Q. So I'm composing a song and I need to know what chords go with the notes. Last year my teacher told us something about 1,3,5 and 2,4,6 and how from C to C there are numbers. Like C would be 1. If someone could tell me that method it would be awesome.
A. The method you're talking about is numbering the notes within a scale; also known as "scale degrees". Each note in a scale has a certain spot, or position within the scale. You can think of it kind of like rungs on a ladder. How high up are you on the ladder? Each rung has a specific position on the ladder (e.g. the 2nd rung is always a certain number of feet off the ground, etc.).
How well this works depends on how well one knows their scales. In C major, C would be scale degree 1, D is 2, E is 3, F is 4, G is 5, A is 6, B is 7, and finally back to C again.
In D major, D would be 1, E is 2, F# is 3, G is 4, A is 5, B is 6, C# is 7, and back to D again.
This works just as well with any conventional scale. For example, in C natural minor, C is 1, D is 2, Eb is 3, F is 4, G is 5, Ab is 6, Bb is 7, and back to C.
Now as far as finding the right chords, so in C major scale, a C chord contains the scale degrees 1, 3, and 5. D minor chord is the notes 2, 4, and 6. E min is 3, 5, and 7. And so on. So the easiest, most basic way to harmonize a melody would be to choose a chord that has that note as one of its chord tones. If you have the note A in a C major scale, that's 6, or the 6th scale degree. That fits a D minor chord (2,4,6), an F major chord (4, 6, 1), and an A minor chord (6, 1, 3).
There are many, many more choices as your ear for harmony continues to improve. But for starters, that's a fine way of choosing chords. (Also, the best way to choose chords is by ear; this whole discussion about scale degrees means a whole lot more once you can hear them, meaning when a person develops the ability to identify scale degrees just by listening. In other words, t's not some magic formula, it's just a way to describe how music sounds.)
Hope that helps!
chords vs. notes = what on the piano?
Q. okay so you play more than 1 note with one strum on the guitar i know that, that is called a chord but on the piano when u play more than 1 note at a time what would that be referred to as?
A. usually anything with more than one note on the piano is a chord. However, there are specific kinds of chords,
2 notes is an interval
3 notes is a triad
and 4 or more you can refer to as a chord as well
Can you play a piano chord as a single note?
Q. I'm trying to play the melody to a certain song on some sheet music on my string bass, and there are some chords that can't be played. Is it possible to play a chord as one note?
A. If you are saying you still want to play the melody and you are wondering if you can play one note instead of the chord then yes, you should be able to. It is usually the root of the chord, which is usually written as the lowest note on the music. If it doesn't sound right then try the other notes of the chord but it should work if all you are doing it trying to play the melody line.
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