Q. Could someone help me here? What is a Dominant + Major chord in the key of C? And also, what is a Dominant + Minor chord in the same key of C? The instrument, by the way, is a Piano.
Thanks!
A. OOOH! ANOTHER PERSON WHO PLAYS THE PIANO!! lol
Anyways, when you have a Dominant chord, its just a chord that is built on the 5th note of the scale. Therefore the dominant chord in the key of C major is
G(5th note) B and D
and if you need a Dominant 7th chord, it would be
G B D and F
The minor Dominant chord would to just build a chord on the 5th note of the minor scale. Therefore G Bb D
Dominant 7th
G Bb D F
hope i helped!
How to practice piano chords?
Q. Piano
A. (assuming you are very new)
well major and minor chords are really simple and piano is really simple
play a major C you play C,E, and G, from C count to the keys to E it is 4 half steps, then 3 half to G this is the same for every major chord, you have the root(C) then 4h/s(E) then 3h/s(G), minor chords are the same but you have the root(C) then 3h/s(Eb) then 4h/s(G) now you know how to construct every major minor chord just by counting half steps, then you just have to practise until you memorize each, I suggest you play start by just by learning these basics and understand that no mater what the chord your thumb and pinky are alway static you do not move them when switching chords you'll find that almost every chord has these finger the same distance apart, except Bm/B and Bbm/Bb this is the odd chord where you'll have to think about possitioning your pinky if you play a B and count 7 half steps you'll find that you're pinky is on a black key and your thumb on a white while with all other major/minor chords its white white or black black
How are guitar chords formed?
Q. like I can play anything and my cousin would know what chord it is. he is real good with his music theory. like I do some random fingering and he says its an F#Dim7th etc.. just an ex. like what makes a C D and A a chord? what notes do the have that make them that chord?
and what chord would be F# F Ab C? tell me? cause everything is a chord
A. A good music theory book would be most helpful, but I'll try to give you a quick explanation.
Chords (for guitar, piano, or any other instrument) are based on scales. So take a scale, let's say C major: C D E F G A B C (d e f g...) if we take the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the scale - C E G - we get a "C major" chord. Its called "C major" (or just called a "C" chord) because the "root note" - the note we started on to build the chord - is C. And its "major" because....well, it would take way too long to explain here (that's why you need a good music theory book - or your cousin - to explain it) but let's just say that any time you build a chord based on the first note of a major scale, you get a major chord. Trust me on that. Then if you build a chord based on the 2nd note of the C major scale -D- you take the 2nd, 4th and 6th notes of the scale - D F A - and you get a D minor chord. The chord built on the 3rd note of the C scale - E - would be E G B (3rd, 5th and 7th notes of the scale) is E minor, and so on.
So for the key of C:
The I chord is C (major) C E G
The ii chord is D minor D F A
The iii chord is E minor E G B
The IV chord is F (major) F A C
The V chord is G (major) G B D
The vi chord is A minor A C E
The vii chord is B diminished B D F
And no matter how you rearrange or mix up notes in a chord, its still the same chord. So when you play an F barre chord on guitar, you're playing F C F A C F - even with all the additional Fs and Cs its still an F chord.
And the other thing to know is that the pattern of major chords, minor chords, and diminished chords remains the same no matter what major scale you're in. The I, IV, and V chords will always be major, the ii, iii, and vi chords will always be minor, and the vii chord will always be diminished. So for the key of G major, for example, the scale is:
G A B C D E F# G (a b c d e.....)
Then:
The I chord is G (major) G B D
The ii chord is A minor A C E
The iii chord is B minor B D F#
The IV chord is C (major) C E G
The V chord is D (major) D F# A
The vi chord is E minor E G B
The vii chord is F# diminished F# A C
Then you get into adding additional notes like 7ths and 9ths and suspended 4ths and so on, on top of these basic 3-note chords ("triads") and things get more complex -- but I'll let your cousin or a good book on music theory explain all that.
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