Wednesday, April 8, 2009
In a nutshell chords are threesome or more notes played at the aforementioned time. Specific patterns create chords.
In visit to see these patterns that attain chords we module advise with acquisition most Major Scales.
Where W= Whole Step and H=Half Step, the ornament to making a Major Scale on the pianissimo is....
W-W-H-W-W-W-H
In the key of C (in housing you don't undergo where C is on the pianissimo it is the albescent key settled directly to the mitt of the 2 black key grouping) that ornament results in
C-D-E-F-G-A-B and again to C
Okay so today you undergo how to attain scales. (of instruction you should verify this ornament and essay it with another keys on the piano).
Let's advise on to chords.
What we call a Major Chord is also is shapely from a ornament that ornament is...
R-2W-3H
Where R=Root or where you are play from, 2W=2 Whole Steps and 3H = 3 Half Steps.
There are another structure to amount our how to attain Major Chords but for the intoxicant of naivety this is what we are feat to use. Now you crapper go to the pianissimo and play on some key ingest the above instruction and encounter every Major Chords from C to Eb and beyond.
The pleasant abstract most chords and their patterns is that your safekeeping advise to memorize, kinda apace I strength add, the function it takes to modify these chords and it becomes as uncolored as speaking...sort of.
Here are some to intend you started:
C Major = C-E-G
Eb Major = Eb-G-Bb
D Major = D-F#-A
I've picked these 3 because their portion assistance orientating are the threesome most ordinary and the rest (that you module be figuring discover on your possess or using the chord interpret at http://www.strugglingchurchmusician.us) module become such easier.
Happy Playing!
K Quinn has been activity the pianissimo for 10+ years. She picked up the bass 5 eld past and both for her church. Visit her website at http://www.strugglingchurchmusician.us for more faith performer tools and tips.