Q. There as letters like Am, G, A7 etc. on top of staff in each measure. I know these are called chords but have no Idea how to play them There are also notes on staff which to play notes or chord. Please help I am just a beginner.
A. You're correct, they are chords. When you see them on the top of the staff, that usually a situation where the staff contains the melody and the chords are for the accompanying instrument (guitar, mandolin, banjo, etc). Since a chord is a mix of two or more notes, they're not intended for single-note instruments (trumpet, clarinet, etc).
If you're using a piano, you can finger the chords as long as you know the "recipe" -- the individual notes that make up the chord. Once you know the rules, you can figure out the recipe on your own -- for instance, a "Major" chord consists of three notes ... the "root" (a "C" Major chord has "C" as the root), a second note four half-steps above the root (for a "C" Major chord, the second note would be an "E"), and a third note seven half-steps above the root (for a "C" Major chord, the third note would be a "G"). How you arrange the notes (C-E-G ... or G-C-E, for instance) is the "voicing" of the chord. Sometimes altering voicing yields a different "feeling" for the chord.
There are loads of information sources on chords and chord theory. The site in the "source" below is a nice page of sample piano chords. The second site can help you find sites on chord theory.
How can you play guitar chords/tabs on piano?
Q. I'm trying to figure out how to play "Colder Weather" by zac brown band, on piano. However, I can only find guitar tabs/chords and if i try to play them on the piano it does not sound right at all! Does anyone know how to play piano songs from guitar music?
A. A C major chord is a C major chord. There's no reason a piano player can't look at this:
http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/l/lovin_spoonful/daydream_crd.htm
And know what to do.
If you know your chords, then you can look at that and bang them out. C, A7, Dm7... not a big deal. If you don't know how to do that, that's something to learn.
Here's a couple of videos I made about chord construction. They're meant for guitarists, but the information is applicable to any instrument.
http://www.tinyurl.com/lucasmanchords1
http://www.tinyurl.com/lucasmanchords2
http://a.1asphost.com/LukeSniper/ccc.html
What are the chords to pillows by Automatic Loveletter?
Q. I have searched ultimute guitar.com, and 911Tabs, and Youtube, and everywhere I could think of online, and can't seem to find the chords to the song "Pillows" by Automatic Loveletter.
If any of you might have a clue what the chords might be, or if you know of a site that could help, the please do tell me! It would be a big help! Thanks.
A. That's a great song!!! I had never heard it before... thanks for introducing it to me :)
Here are the chords. When there is a slash and then an additional note name after a chord, the second letter tells you what the bottom note of the chord is supposed to be. Notes in parentheses are just notes by themselves... just plucked notes. Sorry for the bad guitar terminology -- I'm a music theory/piano person primarily.
Intro:
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
Verse 1:
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
Em -- Bm -- C -- G
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A F# E)
Verse 2:
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
Em -- Bm -- C -- G
A -- A/G -- A/F# -- A/E
Chorus:
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
Bm -- A -- G -- A
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A F# E)
Verse 3:
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A B C#)
Em -- Bm -- C -- G
A -- A/G -- A/F# -- A/E
Chorus 2:
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
Bm -- A -- G -- A
Bm -- A -- G -- A
Bridge:
Bâ -- C
F -- A7(addâ9) -- Bâ -- C
D -- D/C# -- G/B (A)
Chorus 3:
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
D -- D/F# -- G -- A
Bm -- A -- G -- A -- D
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