Q. I am looking for some House songs with piano (and i'm talking about a normal piano, not synth or samplers) mixed into it. You know what I mean... Like when you hear the music and then suddenly you heard different chords being pounded into the piano, makes the song awesome! Anyways I only know a couple so I could get some more that would be great!
Here is a great example of what I'm talking about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjgO-G4ddr8
The Piano comes in at around 1:40.
Thanks!
A. Glad to see someone else is into this stuff. What you are looking for sir is soulful house. (and some deep house). I used to call soulful house "Abercrombie Music" as a joke back in the day. Because they play this type of music all the time in shopping stores. :-P
Start off with all of DJ Tonka's early stuff. You'll love his stuff.
Here's just a few others:
Dominica - I Gotta Let You Go: (Dj Tonka Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju7Jdw7X5sc
Robin S. - Show Me Love (Dj Tonka Remix): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4OAjbCd6C0
Masters At Work - I Can't Get No Sleep (MK Remix): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hClZEdShB9M
Mr Fingers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNvf0zlwe7k&feature=related
what were popular piano chords in 1940's music that really gave songs that swinging feeling?
Q. What were popular musical chords (that can be played on piano or guitar) in 1940's music that really gave it that swinging feeling?
what scales did they use?
examples Sing, Sing, Sing,- Benny Goodman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_gW0VHBbSA
Love to Burn- Alex Johnson (not from the 1940's but still has that swinging jazzy feel to it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2ntI-6rreo
A. The second song you posted is jazz, but it's not swinging jazz (it's actually modern jazz).
When it comes to swing music, it's not what chords you play, it's how you play them. Specifically, there is a specific rhythm to swing music that different from other forms of jazz.
The key to swing music is for the rhythm guitar (or bass) to play a strong staccato strum on every beat. It's like a "chug, chug, chug" that's persistent through out the song. Swing was THE dance music of its era, and just like today's "house" music, you have to keep a consistent hammering beat that pushes the tempo.
What the drums do to contrast this is to play "in the pocket". What this means is playing a syncopated "5, 6, 7, a8" beat, where the "a" is a 16th note before "8". [So instead of "7 and 8" (all evenly spaced) it's "7 a 8" where the "a" is closer to "8" than the "and".]
To hear what I'm talking about listen to this hard swingin' version of "Diga Diga Doo":
http://www.amazon.com/Diga-Doo/dp/B000QL4EKA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1265835404&sr=1-2
That's swings hard, and you can here that "chug, chug, chug" from the guitar, as well as the in the pocket playing of the drums.
Piano on the other hand is a completely different element. You can play the staccato rhythm on piano, but there's so much more the piano can do, that the piano is normally used as a lead instrument. The person who epitomizes this sound is Count Basie. Listen to his style of playing on the song "Satin Doll" a slow swingin' tune:
http://www.amazon.com/Satin-Doll/dp/B001ZS69D8/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1272399688&sr=1-20
He uses the piano to hit accents in the rhythm, but doesn't try and take away from it. He's very reserved in his selections of when to play, and I think that's what made him the great piano player of the big band/swing era.
Anyway, I hope that helps!
Can someone please tell me what piano chord this is?
Q. I found an old beginners piano book and thought i'd play around with it since we already have an old piano in my house. I dont have any major background knowledge but the chord here is in the book. It says it's the D7 chord for the right hand. But when i check other sites online it shows something different. I'm utterly confused as I couldnt find this chord in any basic places i looked..
Please help a newb >.<
http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9207/hgfhfghgf.jpg
Thank you!
So would it make a difference whether or not a play the inverted version or the um.. original one? I guess they did it so it'd be less confusing, but it completely messed me up lol
A. D7 chord its in fisrt inversion, it is supposed to be a 4 note chord "D F# A C", but if you substract the fifht of this chord it doesnt affect its quality
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