Q. I need the notes for "stand by me" to play on the piano because i cant read chords. And the chord progressions for it i think my teacher said something like that :)
A. They're are a lot of tutorials on youtube but the chords on piano are A F#m D E A.. I know you don't know much about chord structure but here's the notes in each chord
Major chords
http://www.piano-lessons-made-simple.com/images/Major_Chords.png
Minor chords
http://www.piano-play-it.com/images/Piano-chord-chart.png
Here's one for the f#m chord, its a little tricky to understand:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ribaL0K31rsko11o1_1280.jpg
These are very readable :)
Good luck fellow musician!!!
Let me know if you need anymore help!!
What are some good activities for an experienced piano player to learn to sight-read better?
Q. I've played piano for several years now and I'm in the process of learning some pretty advanced pieces, such as Frank Liszt's Etude III, La Campanella. However; I never learned how to properly sight-read. Although I can read music, it sometimes takes me several months or more to learn a 2-3 page piece, depending on the difficulty. My question is, are there any activities or exercises that would help me augment my ability to sight-read.
A. While notating your own music is an excellent suggestion (it gets the notion of notation 'inside' you,) the best way to better your sight reading is to practice sight-reading - that is a blazing flash of the obvious. Now, here is what you will need to do....
Assemble a stack of piano music, I estimate for you this should be at near beginner's level, since by your description your sight-reading is painfully at beginning level.
Choose music you can sight read at least at 50%, better 75% or higher, the tempo marked. I emphasize again,, this will be much simpler fare than the pieces you are working on.
Library access is essential - you need stacks of individual pieces or collections. I suggest the Bartok Microkosmos books I - III, the Schumann Op 68 "Album für die Jugend," and similar materials.
The process:
Read through, once only, a given piece. Keep proper time. Do not stop for mistakes - antithetical to traditional music performance practice -- but essential for forcing yourself to look ahead, which helps you develop a grasp on pattern recognition and spatial cognition of intervals, chords and their inversions.
Once read, there is an already established memory of what the music is, therefore, reading it through a second time is NOT 'cold sight-reading,' which is your goal. You Can Only Sight-read A Piece Once - after which it is not sight-reading!
This work is not meant to be 'comfortable.' You are forcing yourself to read, at sight, pushing through rather than stopping, naming, calculating, making marks on your score. You will find that your mental stamina, at first, will flag after only a brief time. It gets better, like all practice, the more you do.
Never repeat a read-through. Do go progressively through the stack of material, marking where you stopped so you can begin with the next piece.
I cannot enough emphasize your accepting that as a sight-reader you are (in my estimate as a professional and professional teacher) a raw beginner, and that you accept, without embarrassment, that you are a beginner ~ and then be a good beginner.
There are also basic note-speller exercise books, and flash cards. I suggest you look at those too, and see if you feel 'beyond' them or if they might also be a good exercise for you.
All of this tells me you are very likely working without a teacher. This also makes me think you are working on pieces far beyond your 'true' ability at present, and it is also entirely possible you are not reflexively familiar with all key signatures, which you must be.
Music, and playing of an instrument are a cumulative studies (there is a progression of difficulty on which to build.) No teacher would assign you any piece which takes several months knowing it takes you months to learn only two or three pages; this is antithetic to real progress, the path to which is well-understood and taught in piano pedagogy.
Please consider a truly qualified and reputable teacher: they are generally worth every penny you pay them.
Best regards.
How long does it take for one to learn how to improvise on piano?
Q. Alright, I really want to make my own music on the piano and I am currently taking piano lessons. She says what I am learning will lead up to improvising. She says I am making leaps in my progress. So how long does it take to learn improv?
A. All of these answers are correct...... what style are you wanting to learn to improvise? If you are just starting out, you can improvise in one piano lesson!!! (Using C major.... no black keys to have to worry about!)
Meter: 4/4
Chord progression: C---\Am---\C---\Am---\F---\F---\G---\G---
(repeat)
For an easy left hand part, try:
CGC'--\AEA'--\CGC'--\AEA'--\FCF'--\FCF'--\GDG'--\GDG'--
Then, with your right hand, improvise your own melody. Obviously, the most beginner of improvisers will feel most comfortable starting and ending your improvisation on the "home tone" or "key" which in this case is C. Whenever you improvise, you need to have an understanding of your chord progression and what notes sound "right" or "wrong" in a certain chord. This all will come down to an understanding of music theory which you will learn as you go!!!
For this first exercise, just play whatever you want in your right hand!
Your piano teacher knows you best, but I would always recommend studying and practicing your scales, arpeggios and cadences in order to have a better understanding of how music works and how improvisation works. If you are eventually wanting to improvise jazz and blues, you'll need more than just the classical understanding of theory. The blues is the best place to start in jazz improv. There are a lot of resources out there to start you on that journey! Check out anything that is published by Jamey Abersold. (www.jazzbooks.com)
Start by learning left hand chord progressions (blues progression) and then experiment by playing blues scales and licks in your right hand over your voicings in your left!
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