Q. I've tried play piano today, but I can't seem to find the "Rythmic Patterns" course. It only has the demo, and no link to where I could see or even buy "Rythmic Patterns". It's really the course for me, I want to memorize chords and start playing piano by ear. Is there anything similar to that? Maybe on YouTube?
A. Check out "How to Speed Read Piano Chord Symbols" by Nathan Andersen. You can download preview chapters at http://www.patternpiano.com/
He has some related sites that offer free piano chords resources:
http://www.list-of-chords.com/
http://www.pianochordfinder.org/
There are interactive piano chord charts, printable charts and lots of cool free tools.
Good luck with it.
Mapping between guitar chords and piano notes?
Q. How do we find which guitar chord is the equivalent of the piano note.For example, I saw the guitar chord as Gm. So what is the piano note for this chord. And how do I find out which octave/scale it has been played on as Gm can be on any octave.
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A. You'd play a G minor chord on piano. You really can't say what octave it's meant to be played in directly from a simple guitar chord sheet.
Look around online for some piano chord charts and learn the chords. Listen to the original piece to figure out which octave suits it best and to figure out the strumming (guitar) or playing pattern.
free online piano lessons??
Q. anyone kno any websites or sofware that are really really good and free??
A. First let me say: that's awesome that you want to learn to play piano, I've been playing for about ten years now, (mostly classical but a year in jazz band as well) and its something that is definitely worthwhile to put time into. Okay, now advice:
1. Learn your major scales (yep, all twelve..start with C and work your way around the circle of fifths, proceeding to G, D, A, etc...), because this is an important tenet to playing piano. Also, practicing them will help you develop a good technique. Learn one hand at at time, and when you've got a good hang of it, start doing both hands simultaneously. **This website is incredibly helpful, it is a virtual keyboard that will show you the positions of the keys and the notes in a scale: http://www.apassion4jazz.net/keys.html.
2. If you want to play classical, I would start sightreading simpler pieces, Alfred's Adult Beginner Course book is great for that and after finishing that, you could quite possibly try Fur Elise or maybe Bach's Minuet in G.
3. If you want to play jazz, however, I'd study up on Blues and Dorian scales and also learn the frequently used chords. Then progress to sightreading jazz charts, such as those in fakebooks. Our required book for jazz was "Charlie Parker Omnibook", although the songs in that are quite challenging, so you might want to start with learning blues pattern (12 bar, the most common, is 1111 4411 5411) before you progress to bebop.
4. If this sounds like a lot right now, don't get discouraged...keep at it, and you'll get the hang of it. Also, the most important thing, which I should have mentioned earlier is LISTEN to the type of music you want to play. Virtually any music teacher will give you this advice, whether you aspire to play classical or jazz or any other style. Listen to professional recordings of the songs you are learning, and it will help so much stylistically.
Oh, and good luck!
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