Q. Our little girl is five and she wants to learn piano so badly. Should I accept?
A. my son knows the chords of c sharp minor, a flat, f, and b on a con sistent basis. my mom ha a keyboard that he plays with and he has figured out what sounds good together and i looked and sure enough, they are legit chords. he has been doing that for about 6 months now, andhe is 23 months old
How do you turn guitar chords into scales?
Q. If I play a chord, like F major and A minor, how do I know/find out what scale works for those two chords? I'm not entirely looking for the answer to this example, but I'm more interested in being "taught to fish" so to speak. Thanks.
A. youtube.
A scale has 8 notes in it, and three of them are in the chord that has it's name.. except if the chord's a minor..
Am uses the C scale, F uses the F scale, G uses the G scale.. Em uses the G scale too..
So..
The C scale is the notes c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c..
doh, re, mi fa so la ti doh..
These are the white notes on the piano, starting with the one that's just left of the group of two black ones..
The black notes in between are sharps or flats in the C scale..
So the piano goes
c, c#, d, d#, e, f, f#, g, g#, a, a#,.b, c...
Notice some of the notes don't have a sharp between them... true of any scale... the amount of space between each note in the scale is called the interval, most are two spaces, or semi tones.. some are one.. Each scale has the same pattern, starting with the name note of the scale..
For today... learn the C scale.. then go to youtube, and look for more.. or you can probably find diagrams.. and there are people who will show you places to put your hand to make scales...
A chord.. is the first, third and fifth note in the scale.. ie, in the C scale, the chord notes are C, E, G, repeated in the chord...
On the guitar, C is third fret on the fifth string [second fattest one] D is the fourth string open, E is fourth string second fret.. F is fourthe string third fret.. G is the third string, A is third string second fret, B is second string, and C is second string first fret....
Now... put a capo on the guitar, on the second fret, and play the same scale.. it's a D scale here... though you can to it without the capo...
D is the fourth string.. you can find the scale by counting up... the same intervals as in the c scale...
the intervals in semitones, starting from the name note..
D+2,+2+,1,+2,+2,+2,+1 will get you back to D... do it all on the D string... think of each fret as an interval, semi tone.. So.. D is open string.. next note.. 2nd fret..
What is the proper fingering in playing piano arpeggios?
Q. For example:First, you play C E G(C major chord) in the left hand and the next C E G for the right hand,then C E G again with the left hand.I've seen many players do this.Is it okay? or still the "Thumb-Index-Middle" Rule?
A. Ok, it's different with every arpeggio, it depends on what inversion you are doing, how many white key/black keys etc.
Let me break down the fingering,1-thumb 2- index 3- middle 4- ring 5- pinky
Group1:C maj, Gmaj, Fmaj, Dmin, A min, E min
Root:1231(RH)5421(LH)
FirstInv:1241(RH)5421(LH)
SecInv: 1231(RH) 5321(LH)
Group2:Cmin, Gmin, Fmin
Root: 1231(RH) 5421(LH)
FirstInv 2124(RH)4214(LH)
SecInv:1231(RH)5321(LH)
Group3: Dmaj, Amaj, Emaj
Root: 1231(RH) 5321(LH)
First Inv: 2124(RH)4214(LH)
Second Inv 1241(RH) 5321(LH)
Group 4: F sharp maj
Root: 1231(RH)5321(LH)
FirstInv:1241(RH) 5421(LH)
SecondInv:1241(RH)5321(LH)
Group 5:F sharp min,E flat maj C sharp maj, C sharp min, A flat maj,A flat min
Root: 2124(RH) 2142(LH)
FirstInv: 1241(RH) 5421(LH)
SecInv: 2421(RH)4214(LH)
Group 6:B Maj
Root: 1231(RH)5321(LH)
First Inv: 2312(RH)3213(LH)
Second Inv: 2123(RH)3132(LH)
Group 7: B flat min
Root:2312(RH)3212(LH)
First Inv:2123(RH) 2132(LH)
Second Inv: 1231(RH)5321(LH)
Group 8: B min
Root:1231(RH)5421(LH)
First Inv: 1241(RH) 5421(LH)
Second Inv: 2123(RH)4214(LH)
Group 9: B flat maj
Root: 2124(RH) 3213 (LH)
First: 1241(RH)5421(LH)
Second: 1241(RH)5321(LH)
Powered by Yahoo! Answers