Q. It mainly uses the notes E D C and F. I just don't know which chords I should use in the left hand though. Is there a way to decide this? Thanks!
A. You should use the chords for that song. There is no way to know other than knowing the music for that song. Listen to the song while you play chords until you find the ones that are the same as what you hear on a CD or whatever you listen to it on. An E note could be a part of C major, E minor, E major, A minor, A major, or G6.
chord progressions for enhancing improv skills?
Q. I'm a guitarist and I'm trying to work on my improv skills. I'm looking for some chord progressions to practice over that are a little more complicated than the standard ii V I stuff. Any suggestions?
A. here is a little progression I wrote a little while back. (feel free to change key if it is a bad one for guitar)
| are barlines
the FM7 is not dom 7th, it is major 7th (or delta 7 if you learned it that way), the one with E natural
Am7 | G7 G6 | FM7 F6 | Em7 E7|
Work with some standard 12 bar blues progressions also, there are no limits to what you can do with blues progressions.
I will write it out in case you don't know how they are
Key of E
E7 |A7 |E7 |E7 |
A7 |A7 |E7 |E7 |
B7 |A7 |E7 |B7 :|
nice progression piano jazz man!
Are there any sites that i can go to that teaches me how to play the paino better.?
Q. I need to know about cords or however you spell it.
# and sharps.
i need to learn new songs.....
A. Chords are three or more tones stacked or played together. They sound better in the middle or top of the keyboard, because the sound waves don't crash ionto each other. Most beginning pianists play the chords in the left hand, and most play them too low. That's why a lot of beginning music frankly, sounds bad. Avoid music with chords in the bass, unless the chords are towards the middle of the keyboard. Some simple examples of chords
C - E - G C major chord
C Eb (E flat) - G C minor chord
G - B - D - G major chord
G - Bb - D G minor chord
G - B - D - E G major chord with an added sixth or G6
Flats and sharps are mostly the Black Keys on the piano. Like everything else in music, this is not always true, but in the beginning, that's a good rule of thumb.
Exceptions:
B# (B Sharp) is the enharmonic <sounds the same as> name for C natural (a white key)
E# (E Sharp) is the enharmonic name for F natural (a white key)
Cb (C flat) is the enharmonic name for B natural
Fb (F flat) is the enharmonic name for E natural
You'll notice that these exceptions all have to do with the fact that there is no black key between E and F, and B and C. There are more exceptions, but you'll learn about them as you go along.
I stuck a bunch of links below. They all lead you to piano lesson sites and free sheet music sites. The Gilbert DiBenedetti site is one of my favorites (could you tell) and I have to admit that I haven't gone through all of the sites completely. Some of them may ask you to pay for things. Use your own judgment. I did go to all of the sites and make sure that they were active, at least as of the time I wrote this. If you need something else, give me a holler. If you do it during the school year, It might take me a couple of days to get back to you, but I will.
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Title : How to choose piano chords for a song learned by ear?
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