Q. I'm a piano girl, that's why I'm asking this. But I'm trying to play some music now that would normally be for a guitar. You know, like this one? http://www.higherpraise.com/lyrics/awesome/awesome4885.html
But...On my list of chords-http://chordlookup.com/piano.aspx A C2 Chord is not listed. Or D2 or E2...etc
Can you help me?
A. C2 is not a proper chord name, the reason is because it isn't clear what it's supposed to be.
It's either Csus2, which has the notes C D and G, or C add 9 which has the notes C E G and D. It's likely C add 9... lots of those praise songs use that sound lot (in fact, they overuse it, it's pretty cliche)
Piano Basics Help (music language, chords, signs, etc.)?
Q. Hi, I've been playing piano for the last couple months (without all the lessons and formal crap but just making songs by ear and I'd say I'm pretty fluent in both hands and basic harmonic notes).
Well one song I had a hard time getting my right hand notes in harmony with my left hand notes so I googled the song sheet but theres all that junk about minor this and major that and chords.
So the reason I'm writing right here is to ask:
- In simple terms, what is a chord? is it like a harmony note (F1,C,F2) (D1,G,D2) -- I dont know how to describe them. its like the most common left hand notes I play; ex.) F1>C>F2>C>G>C>H>C?
- Im tring to learn piano sheet language but its so confusing with all the sharps and 'b's and changing sign thingys (the C with the : and wierd looking F) for the bottom row. any useful tips or link?
- What are majors and minors? like canon in blank major blah blah blah
Thanks in advance
A. A chord is a harmonization of different notes. Major and Minor triads are the most common. Such As, C4, E4, and G4 (a C major triad), or A4, C5, and E5 (an A minor triad). If you were wondering, the number's at the ends of the notes are the different pitch classes, these tell you the frequency of the octave of the note: A4 = 440hz, A5 = 880hz, etc; the different pitch classes tells you what octave your on on the note your playing. In simpler terms, a major triad chord is 3 notes made up of certain note intervals. The major triad comes from a major scale. Lets take the C major scale for example. The notes of the C major scale are C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. Each note has a different scale degree assigned to it: C would be the 1st scale degree, D would be the second, E would be the third, and so on. The distance between two notes in the scale can be labeled with an interval. From C to C would be a perfect unison, or P1 (perfect first), from C to D would be a M2 (major 2nd), C to E would be a M3 (major 3rd), C to F would be a P4 (perfect fourth) C to G would be a P5 (perfect fifth), C to A would be a M6 (major 6th), C to B would be a M7 (major 7), and C4 to C5 would be a P8 (perfect 8th, this is also called an octave). So as you can see, a basic C major triad, C, E, and G, is based off of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degrees. There are 12 different types of major keys: C, G, D, A, E, B, F#/Gb, C#/Db, Ab, Eb, Bb, F. They all consist of whole steps and half steps. A whole step consists of two consecutive half steps. A half step is the smallest interval between two notes (from A to A# is a half step, from A to Ab is a half step, from C to B is a half step, from G to G# is a half step, etc). All major keys rely on the same order of whole and half steps: W W H W W W H (from C to D is a whole step, from D to E is a whole step, from E to F is a half step, from F to G is a whole step, from G to A is a whole step, from A to B is a whole step, and from B to C is a half step). A G major scale goes like this: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G (G to A is a whole step, A to B is a whole step, B to C is a half step, C to D is a whole step, D to E is a whole step, E to F# is a whole step, F# to G is a half step). A D major Scale goes like this: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D. Minor scales are a little different. In a minor scale, the order of the whole and half steps changes to: WHWWHWW. A C minor scale would be like this: C, D, Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C (C to D is a whole step, D to Eb is a half step, Eb to F is a whole step, F to G is a whole step, G to Ab, is a half step, Ab to Bb is a whole step, and Bb to C is a whole step). A G minor scale would be this: G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G. Also, a C minor triad, since it is still based off of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degrees, would be C, Eb, and G (the difference between a minor chord and a major chord is the minor third interval, in this case, it is Eb). The difference in sound between a major key and a minor key is that a minor key sounds sounds somber and a major key sounds happy. All because of the way the notes are formed. Also, by the way, there is no H note, the notes are based off the first seven letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.
Go to musictheory.net, or emusictheory.com, those websites would really work well if you wanted to learn music theory.
How do I play these chords on piano?
Q. Hi, I'm a beginner at playing the piano, and I've just written a song with the chord structure D2, C2, A1, A#1.
However, I dont know how to play these chords fully, they are just individual notes being played one at a time.
I want to know which 3 notes do I have to play simulatenously to make each chord. i.e. hold x note, ynote and z note to play D chord..and so on for the others.
and also if I just want to use 2 notes for each chord instead of 3, which notes would they be, for the same chord structure.
Many many many thanks.
Dan
A. I think your piece is in D minor.
The A# is actually a Bb.
(Same note either way)
If you want to play only two notes, I would skip the middle note, but either two notes is actually fine.
Dm - D, F,A
C - C, E, G
Am - A, C, E
Bb - Bb, D, F
I could be wrong, so experiment with it if needed.
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