Q. I'm a beginner and teaching myself how to play Keyboard/Piano. I've borrowed so many books on the subject but can't figure out piano chords! My understanding is you play 3 notes at once - but its still confusing when looking at people play them on YouTube. Some music have just symbols like E, Dm, etc and lyrics??
Also, I'm trying to play this keyboard version of Hillsong's "This Is Our God" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1jZ1Ux9XOU). The chords listing is:
Intro-verse: E - G#m - C#m - A
Chorus:B - E/G# - A - F#mB/D# - E/G# - A
Instrumental - bridge:E - B - F#m - C#m - A - E (also in video description)
But I can't seem to get around what the left and right hand plays. Plus the video is too fast and unclear to work out the notes :(
Please could someone help me work out what notes to play/how to play them?
Basically, the user gave a list of chord names and I don't know what the left and right hand plays - also on some he doesn't hold 3 down, but alternates between a few!
Thanks
A. To play a piano chord, you need to find out which scale the chord belongs to. For example C chord would belong to the C major scale and Cmin chord would belong to the c minor scale. Lets use C chord as an example. We start off by playing the C note on the keyboard. Then, we miss a white not, but play the next one. We end up having one white note in between the notes we are playing. You should end up playing an E on a C major chord. Then we miss the next note after E, but play the one after that, G. That is a C or C major chord. However, when it comes to other chords we need to take in the key signature of the scale. C minor has an Eb in the key signature, so instead of playing C E G we play C Eb G. I know that probably made no sense so check out this very helpful website. http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/
I think you would benefit from piano lessons. A tutor can help you play the song and work out the chords. Hope I helped with my long-winded explanation!
How to learn chord piano?
Q. I want to start playing the piano, but I don't want to learn to read music. I just want to learn chords etc so I can play popular music tunes on my keyboard. Does anyone know any good books to get me started? Thanks.
A. In this web sites are all the chords. Start learning all the major and minor chords.
http://www.nfo.net/MFILE/
http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/
keyboard??
Q. i used to play the keyboard when i was 9, and now im 15 and cant remember anything that i learned when i used to take lessons. i wasnt like a pro at playing the keyboard but i knew how to play a little bit. is there a book or something that will help me continue to learn how to play?
thanks in advance.
A. You can try these links, but you should at least pick up a chord chart. Good luck.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=free+piano+lessons+for+beginners&fr=ush-ans
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