Q. So I have written these three short songs, almost verses really, and I know how the melody goes and everything but how can I put ukulele chords to them? If the starting note is a C then do I play a C chord on my ukulele??
Also, are piano chords the same as ukulele chords? So if there were an Em chord on the piano, would an Em chord on the ukulele be the same?? (Obviously not the same tone etc but hopefully you get what I mean :) )
Thanks for your help!
A. Music is a general rule across instruments.
An Em chord will always consist of E, G and B, while a C major chord will always consist of C, E and G. Also, a C chord could also be rewritten as a second inversion Em5#(meaning E minor with a raised fifth).
But yeah, a chord on piano, guitar, flute, uke, harp--they all consist of the same notes.
As far as the first part of this question goes, there are several types of harmony.
There is inside harmony, which is where, if a C chord is played, one of the notes C, E or G would be played. This has a heavy feeling of harmony.
Outside harmony is where, if your leading chord were in the key of C, then you would play any of the notes of the C major scale except the ones in the chord being played(with a C chord being played, D, F, A or B would be the harmony note). This makes the lead note sound like it 'needs' to be resolved inside the chord, meaning it is good for expressive harmonies.
Lastly, against harmony is where the lead note sits outside the scale being used(in the key of C, any sharps or flats are 'against'). It can make a note feel sad, lonely, or aggressive, depending on what note against what chord.
I hope this helps and I hope I didn't confuse you too much, as I'm not good at trying to explain music stuff.
How to transpose piano to B flat Clarinet music?
Q. I LOVE Taylor Swift, I purchased a song book that was for piano and it only had the right hand, so treble clef. I really want to play it on my clarinet and playing the piano music doesn't sound right! How do I transpose the music?
A. If you're playing it alone and not playing along to a recording - then you don't need to transpose it at all. It doesn't matter what key your clarinet is in if you're the only one playing.
If you want to transpose the part for clarinet then you play every pitch up one full step (or 2 half steps) to put the part in your key. Doing that will allow you to play along with a guitar or piano player reading the same part. So, every Bb you see in the music becomes a C, every C becomes D, every Eb becomes F - everything up one whole step. [this is the same way you determine which scale to play when asked for a concert scale]
A music book with only right hand (usually has chord symbols and lyrics) is called a "lead sheet" or "fake sheet". It's not really for "piano" at all - it's for whoever would like to play it. Rock, Jazz, and Folk musicians use those all the time.
Hint, it's easier for you to take all of the chords down one full step for a guitar player than to take every note up a full step for you. âªâ« Being able to do this at sight is a really good skill to have though. And, yes, this is indeed called "transposing" because clarinet is a transposing instrument. By raising every pitch a full step, the effective key signature is changed as well. But, that particularity is of no consequence to a player using this transposing method.
How do notes on the piano relate to notes on guitar when using a capo?
Q. I'm trying to play a song on guitar with the capo on the second fret with the chords F, Am, G, and E. I don't fluently play piano so I don't know much about it. If I was trying to play those chords on the piano to match the ones played with a capo, what should I do differently? It just doesn't sound right.
A. When you use the capo, you raise the chords by a half step for each fret. That means that the F chord you're fingering actually is G on a piano..or even the guitar for that matter. If you move each of your chords up two frets, they become:
F â G
Am â Bm
G â A
E â F#
Do you understand what the capo does? It allows you to change key without changing the fingering of the chords. For convenience, we often refer to the capoed chords as "shapes" rather than chords. The F "shape" that you're playing with the capo on the second fret is really no longer an F. The capo converted it to a G. If you moved the capo up one fret, the same F shape would become a G#. I don't know if I made this any clearer or not.....it's always a bit difficult to explain.
Anyway, your piano chords should be G, Bm, A and F#
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