Q. I posted this question a while ago, but didn't get any answers.
so, I'm currently playing Scarlatti's Piano Sonata K.96 in D major.
alot of the notes on the sheetmusic have a notehead I haven't seen before. the notehead is a square that is faced a little bit sideways, they have stems, and they only take up one note (unlike chord charts, which have the same square, but take up a whole chord)
can anyone tell me what this note is?
and how to play it if it's different from other notes?
heres the sheet music, if ya wanna take a look -
http://kreusch-sheet-music.net/noten/KSM_DomenicoScarlatti_Cembaloson_00K96_11294.pdf
I really need an answer to this question :(
A. You have to realize that in Scarlatti's day a modern piano didn't exist and there were several other keyboard instruments in use.
an edition from a public domain internet site is not the most reliable source for an edition that is true to the original manuscript. But assuming these noteheads are reflective of Scarlatti's notation, I would interpret them to mean using the second manual if playing on a two manual harpsichord.
Look at what all the diamond note heads have in common: they are always in accompaniment or contrapuntal lines, never the main melody. That would be another indication to do something with tone color to distinguish these notes from the melody.
Guitar / Piano chords for D?
Q. I'm new to guitar, don't know how to put this. When I'm playing a song in D, what other chords are suitable to be played along side D? List each one of them please, especially the jazz chords!
I just picked up the guitar yesterday so the only ones I know for D are A & G haha so I appreciate the help. Thanks! :)
A. Hello there,
Here is a link to a chord progression generator. You can use it to find various combinations of chords. For instance, you want to play in D. You can check out the I 4 5 1 progression. You can hear how it sounds and see what the chords are. Since you are just starting, you may not know what the 1 4 5 1 means. You don't need to at this point. The numbers refer to the root note (1) in this case D, the 4th note up the scale and the 5th note up the scale. Don't get hung up on that aspect. You will pick up the theory in time. For now, use try select different progressions to see how they sound. If you like them, use them. A easy way to experiment on chord progressions without understanding music theory.
http://www.hotfrets.com/songanator.asp
Also, here is a link to a chord chart. It is a pdf file and several pages long. Just down load the pdf file to your computer. Whenever you want to see what the fingering is for any chord, you can find it on the chart.
http://www.guitarnotes.com/guitar/notes2/ultimate11.shtml
Later,
Sheet music question?
Q. I have recently downloaded a .pdf file, which contains a song I want to learn to play at my piano. But the sheet dosen't have two separate lines (one for your right hand and one for your left), but THREE of them.
Two of them are marked with the "right-hand" sign, the very elaborated capital G. The third one is for the left hand.
The top most seems to contain the melody itself, without any accords, just simple notes, while the two below seems to "fit together" better, with a more complicated design.
Now, is the top one made for another instrument, or do you somehow play all three at the same time? Or how the heck is this suppose to work?!
I demand answers!
...please?
also uploading an example of what I'm talking about (not the same song, but same stuff)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/sentochihironokamikakus.gif/
A. I'm going to give you several options on what I think it might be. Without further information I can't really narrow these options down to anything more specific, but I think you could figure it out.
1) The piano part is an accompaniment to a melody that is either sung or played by another instrument.
2) The composer or arranger desired to emphasize the melody on a separate staff.
I'm assuming the piano part is separated with the common piano staff bracket and is below the melody staff. Is this correct?
3) Another issue might be that this is originally a piano piece that has been specifically arranged for a particular accompanying instrument along with the piano. In this case, the piano part may be altered from the original to remove the melody while maintaining all of the other harmonic elements such that the separate instrument plays the intended melody by itself. If that's the case you might want to seek out a score that has just the original piano arrangement. Otherwise you may be missing something.
From the link you shared it looks like it's a piano accompaniment with melody intended for a 2nd instrument or voice. In that case the piece would not be complete without the other instrument or voice. You'll just be playing an accompaniment.
4) A lot of what they call "fake books" will include this sort of arrangement. If it's a pop song, the piano will be an arrangement of all the instruments involved in the original recording. Let's take a Beatles song for example: "Hey Jude." The piano part will be an arrangement, or an approximation of all the instrumental music on the recording of "Hey Jude." The top staff will be the melody part that is sung. It will usually include the lyrics below the staff, and guitar chord charts above the staff. Since you didn't state whether this is a pop song or a classical piece, this remains an option of what it might be.
There may be other options as well, but at the moment I can't think of any.
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