Q. I don't have my piano in front of me right now or I would answer my own question.
So, take the C chord - C E G
My question is, if I have 3 voices playing major scales in the keys of C E and G, would these three voices remain in harmony with each other?
A. hmm...
they would all be in thirds.
C D E F G A B <- C Major
E F# G# A B C# D# <- E Major
G A B C D E F# <- G Major
producing the following chords:
CEG, DF#A, EG#B, FAC, GBD, AC#E, BD#F#
C Major, D Major, E Major, F Major, G Major, A Major, and B Major
so yep, I think they would be.
What key are these notes in?
Q. I'm not that good with music theory, but I have this melody I picked out on the piano. The notes in the melody are E, F, F#, G, G#. What key are these notes in? And if you could tell me how to pick chords to go along with a note that would be great.
That's not the melody, just the notes in the melody. Does the order matter to figure out which key its in?
A. If you want to tell a key signature then on the intro of the staff on the treble and bass clef will be an indication of the notes that have a #. It goes in order FCGDAEB= Five Cats Got Down and Entered Bed. Sorry not the best acronym just made that up- whatever makes you remember it tho in laymans term. Just try to uncomplicate and break down everything!
So FCGDAEB is the order it will always be in for sharps and this is backwards for flats BEADGCF. So seems that would be FCG- five cats got for this piece. Ive never seen FG before as not in the correct order. There is order for everything in piano it is not just hit and miss composition. So maybe a C# included. Ok so if you look at the scale for this it would be.... ABC#DF#G#A which is A major.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_fifths_deluxe_4.svg
Now check out the circle of fifths if you click on the link above. If you look at A major you see that it has 3 sharps as I already said... FCG- five cats got..... You see the order ends on G# so go ONE NOTE UP FROM G.... which is A. Now go to E... FCGD.... last # is D again one note up is E. Notice the pattern for all. So you technically don't even need the circle of fifths... look at the sharps the order and whatever it ends in go one note up from that. It is very very simple when broken down.
For a bit more info... the relative minor is two notes back from root position. So for C major
CDEFG A BC it will be A minor... and A major ABC#D F# G#A. Rule applies for all if you check on the circle of fifths again.
Additionally, you can also check the flats b. The order for this is BEADGCF- blacnket exploded and dad got cold feet. So check circle of fifths again. Working out the key signature for this has A DIFFERENT RULE. Which is go one flat back. You can easily learn that F major has one flat for the rest check Bb for example... it has two flats b and e BE... go back one flat from E which is B. Now Eb which is BEA go back one flat- E. You can check the rest.
Only complicated thing in knowing the key signature is whether it is major or minor. Major sounds more cheerful Minor more solome, sad, gloomy. So a key signature will either be major OR minor. That is why every major key signature has a RELATIVE MINOR. Chords could be the relative of the note so say if you play C in the right then A can be the chord. A chord has a root a major third and a perfect fifth. Yes I know.... what?? In laymans terms its the first third and fifth note OF THE SCALE. This is called a major TRIAD as in three notes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_chord, heres your scales.
Sorry I didn't anticipate to ramble on so better leave it at this, just trying to break it down and not over complicate because I know what it looks like if there is no order... complete chaos. But to answer your question Yes there is an order for everything. So learn these rules and next time you see an indication of the key signature at the start remember BEADCGF for b and FCGDEAB for # and both have a relative key... like think twin brother and sister... their related and go together. No key signature appears it is therefore C major or its relative A minor.
Enjoy playing and keep asking questions, Best of luck to ye :)
Can you help me find "If It Means A Lot To You" piano sheet music?
Q. It's a song by a day to remember, and I would like to learn, but i can't find a free download. Thanks(:
A. Why thank you for the warning and ANNOYING WORDS IN ALL CAPS. By the way, you didn't answer the question. Music is meant to be played and enjoyed, and as long as she isn't reselling the music or making money off it, I think it's fine. Now to answer the question, I haven't found a good piano sheet of it, but the chords are
INTRO: C2, G, D/F#
VERSE: Em/D, G, D/F# (But at the line 'Cuz I can't come back home... it's C2, G)
PRE-CHORUS (la-la-la's): C2, D/F#, Em/D, G
CHORUS: G, D/F#, Em/D, C2
BRIDGE: C2, G, Em/D, D/F#
OUTRO: C2, D/F#, Em/D, G
I'm primarily a guitar player, so that makes sense to me, but in case you want the notes:
C2 (CDEG)
G (GBD)
D/F# (DF#A but have an F# as the root F#DF#A)
Em/D (EGB but have a D and a G on top so that it would be like EGBDG)
The intro is A-B-A-G-E A-B-A-G-E GDG (the chord) GDG A-B-A-G-E E-F#-G-G-F#-F#-G-F#
The second time you do that pattern play the same notes as before, but play these to get a dual lead effect (probably sounds better on guitar than piano haha)
C-D-D-C-G C-D-D-C-G GDG GDG C-D-D-C-G A-B-B-A-A-B-B-A-A-G
That's kind of sloppy, but hopefully it helps so that you can play something a little similar to the song
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