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Can you please translate these piano chords, I dont know how to read them?

Q. These are the chords.
Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 Bbm7 Ab Bbm7 B Ab Verses: Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 Bbm7 (x4) Cbm7 Bbm7 Cbm7 B Bbm7 Chorus: Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 Bbm7 Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 C# C#m Bridge: B Bbm7 Ab (x2) C# C#m Ab Fm F# Ab Bbm Ab F# Please Help!

A. Ok this is in no way going to teach you how to play piano, but a basic understanding of music theory would help a lot. Chords are structured based on scales and keys yadah yadah. the letters (i.e. A B C D) are root notes to the chords. Now for the symbols. b=flat so Ab= A flat major chord. It's major because is has nothing denoting it's not. anything with a little m next to it is minor. That means that rather than playing the chord major, you drop the third note in the chord down a half step. The 7 means you add in the 7th note in the scale to that chord. # is the opposite of flat. It means sharp, so c# is a C sharp chord. Verse chorus and bridge are self-explanitory. Chords are generally 3-5 notes on average played together. So the first chord on there the Ab chord is an A flat major chord. your root note is Ab, and the other two notes you play are C and Eb I believe. If you don't know the notes on a piano, you need to buy a book. If this makes sense, it should be easier to figure out now. Another note. A major chord consists generally of three or four notes. Your root note, the next note is 4 half steps above that, and the next note is 3 half steps above that.

A minor chord has the root note, the next note is three half steps above that, and the last note is 5 half steps above that. I'm certainly not saying "this is how you play piano". I play, and it's not something you can just pick up and learn, but this should give you somewhat of a better understanding of how to read these charts. If you go out and spend like ten bucks at a local music store, you can get a music theory book that will explain all of this in great detail. btw what song is this?
Hope this helps and good luck.

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Help with these piano chords?
Q. I'm trying to play "Lithium" by Evanescence out of this song book I just got. For now, I decided to learn the piano chords it lists and then go back and learn all the intricate piano. But there are some chords I don't know. I know them on guitar, but I can't find anything about them on the piano. They are: A flat 2, E flat 2, and G flat 2. Maybe there's another name for them I don't know? Any help with this would be really appreciated! Thank you! :)

A. A chord with the 2 is a condensed version of a 9 chord, but without a 7th. Ab2 would be Ab Bb C Eb, while Ab9 suggests the Bb on top (though it could really go anywhere in the chord except the bottom).

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Practice to play piano chords?
Q. I teach myself keyboard and have the most trouble when I need to play chords more than 3 notes at a time. Like I'm learning Chopin's prelude in c minor - this is so hard when it's chords like that. Can anyone please recommend exercises I can do to help? Thank you.

A. There are several technical difficulties happening all at once in the c-minor prelude. Try eliminating the inner notes of the octave chords first until you are comfortable with the octaves and big stretches. For example, for the first RH chord G-C-Eb-G, just play the G as an octave and play the LH as is. Gradually add the inner notes. I suspect you also need some finger stretching exercises. I recommend Hanon #20, 49, 58. Try them in both c and c minor.

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Description : Q. These are the chords. Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 Bbm7 Ab Bbm7 B Ab Verses: Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 Bbm7 (x4) Cbm7 Bbm7 Cbm7 B Bbm7 Chorus: Ab Bbm7 Cbm7 Bbm7 Ab B...

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