Q. where can i find audio samples of all notes AND CHORDS (piano/guitar) in MP3 format ? P.S.- I need to save them
A. No clue, but it would have to be a huge database considering there are thousands of variations of major chords alone...
chords for "enough" by disturbed?
Q. im trying to learn it on the piano and its driving me nuts. i cant read tabs and/or transcribe them to the piano. any idea???
A. Instructions
Things You'll Need
Piano or electronic keyboard Piano chord book
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Familiarize yourself with major and minor chord formulas. A major chord is made up of the first, third and fifth notes of the scale that shares the same name. For instance, a C major scale contains the notes C-D-E-F-G-A-B. The first, third and fifth notes are C-E-G. those are the notes you need to play for a C major chord. The only difference between a major and minor chord is that the third note is played flat, so the notes for a C minor chord are C, E flat and G.
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Apply the note formula of the major chords to the piano keyboard. To make the C major chord, place your thumb on any C (begin with middle C), your first finger on the E and your second finger on G. On the keyboard, these notes are one white key apart. This is a major chord shape and can be moved anywhere on the piano. If you keep the same chord shape and begin on a G instead of a C, you'll have a G major chord. If you begin on an A, you'll have an A major chord. By memorizing this chord shape, you can play all of your major triads without having to change your finger position or memorize new chord fingerings.
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Apply the minor chord shape to the keyboard. Begin on middle C as you did with the major chord form. The only difference in the fingering is that you'll move your second finger back one key (to the black key) to make the second note flat. This is a minor triad. Just like the major chord shape, you can begin this shape on any key and that will be the name of the minor chord you're playing. Using this chord shape, you can play minor triads in any key.
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Play songs using major and minor chords. Playing is the best way to get familiar with the positions of the chords on the piano and to get better changing from one chord to another. With your two basic triad chord shapes, you can play countless songs. Purchase sheet music or use an online database to find songs free of charge. Start with a simple song and play the chords as you sing along. This will help you with timing.
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Build your chord repertoire. There are many chords and many different ways to play the same chords. Add various notes from the major and minor scales to get used to building more complex chords. You can find a major and minor scale chart online at no charge. This will be a handy reference as you continue your chord study. By adding various notes to basic triads, you can make new chords. Adding the seventh note of a scale to the major triad, for instance, will give you a seventh chord. The same holds true for adding the note to a minor triad. If you added B (seventh note of the C major scale) to a C major triad, you'd have a C7 chord. Add it to the minor triad and you'll have a C minor 7. You can apply the same rule of shape and move the seventh chord anywhere on the piano to make all the seventh chords.
Music theory sources for this composer?
Q. I've been listening to a lot of Messiaen lately and I've have discovered through brief analysis that as far as harmonies go, it is obvious that he commonly uses major triads with augmented fourths (tritones) in addition to incomplete dominant seventh chords with an added sixth or dominant thirteenth chord.
I am familiar with his "mode of limited transpositions," "non-retrogradable rhythms" and his wonderful deployment of "additive" rhythms, and I have enjoyed Neidhöfer's brilliant discussion on Messiaen's voice-leading patterns in modal systems of cardinalities other than 12, but are there any other sources that will discuss his compositional techniques in further detail?
I have also read (and played) his treatise Technique de mon langage musical ("The technique of my musical language"), but I still feel that I am not understanding everything that he is doing compositionally. Any advice is appreciated!
A. Here's some articles I found.
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NEIDHÃFER, CHRISTOPH. "A theory of harmony and voice leading for the music of Olivier Messiaen (based on his modes of limited transposition)."
MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM, The Journal of the Society for Music Theory; Spring 2005, Vol. 27, p1-34, 34p
Not sure if this one is the one you said you read or not. So I gave it to you anyway. To see the article, you can go here and click on the little icon that says "Linked Full Text".
http://web.ebscohost.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=106&sid=c8b69402-fc5f-49b7-995a-d4e4a884bf61%40sessionmgr102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=mah&AN=MAH0001477334
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BENITEZ, VINCENT PEREZ, JR. "Messiaen as improviser." DUTCH JOURNAL OF MUSIC THEORY; May 2008, Vol. 13 Issue n2, p129-144, 16p
Sorry, this isn't available online, but you should be able to get it at a library somewhere?
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HOOK, JULIAN L. "Rhythm in the music of Messiaen: an algebraic study and an application in the 'Turangalila Symphony.'" MUSIC THEORY SPECTRUM, The Journal of the Society for Music Theory; Spring 1998, Vol. 20, p97-120, 24p
This one's not available online either, sorry. Try the library.
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Ooooooh, this one looks promising:
SHENTON, ANDREW. "Olivier Messiaen's System of Signs: Notes Towards Understanding His Music." DUTCH JOURNAL OF MUSIC THEORY; May 2008, Vol. 13 Issue n2, p185.
But... not available online. And unfortunately, it just might be in Dutch. Maybe you could find a translated version?
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WILLIAMS, GRAHAM. "The theories of Oliver Messiaen: their origins and their application to his piano music." MISCELLANEA MUSICOLOGICA (Australia), Adelaide Studies in Musicology; 1980, Vol. 11, p278-280, 3p.
Not available online.
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LEE, JOHN MADISON. "Harmony in the solo piano works of Olivier Messiaen: the first twenty years." COLLEGE MUSIC SYMPOSIUM, Journal of the College Music Society; 1983, Vol. 23 Issue n1, p65-80, 16p
Not available online.
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I got all these from going onto EBSCOhost, then going to the Music Index Online database. Here's a link to all the articles in English that include the words "Messiaen" and "theory" somewhere in the text: http://web.ebscohost.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/ehost/resultsadvanced?vid=10&hid=120&sid=d6304db0-f8e2-4562-9eee-f62201d2edab%40sessionmgr107&bquery=(TX+(+Messiaen+))+and+(TX+(+theory+))&bdata=JmRiPW1haCZjbGkwPUxBMTAmY2x2MD1FbmdsaXNoJnR5cGU9MSZzaXRlPWVob3N0LWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d
From those I just gave you the most promising looking ones. Hope some of these can help you! You'll just have to find the right journals at a library. Good luck!
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