Q. 1.OK How do you know how to make the melody in a song chords like if you are playing note E then do you play the whole E major chord to make it a chord?
2.And how do you know what chord to play when you are playing a melody or intervals or watever?
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A. You can play anything you want. Typically when you write a melody it follows either a major or minor scale. So use chords that fit the intervals. If you want to work backwards and work with chords first then you think of chords as degrees of scale.
For example in the C major scale C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C, the first chord, C is major, D is minor, E is minor, F major, G major, A is minor, B is really the seventh of a G chord and back to C major. This works for all keys.
Your melody can follow the scale or it can be part of a chord. For example, in the key of C, if you play an E note you can play either a C chord, A minor, E minor, they all contain the E note.
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Piano theory help? Dominant 7th chords?
Q. What would an f# minor 7 chord contain and how is a minor 7chord made on piano? Also what kind of dominant is this: it contains the notes C, E natural, G, and Bb.
Thanks so much!
A. F#min7 is F#-A-C#-E.
A minor seventh chord (a nondominant seventh chord) is always made up of a *minor* chord + a minor seventh (an easy way to find the minor seventh is to go down a whole step from the tonic).
C-E-G-Bb = C7 which is the dominant seventh chord (always made up of a *major* chord + a minor seventh) in F major and F minor. A dominant seventh chord is found on the fifth degree of any major or minor scale. For instance, here: F major scale = F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F, fifth degree is C, then add three thirds upwards, i.e. E + G + Bb (C to Bb is a minor seventh).
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Raymond
Memorizing piano chords?
Q. My piano teacher is making me memorize all major and minor chords on the piano by sound. So next week, wednesday to be exact, he will test me to see if I know all 24 chords by sound. Any ideas as to how I can do this?
A. Try this... Start with a minor chord. Play the block form of the chord (all three pitches at the same time) and speak the quality of chord out loud. Then play the same minor chord in the broken form. Do this slowly and sing each pitch you play from root to third to fifth. You can use "la" or sing the names of the pitches (C - E flat - G), etc. Repeat this process with each major chord. Either way, speaking and singing while you play will help your brain reinforce what your ear is hearing and your fingers are feeling. It might seem a bit strange at first, but the more senses you involve (sight, hearing, touch, singing, etc) the better your chances of memorizing these chords. Hope this helps!
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