Q.
A. It depends if you're talking about the minor chord and the major chord. By chord, I assume you mean that the notes are the first in the octave. You would play f, a, c, f for major f, f a flat, c, f for minor f, f sharp (or g flat), b flat, d flat, g flat for major f sharp, and g flat, a, d flat, g flat for minor f sharp. All of these are in ascending order on the piano.
How do I read piano chords in this format: Em7, Dm7, F#m7?
Q. Please explain how a se of notes, such as c,d,e# would be written in this format. I do not understand music theory at all so please, keep it simple.
Thanks
A. Well you'll need to learn a little music theory to understand chords. It's not too complicated, it just takes a little bit of practice and playing around with chords and scales.
For any chord, imagine a basic major scale starting with the note that the chord is called. For example, a C scale (the easiest to play on piano) goes C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C with no sharps or flats. The most basic type of chord is called a major triad. If you just see a chord like "C" or "E," it's a major triad. For this you just play the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of the scale. So a C chord would be C-E-G.
Then there's a minor scale. It starts like a major scale, but the 3rd, 6th, and 7th notes of the scale are flat. So a C minor scale would be C-D-Eâ-F-G-Aâ-Bâ-C, and a C minor triad (written Cm) would be C-Eâ-G.
The rest of the chords are variations on the major and minor triads. A 7th chord means you play the triad (1st, 3rd, and 5th), plus the 7th note in the scale. A C7 chord would be C-E-G-B, and a Cm7 would be C-Eâ-G-Bâ.
Here are the chords in your question, see if you can figure out how to find them:
Em7: E-G-B-D
Dm7: D-F-A-C
F#m7: F#-A-C#-D
They're tricky at first, but once you play around with them enough to get the hang of how they work, they're actually pretty simple. There are also other chord types, like 6th and 9th chords (you should be able to figure out how to play those just by the name), or augmented and diminished chords, which are a bit trickier.
Modulating from E minor to F major (piano)?
Q. Ok so in music we're doing this little performance of a Beatles medley and I'm playing the piano for it but I'm a tad stuck as we go from Eleanor Rigby to Let it Be. And I need to go from an E minor chord to F major to like kind of the bridge of Let it Be. If bridge isn't the right terminology here I'm sorry..(just the bit before the chorus) I'm not a pro on music theory I haven't done any theory exams so if you could avoid using a load of techincal terms please do. I'm not really sure if I'm explaining all this right. So yeah..basically I need someway for me to get from an Eminor chord to an F major chord. It can be fancy it can be simple anything I'm just in a complete and utter conundrum..sorry for twittering on for so long!!
A. I *think* I know what you're getting at.
Eleanor Rigby's key signature is 1 sharp, or key of G major/ E minor and Let it Be is has a natural key signature, ie key of C major/ A minor.
So you need to be able to go between the two, right?
Well, the first thing that comes to mind is to find a chord that fits in both key signatures, and use that as your pivot chord. We could try a V-V approach, ie F's V, ie C major. C major has no F in it, so it can "fit" in both key signatures.
So, Em - C - F would work satisfactorily, I think.
B G C
G E A
E C F
Yeah, that C functions as Em's relative major, while it flows into the F with that leading tone (E->F).
So that's one option for you. You could even extend that out a bit, too, and compose a short interlude... or quote some of Let it Be's verse before you go into it... ie Let it Be has that part of the verse that has the line "Let It Be"... the chord progression is
C - G - F - C - G - C
(Speaking words of wisdom, let it be..)
So since that both begins and ends with a C major, you could quote that whole portion of the verse before leading into the bridge or chorus or whatever. Come to think of it, that is basically the chorus, so maybe quoting the verse instead would be better, ie
C - G - Am - F
That lets you directly quote the song and I think that would flow very well.... you can pause after the F, maybe do some kind of an F vamp or even just hold that F... or bump back to C even ... then you can lead into whatever section you want (the solo that starts in F?).
So there's three ideas for you - one very simple, and two a little bit more involved.
You could even get a little jazzy about it....
(either Em or E7 to start) - A7 - D7 - G7 - C7 - F
This is pretty simple - it cycles through the circle of fifths, its actually pretty straightforward II7 - V7 - I7 modulation, taken out until it gets to the key you want.
Or how about
B A A
G F# F
E D C
Em - Dmaj7 - F/C
Has a nice little chromatic progression.... E's third (G) dropping to Dmaj's 3rd (F#) dropping to F's root (F).
Hopefully one of these will work for you!
Saul
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