Q. My friend and I are working on a cover of this song, but she is trying to translate the "lead" guitar parts to harp. Tabs won't work...she needs chords. She can try to work it with guitar chords, but piano translates best to harp. Thanks a bunch.
A. No, but I can tell you that the entire Good Apollo album is in d# tuning, a half-step lower than standard guitar tuning, so the chords (especially on a harp) would be needlessly complicated. What you should do is: get an mp3 or wav of The Suffering, and either raise or lower the pitch by a half step using a free program called Goldwave. Then you can play along with the new file, and the chords should be easier to play. Most guitar tablature also includes what the chords are...
Does anyone know where to find Bonita Applebum by A Tribe Called Quest piano chords or guitar tabs?
Q. I have been looking for chords for this song and I am having 0 luck whatsoever.
A. Try software that is able to extract chords from a song (mp3). Search for "harmony transcription software"
On windows try http://chords.fm
What are the keys of Bm (PIANO)?
Q. I was trying to figure out the key of the song "The Special Two" by Missy Higgins.
The program I use, FL Studio has a 'scale' function, that shows you Major, Harmonic Minor & Melodic Minor scales for whatever note you click on.
I thought the song was in B minor key, and e-chord.com lists the song as being in Key: Bm (which I assume means B minor?).
The problem is that A seemed to fit with the song, although according to FL Studio's scale, B Harmonic Minor is B, C#, D, E, F#, G, A# and B Melodic Minor is the same but with a G# instead of a G.
E-chords lists the chorus as going Bm, A, D, G.
If the song is in B Minor, how can it have an A note in it if the B minor scales don't include A?
Sorry for my ignorance and thankyou in advance for any help anyone is able to give me.
A. First off, yeah. Bm, Bmin, etc... mean B minor. Bmaj or just B mean B major!
E-chords is telling you what the chords of the chorus are, not what the actual melodies are. The chords are basically the notes that you play together in the background that harmonise (sound good) with your melody. One melody can sound good with various different chords, and each set-up of chords will produce a melodic experience that's different from the next.
Usually a chord lasts for a bar of the melody before it changes so if E-chords tells you Bm - A - D - G, then if you play a B minor chord (B D F#) on a piano with the melody of The Special Two for a whole bar, then for the next bar you play A major for a bar, etc... then it'll harmonise with the song properly. That's the simplest explanation of chords that I can give you.
Now, regarding your actual question, first off - when you're in a key, like B minor, you've got the harmonic and melodic minor. When you play the harmonic minor scale on the piano, you play B, C#, D, E, F#, G, A#, B going up, then going back down you play those same notes again, simple as that.
The melodic minor scale, however, is a little different. When you go up, as FL Studio is telling you, you play exactly the same as the harmonic minor except with a G# instead. However, when going back DOWN the scale, the A# becomes an A and the G# goes back to a G. This is the nature of the melodic minor scale. Here's an MP3 to hear - the first scale is the harmonic scale going up and down which has the same notes going up and going down, and the second scale is the melodic scale going up and down - as you can hear when it goes down it plays some slightly different notes.
http://www.mediafire.com/?1zqaau5ao57zs9g
Now, this means that the melodic minor does in fact have an A in it. When it goes up it plays exactly like the harmonic scale except with a G#, but when it goes down the G# goes back to G and the A# becomes A. So all of a sudden A is part of B minor anyway so you won't be venturing out of B minor by having an A. This is pretty tough to explain if you've never studied this before with a teacher or by reading a book or something, but I hope you catch my drift.
One last thing. You seem to treat it as if playing an odd note that isn't in the key you're in is entirely against the rules and doesn't make sense. This actually isn't the case! You could venture out of your key a little by throwing in some notes that aren't even in your key's scale. In this particular case, A is indeed in the scale of Bm because as I said, the melodic minor scale going down has an A in it, but when composing music people should never be afraid to try adding notes that aren't in the scale if it sounds good. Some pieces even switch keys entirely throughout the piece. That's the wonder of music; the fact that it's so unlimited.
Anyway, hope I helped. Sorry if this came out a bit long-winded haha.
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Title : Can anyone tell me the chords to "The Suffering" by Coheed and Cambria, preferably for piano?
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