Q. specifically (add9) chords and ninth and 11th chords. Thanks in Advance.
A. add9 just means you add the 9th to the given chord. The 9th is the same as the 2. Imagine you just continued counting the notes of the major scale AFTER the octave.
So Cadd9 would be C E G D, Emin(add9) would be E G B F#, etc
Cadd9 is different than a simple C9. C9 indicates the presence of the flat 7th too (C E G Bb D)
Here's a link to a chord construction chart I made. It tells you the which notes are in various chords, along with a few different ways they may be indicated on a lead sheet.
http://a.1asphost.com/LukeSniper/ccc.html
It doesn't have anything about 11ths or 13ths, it should make sense how that works after looking at it. The only thing to point out is that C13 is 1 3 5 b7 9 11 13. Parentheses are often used to indicate alterations or additions to a given chord. So C9(b5) would be 1 3 b5 b7 9 and C7(11/13) would be 1 3 5 b7 11 13
How do you play the piano from guitar tabs?
Q. Most songs I find they have the guitar tabs or chords or whatever they are called. I only see them as chords for the piano, but obviously there's a way to read them as notes.
For example, can someone explain how to play the piano from these lyrics:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/j/john_mark_mcmillan/how_he_loves_crd.htm
At least a line or two, if possible. I just want the gist of it.
Thanks!
A. Well, first I'll assume you know the notes on the piano.
Second, I'll assume you don't know how to build chords. (Otherwise you wouldn't ask this question)
That website is showing you the chords with lyrics, with little popups showing you a way to play that chord on the guitar.
If you know the notes on the guitar, you can move them over to piano, however it's just better to actually know how to build your own chords, because piano voicings are often different than guitar voicings.
Watch these videos I made on chord construction. They are intended for guitarists, but are applicable to any instrument:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdcmkec5NE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKobaiYiQ88
Here is a chord construction chart:
http://a.1asphost.com/LukeSniper/ccc.html
How best to learn to read notes after years of playing?
Q. I play piano by ear and I have for years.
I am, however, getting sick of not being able to play full chords. The songs sound boring after awhile.
How should someone who knows there way around a piano learn to read notes?
Any book suggestions? I am looking into lessons, but I prefer to teach myself :)
A. Hi Stephanie--I know exactly how you feel! I played the guitar, bass, keys, and mandolin for YEARS without understanding how to read music (I learned basic notes in the first position of the guitar when I was seven years old, but that was over three decades ago!). I DO know how to read music for the drums, as I took jazz drumming lessons. However, there are no 'notes', just symbols.
Five years ago I became 100% disabled, so I took advantage of the bedridden state and taught myself how to read and write music. I also delved into advanced music theory: counterpoint' modes created from modes; all sorts of chord voicings).
I can actually play and write for the piano now, even though I was studying site reading and writing for the guitar, and theory for guitar purposes. Since my fretting hand has nerve damage, I often write out the melodies I have dancing in my head and practice them with my right hand on the keyboard.)
You will be AMAZED at how much knowledge of reading and writing music will kick start your love for the piano again. NO MORE BOREDOM.
This is how I did it:
1)I started studying and dissecting the scales.
2) I gained complete knowledge of intervals: this is the most important element in music theory. You HAVE to understand intervals because ALL scales are based on and derivative of the major scale and it's intervallic construction.
3) You must understand the intervals of the major scale. ALL other scales and modes derive from the major scale. All chords derive from scales.
4) Once you have an understanding of the major scale, LEARN THE ORDER OF THE NOTES IN THE TREBLE AND BASS CLEF STAFFS. Once you know the order of the notes (for example, the "lines" of the treble clef are--from the bottom up-- E-G-B-D-F. You can remember this by the mneumonic phrase: Every Good Boy Does Fine. The "spaces" in the treble clef contain the notes: F-A-C-E. You can remember this because the notes spell out the word FACE.)
The Bass Clef is similar to the treble clef' yet the notes are shifted DOWN one line. You will understand what I mean when you plot out the notes.
4a) You will, of course, need to understand all of the symbols related to reading music, for example: the rests, notes (whole, quarter, etc...), time signatures, key signatures' etc.*
4b) To learn the key signatures, it is easy if you use the circle of fifths. You can find the circle of 5ths and 4ths found in both theory books Iist at the end of this answer. This is a SIMPLE way, although it does take time and practice to remember the sharps and flats.
5) Once you learn the names of the notes on the staff and have learned the intervals and notes in the major scale (start with the C major scale, as there are no sharps or flats--the C major scale is represented on the piano as all of the white keys...starting on C...and then going up to the next octave: C-D-E-F-G-A-B-(C)), PLOT OUT THE "C" MAJOR SCALE ON THE TREBLE CLEF. You must learn how to write above and below the ledger lines in order to do this. I will recommend a great book to teach you this at the end of my answer. (Introduction to sight-reading...)
6) You will notice that you are learning all of this without even needing to play nor look at your piano. I have found that it is EASIER to learn how to read and write music if you do NOT have your instrument in front of you (because you have played for so long and already have knowledge of the notes on the piano). Although I HIGHLY recommend that you practice your intervals on the piano to learn how they sound, yo u do NOT have to have your piano around when learning to WRITE music out on the manuscript paper. That will come later. If you understand how to WRITE the scales and chords on the paper, then you will be better able to READ the music once you put the piano and manuscript paper together.
7) You want to learn how to create and understand how chords are made? Here's your answer: The basic Major and Minor chords are created by stacking thirds. For example, the MAJOR chord contains the intervals 1-3-5. If you would like to create a "C MAJOR" chord, plot out your major scale and take the 1st interval (C), the 3rd interval (E), and the 5th interval (G): there you have it. The C Major chord is made up of the notes C-E-G.
8) Did you notice that the major chord is made up of EVERY OTHER NOTE in the C major scale? When learning how to write out chords on manuscript paper, it's quite easy: if your ROOT note (the name of the chord) starts on a LINE on the clef, the you put a note on THAT line of the clef, and then put notes on the two lines above that note, skipping the spaces. (I'm taking something that will take a while to understand and compressing it into one answer here. It will take you a while to understand how to achieve each numbered point that I am giving you.)
10) You have to understand which intervals create each chord:
Major= 1-3-5
Minor= 1-b3-5
Dominant 7= 1-3-5-b7
minor 7 = 1-b3-5-b7
M
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title : How do I form special piano chords?
Description : Q. specifically (add9) chords and ninth and 11th chords. Thanks in Advance. A. add9 just means you add the 9th to the given chord. The 9th...