Q. I've just started playing the piano!
At the moment, I'm finding it really difficult to play spread out chords evenly. Sometimes I miss notes. Does anyone know any piano exercises to help?
To give you an idea, the particular section I struggle with starts on C, then falls to A, then you play a chord with a low A, Middle C and E together, all on the right hand. (fingers: 5, 4, 123)
Thanks for your help guys <3
A. You could use the sustaining pedal to hold the A note while you jump to the chord. The only thing I know of that helps is to practice playing hard-to-make chords until you get to where you can spread your thumb and little finger enough.
How to play piano chords. HELP PLEASE!?
Q. So, I've been teaching myself to play the piano. (a thoroughly complicated task, but beside the point) And, well I've come across chords. I know that chords are pretty much a bunch of notes played together. But the question is what notes? The song I'm working on has the chords C, E, F, G, Dm7 (whatever that means) Am, (A minor, or something, I think) and a C/E (totally lost there). Help. Please!
A. Pianos are cool.
The chords C, E, F and G all follow the same pattern - start on the letter of the chord (e.g. C) then add the notes that are 4 keys up (including black keys) and then another 3 keys up from that. So for C chord, four keys up is E, and another 3 keys up is G. C, E and G make up the C chord. That's for a major chord.
The minor chord has the same first and last note - but the middle note is one less. So start with the chord note, then got up 3 keys for the middle note, then go up 4 keys fort he last note. For Am you would start on A, go up 3 keys to C, then go up 4 keys to E. (ACE). A major would be similar - but the middle key would be one higher - C#. (A C# E).
You can try this with any starting note.
There are lots of variations for chords. Dm7 for example, is just D minor (D, F, A) with the addition of a fourth note. Without getting into details, just at 3 more keys from the last note (A+3 = C). So Dm7 is D, F, A, C.
C/E is a different thing again. The notes are actually identical to the C chord - however instead of the C being the main sound of the chord, the E is made to sound more dominant. Just play a C chord (CEG) with the right hand, and add a single E note in the bass scale.
How are guitar chords formed?
Q. like I can play anything and my cousin would know what chord it is. he is real good with his music theory. like I do some random fingering and he says its an F#Dim7th etc.. just an ex. like what makes a C D and A a chord? what notes do the have that make them that chord?
and what chord would be F# F Ab C? tell me? cause everything is a chord
A. A good music theory book would be most helpful, but I'll try to give you a quick explanation.
Chords (for guitar, piano, or any other instrument) are based on scales. So take a scale, let's say C major: C D E F G A B C (d e f g...) if we take the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the scale - C E G - we get a "C major" chord. Its called "C major" (or just called a "C" chord) because the "root note" - the note we started on to build the chord - is C. And its "major" because....well, it would take way too long to explain here (that's why you need a good music theory book - or your cousin - to explain it) but let's just say that any time you build a chord based on the first note of a major scale, you get a major chord. Trust me on that. Then if you build a chord based on the 2nd note of the C major scale -D- you take the 2nd, 4th and 6th notes of the scale - D F A - and you get a D minor chord. The chord built on the 3rd note of the C scale - E - would be E G B (3rd, 5th and 7th notes of the scale) is E minor, and so on.
So for the key of C:
The I chord is C (major) C E G
The ii chord is D minor D F A
The iii chord is E minor E G B
The IV chord is F (major) F A C
The V chord is G (major) G B D
The vi chord is A minor A C E
The vii chord is B diminished B D F
And no matter how you rearrange or mix up notes in a chord, its still the same chord. So when you play an F barre chord on guitar, you're playing F C F A C F - even with all the additional Fs and Cs its still an F chord.
And the other thing to know is that the pattern of major chords, minor chords, and diminished chords remains the same no matter what major scale you're in. The I, IV, and V chords will always be major, the ii, iii, and vi chords will always be minor, and the vii chord will always be diminished. So for the key of G major, for example, the scale is:
G A B C D E F# G (a b c d e.....)
Then:
The I chord is G (major) G B D
The ii chord is A minor A C E
The iii chord is B minor B D F#
The IV chord is C (major) C E G
The V chord is D (major) D F# A
The vi chord is E minor E G B
The vii chord is F# diminished F# A C
Then you get into adding additional notes like 7ths and 9ths and suspended 4ths and so on, on top of these basic 3-note chords ("triads") and things get more complex -- but I'll let your cousin or a good book on music theory explain all that.
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