord in my right. Instead of playing the whole chord with my right hand, I'm going to play around with the notes of the chord to make a melody. From the C chord, I'm going to move to the IV chord, which is the F. Next I'm going to take the progression to the V chord, which pushes us back toward the C chord.
So, have we written a song yet? Not really, but we have created a musical idea. What makes up a full song? Well, in popular music there is usually a verse, a chorus, and maybe a little change in there somewhere called a bridge. The process for creating each of these is the same as for creating the basic musical idea from above.
Repeat the process I used above, and this time I'm going to add in another chord. The new chord is going to be the VI chord. In our case it's an A minor chord. When I sit down to write a song, I know how the chords relate to each other in a particular key. Sitting down at your piano and playing the different chords that make up the key, just messing around and playing them in different orders, will give you the same knowledge.
After you get the chord progression down, begin to play a melody based on the scale that the song is in. Just play around with the notes and see what comes up. The more you play around like this, the better you'll become at knowing what sounds well together, what works well together, and what doesn't.
Playing a Piano Accompaniment?
Q. I am playing this Keyboard Accompaniment:
http://web.ocp.org/pdfOctavos/webReadyPreviews/22013z1.pdf
I need some help. When playing this on piano, do I play the bass chords too? What I heard is you only can play that when using the organ since it has the bass pedals. Do I play the bass line as well along with the treble clef? And how would I do that? It seems hard.
A. yes, i think that it gives the music more texture when the bass notes are added in - but don't worry about the ones that you cant reach! AS for the accompaniment, if you are playing along with a soloist or small choir, it's great to work out where the signers are going to breathe so that you can leave a bit of "room" for that and let the song flow more freely and naturally :D
all the best for the big performance!
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Title : Piano Chords Confusion ....?
Description : Q. So i would like to join the praise team band for my church and they have sheet music that goes by chords. so i know that you have to pla...