Q. okay, so my guitar chord book lists all the chords in various sections under different sections based on "keys" i was just wondering what it is as it says in the key of c, key of am etc. and another quick thing the book wont show all possible guitar chords will it? because you can virtually invent your own i think? thank you =D
A. You can't really invent your own chords. You can "invent" chords that you don't know and call it something, but what you're playing will most likely have a name.
You need to focus on chord construction. This isn't really an easy question you're asking. Chords are based off of scales. The basic chords are called triad chords, meaning they only contain 3 notes... and don't get confused when you play all 6 strings for a C major chord, you're still only playing 3 notes, it's just that some notes get doubled up.
The C major chord is made up of these 3 notes, C E G. Anywhere on your piano or guitar where these three notes are present, and you play them together, you'll be playing a C major chord.... so this is how you can "invent" your own chords... well, like I said, you're not inventing a chord, you're possibly inventing a new way to play that chord, or chord fingering/position... which actually, has most likely been played before.
To find the notes in a chord, you need to first know the notes in the scale. So, we will look at the C major scale and I'll show you how we get C E G.
The C major scale is comprised of the following notes:
C D E F G A B and then it just continually repeats. The major scale has a formula, which is W W H W W W H. Not sure if you're familiar with that or not, but W equals a whole-step (or 2 frets in distance from the previous note you played), and H equals a half-step, or 1 fret in distance. So, if you play a C note, (8th fret on the E string), then move down to the 10th fret, this will be considered a W, or whole-step. The 10th fret is D. Then you move to the 12th fret, whcih is E... etc.
This formula works for every key, so if you were to shift the whole fomula up or down, and still keep the W W H W W W H pattern, then you'll always be playing the Major scale... just in a different key.
So, like I said, the C major scale is C D E F G A B.
Well, chords follow a pattern/formula as well. The basic chords will follow what is referred as 1-3-5 (or R-3-5)... 1 is the root note, so we call it R. The root note is C, in the C major scale. It's the first note. The 3 is the 3rd note in the scale, and 5 would be the 5th note in the scale. So, if you look at that scale, you'll see that the first note is C, 3rd is E, and the 5th is G. This is how you find the notes used in the chord.
What is important, is to find the most common positions for these types of chords, so you can refer back to them if you forget where you're at. You can try looking into a method called the CAGED System. Look it up on yahoo or google.
The next thing you'll need to know is what chords can go into certain keys. And here, you cannot "create" your own chords to go into certain keys. There are tons of chords that you can use, but since scales, chords and chord progressions follow a formula, then there will be a defined number of chords that belong to a certain Key.
There is also a formula for chord progressions. The Major scale chord progression is:
Maj, min, min, Maj, Maj, min, Diminished. Every one of these gets numbered 1-7. So, your first chord in any major key is going to be a major chord. The 2nd chord is a minor chord.... etc.
So, if we look back at the C major scale C D E F G A B, you can match each note up with that formula and you can see which chords are in the C major scale family. (also, this only pertains to your basic chords. It gets more complex with 7ths, 9ths, 11ths and 13ths. But for now, stick with this. Also, these are general rules or guidelines to go by,.... nobody can tell you what sounds good to you, so if you find that another chord sounds good that is not associated with the C major scale, then you can use it. For instance, the 5 chord (also written as the V chord... V meaning 5), can be substituted for a Dominant chord, which will be written as G7
Anyway, the basic triad chords you can use in the C major scale would then be:
C maj
D min
E min
F maj
G maj
A min
B Dim
* If you were to lookup all the notes in these chords, you'll find that every single note is in the C major scale.
I Dont Get Guitar Chords, can someone explaine?
Q. Ive always wanted to play guitar and finally am teaching myself (with help from the internet of course). Iv had experience in piano so im good on notes, but chords are baffling me.
I looked up guitar chords on various websites. I get that they are notes struck all at once or in a row, but i don't get why they put the little chord box's/guidelines over the lines of a piece if they only have one note at a time on those stanzas.
Also Im confused as to why they are called- for example- C chord when the notes they place the dots on are not all a C.
Im trying to compare the guitar to the piano, but still have unanswered questions.
A. Watch my chord construction videos and things should make more sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEdcmkec5NE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKobaiYiQ88
Here's a link to the chord construction chart I mention in the videos. My website is currently down, so the link on the video page doesn't work. This one will.
http://a.1asphost.com/LukeSniper/ccc.html
This is a link to a picture of the guitar fretboard with all the notes labeled
http://www.img-store.com/resim.php?resim=http%3A//img145.imageshack.us/img145/4753/guitarnecknotesqy6.gif&title=hebrustan%3A%20bass%20guitar%20fret
After that, you can use this website to find various ways to play different chords. This website can't possibly show you EVERY possible way to play a chord, but it's a good resource.
http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/
Hope all that helps.
Is it necessary to know chords for piano?
Q. I've been playing piano for a while now more then 4 years but I never came across chords andi feel like I'm not improving so I wonder in order to move on to a higher lever should I learn chords or practice reading sheet music faster.by the way I'm more interested in complex music then simple songs since I do not sing nor do I play with other instruments offtenly
A. Yeah you should probably learn chords. or at least the theory behind chord construction.
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