Q. I didn't know how best to word this question, so forgive me.
I can sing, pretty good actually, and I often sing improv melodies and make up lyrics as I go. If I like what I sang, I write the lyrics down as fast as I can remember, then I edit them (because as poetic as I can be, there's going to be a nutty line like "Dooky pooky sticky buns" for the sake of keeping the flow). So I've done this plenty of times, even have a few really good songs, but they're all a cappella because I can't play the piano or any other instrument. I'm learning, currently how to play the guitar, but it's a slow process. I want to be able to strum simple chords along with my songs, but since most of my songs already have melodies when I sing them, how do I match the guitar to them? How do I find the chord? Do I go through a chord chart and play each one until I hear one that sounds right? Gosh, I wish Music Theory was available to me in school.
A. Well the first thing you have to do is figure out what key your song is in, that way you will know what chords should go with it. To figure out the key figure out which notes are flat/sharp. Once you do that, you will have a lot less chords to go through. But heres a hint, the g chord is used in soooo many songs so theres a good chance you can use it, also c, cadd9 d, a, and e minor. Hope this helps!!
Looking for free downloadable chord charts for piano popular music?
Q. All searches for free chord charts take me to purchase sites. Please advise.
A. try these:
http://www.pianoworld.com/freepianomusic.htm
http://www.pianoworld.com/fun/vpc/piano_chords.htm
Is there an easy method to switch chords from guitar to piano?
Q. So I've been playing the guitar for a few years and, I can play quite a few songs. I play them just by chords mostly but picking here and there. But anyway I was wondering if there is a way to transfer those chords over to piano. The chord name remains the same correct? But what about if I have a capo on the guitar on the 3rd or 5th fret, then how do the chords transfer?
Thank you
A. The EASY ANSWER would be to get a piano chord chart book, look up the guitar chords you want to play on the piano in the index, and play away. But did you ever hear the adage: "Feed a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat forever"? Well, read on....here's the honest to goodness truthful answer to your question:
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Do you know how chords are constructed? Knowing this is the key. It doesn't matter where the capo is on the guitar: if you are playing a Cm7 chord, the notes in that chord are going to be the same no matter WHERE you play the chord on the guitar. It doesn't matter if you play an open chord, a barre chord, an inverted chord, etc. A Cm7 is always going to include the following notes:
C-E-G-Bb no matter where you play it.
Chords are built from scales. Scales are made of intervals.
It would be easy for you to play the chords you play on the guitar on the piano if you understood music theory a bit, especially intervals and scales.
You should also learn what intervals of which scales create what chords (sound confusing? This is a year of theory, minimum.).
Here are the intervals that create basic chords:
Major: 1-3-5
minor: 1-b3-5
dominant 7th: 1-3-5-b7
MAJOR 7th: 1-3-5-7
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All you need to know is what intervals / specific notes make up each chord; where those notes are located on an instrument and the proper way to hold the chord, and you're set. It doesn~t matter what instrument you are playing-- a Cm7 is a Cm7 is a Cm7.
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Thatms music theory. It's all formulas and patterns. It seems impossible to comprehend in the beginning, but once you catch on and grasp where chords come from, a whole new musical world will open up for you.
I taught myself piano because I understood the theory behind chord construction....even before I taught myself to read and write music. You can do it to! :)
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