Q. I have a few songs that I would love to convert to piano notes (beginner/intermediate level) and I just don't know how. I googled it and couldn't find the right thing. Anyone have any idea how to convert guitar chords to piano notes? I will play piano chords if I absolutely have to though I would rather play notes (for the accurate pitch).
A. It sounds like you are asking how to play a single note on the piano to match the guitar chord. If the guitar chord is C Major, C Minor, C Seventh, C (anything), you simply play a C note on the piano. D Major, Minor, etc, play a D note. These single notes are known as 'roots' or 'tonics' of chords. This is the same thing a bass player does when he plays with a guitar, although he will often embellish with other notes. I would recommend not just playing a single C note but two C notes with the same hand or both hands to get a fuller sound.
Would any given chord sound the same on two instruments?
Q. for example, would a G chord sound the same on a banjo and a guitar?
A. Actually, the correct answer is *not necessarily*. While it's absolutely true that a G chord consists of the same notes regardless of which instrument it's played on, the pitch and order of the notes will make the chord sound different. As you may know, a major chord consists of 3 notes: the first, third and fifth note of the scale. In the case of G major, these notes are G-B-D. Any place, order, and pitch that you play these 3 notes at will be a G chord. There are dozens of places on the guitar neck to find this combination. All of them will be a G chord but will sound subtly different. All of them will work if a G chord is required, but they all have a different voice. The standard G that we first learn is G B D G B G.....really two G chords played over all six strings.
Disregarding the tonal differences, a G chord will also sound different on a banjo for the same reason....the notes are being played in a different order. A standard 5-string banjo is commonly tuned to an open G. Just strumming the banjo open will give you a G chord. The open tuning is G D G B D with the lowest (5th) string being the highest in pitch. The 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings are the same as a guitar, and the 1st string is like the 2nd string third fret on a guitar. So an open G on banjo contains most of the notes in a common G on guitar....but in a different order and minus the two lowest notes. It's a G but it's going to sound different.
The same will be true of mandolin, piano or any polyphonic instrument. The same three notes will determine the chord, but the order and pitch will change the voice and make the chord sound subtly different.
What part of a song should a piano play in a rock band?
Q. Hey, I'm 13 and in a rock band, I play keyboard. Now we want to play alot of songs that don't exactly want piano to go near them. Rage Against The Machine and stuff like that. In light rock songs before I played chords which sounded OK, but we're into different songs now.
Like for Reptilia by The Strokes, I don't get which part I should play. I find it a bit confusing of which instrument I should back up and hope you could shed some light on this.
A. Try some Evanescence or Nightwish. A lot of their music has keyboard in it.
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Title : How to convert guitar chords to piano notes?
Description : Q. I have a few songs that I would love to convert to piano notes (beginner/intermediate level) and I just don't know how. I googled it...