If you're in an intermediate stage of your piano playing and are comfortable moving between different chords, get ready to apply more creativity to your playing. Here is a great introduction to writing your own song with a few simple chords. By taking a root chord, 4 chord, 6th chord and 5 chord, and playing them together while sprinkling in notes between, you can turn out a very nice sounding love song.
See for yourself and give it a try. Pick out the four chords that I've noted in any key that you desire and just let your creativity flow.
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Finding Chords on the Piano
With this lesson you will find out how to really take your piano playing to the next level. This lesson is focused on the basics of finding chords easily on the piano. In order to be able to do this with ease, it's very important that you memorize the circle of fifths and scales for the key that you are playing in.
Once you have both the circle of fifths and the scales under your belt, the flood gates are wide open for you to grasp music theory and chord theory on the piano!
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Once you have both the circle of fifths and the scales under your belt, the flood gates are wide open for you to grasp music theory and chord theory on the piano!
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How to Change Chords on the Guitar
One of the greatest challenges that a beginner Guitarist faces is learning to change chords. The best way to learn to do this is by starting out with chords that have very similar fingerings. You'll find that when learning to play chords this way, you actually rewire your brain to think of chords as shapes rather than fingerings. You can then begin to play more and more complex chords and easily move between them.
To see what I mean, view the video lesson and practice along with the different chords that are demonstrated. Once you've been able to play two chords in sequence, you can begin to put more together to form different songs!
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To see what I mean, view the video lesson and practice along with the different chords that are demonstrated. Once you've been able to play two chords in sequence, you can begin to put more together to form different songs!
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How to Play Basic Major Chords on the Piano
This is related to the previous "How to Play Minor Chords on the Piano" post. Now you will learn how to play the basic Major chords on the piano. Pay close attention to the demonstration of how the chords are played. When you're ready to try it for yourself, pick out a few of the chords and start memorizing their fingerings.
Soon you'll be able to land on the chords without much thought and you can even begin to add in the Minor chords that you learned from the previous lesson to make up a song!
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Soon you'll be able to land on the chords without much thought and you can even begin to add in the Minor chords that you learned from the previous lesson to make up a song!
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How to Play Basic Minor Chords on the Piano
Here is an introduction to playing Minor chords on the piano. Watch the demonstration of each chord being played and listen closely to how each sounds. Then, try it for yourself! Pick out a few of the chords that sound appealing and begin memorizing them.
Soon you'll be able to land on the chords without much thought and you can begin to add other chords to make up a song.
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Soon you'll be able to land on the chords without much thought and you can begin to add other chords to make up a song.
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How to Write a Song on the Guitar
Unlock your creative energy and begin writing your own songs! Here's how.
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First, download the Major Key sheet for FREE at http://www.nextlevelguitar.com/pdf/chordsineachkey.pdf
Next, choose a row for a key to write your song in. I recommend the first row which is C Major for beginners.
Finally, after learning to play the chords, start picking out certain chords from that row and put them together to see how they sound. Once you find a nice sounding chord pattern, repeat it to form the basis of your song. Usually three or four chords together in a row works nicely (ever hear of three chord bands?)
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How to Play 5-Finger Patterns and Chords on the Piano
With this piano podcast, you can learn to construct any Major chord with 5-finger patterns. This will allow you to play any Major chord that you may come across on sheet music or lead sheets.
For 5-finger chord pattern diagrams of all the Major chords on the piano, please see our books available at String Theory Chords.
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For 5-finger chord pattern diagrams of all the Major chords on the piano, please see our books available at String Theory Chords.
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How to Play Beginner Guitar Chords
If you're new to the guitar, learning chords and be a difficult task. With this short video lesson, you can learn to play a handful of common chords without having to figure it out for yourself. Just watch how the demonstrator places his fingers on the individual notes to make up the different chords. Then, try it yourself.
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Continue practicing each chord individually until you feel comfortable with them and are able to land each the notes which make up the chords accurately. Once you have the chords memorized and are able to properly form them with your fingers, you can begin to combine chords to make up songs!
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Learn to Build Guitar Chords with Simple Music Theory
Learn all about chords and how they are built using simple music theory guidelines. This is a great way to step into a whole new realm and league with your guitar playing! By understanding chords and how they are built, you can begin to piece together all kinds of music theory fundamentals to play other chords, scales and musical compositions.
With this video tutorial you'll learn about scales, intervals and chord qualities such as sixth, ninth, diminished and so on. By understanding how each of these concepts work together, you'll have a much firmer grasp on not only guitar chord theory, but also music theory as a whole!
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With this video tutorial you'll learn about scales, intervals and chord qualities such as sixth, ninth, diminished and so on. By understanding how each of these concepts work together, you'll have a much firmer grasp on not only guitar chord theory, but also music theory as a whole!
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Beginner Guitar Lesson - How to Play Barre Chords
If you're new to the guitar, playing and remembering chords can be a daunting task. Fortunately, there's a simpler way to play chords, without ever having to change the position of your fingers!
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These are called barre chords and are played by using your index finger as the barre of the chord over all six strings while the rest of your fingers play all of the other notes. Once you have this fingering position set up on the fretboard, you can simply shift it up and down to play different chords!
Barre chords are a useful substitute, especially for the beginners, to playing standard chord shapes. As they require you to hold your index finger over all six strings, they also help you to develop finger dexterity, and the ability to hold chord positions for a longer period of time.
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Simple Formula for Remembering Chords on the Piano
With this one short tutorial you'll learn the simple yet reliable formula for playing and remembering hundreds of chords on the piano! This tutorial covers the Major, Minor and Seventh chords but the concept can be carried over to any type of chords out there.
Just remember the rule of 7 and count upward from the root of the chord at the intervals specified in the video.
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Just remember the rule of 7 and count upward from the root of the chord at the intervals specified in the video.
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Barre Chord Basics
Learn all about barre chords and how they are played with this video tutorial. What exactly are barre chords and what makes them so interesting? They are simplistic chords that can be shifted anywhere up and down the neck while retaining the same shape. This allows you to hold the same shape with your hand while moving up and down the neck to play different chords. No need to change finger positions!
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Basic Piano Improv
Learn how to improvise on the piano! This is a great video tutorial on how to choose random notes and apply basic left hand chords to them to create improvised songs. Notice how he uses only one finger on the right hand each time and then concentrates on the three finger chord with the left hand to match it.
With this basic pattern in mind you can move around anywhere on the keyboard and sound great doing it! Improv doesn't have to be complicated, you just need to pick out notes and match any type of corresponding chord to it.
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With this basic pattern in mind you can move around anywhere on the keyboard and sound great doing it! Improv doesn't have to be complicated, you just need to pick out notes and match any type of corresponding chord to it.
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The Holy Grail of Memorizing Guitar Chords-Part 2
Part 2 of the highly effective and helpful technique to memorize guitar chords. Remember not to "walk" the chords one at a time but "land" them all at once. It takes some practice but once you begin to utilize this technique regularly, you will begin to really see better results in memorizing and "grabbing" guitar chords however difficult they may be.
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Let me know how it works for you, leave me a comment by clicking on the comment link or entering them in the form below!
The Holy Grail of Memorizing Guitar Chords-Part 1
The following video tutorial is not only good for beginner Guitarists, but for ANYONE wanting to quickly learn a new chord and remember it for good. I even tried this method for some of the more difficult chords that I don't really use that often and to my amazement, it works!
Who knew that memorizing Guitar chords could be so easy! By simply drawing a picture of the chord shape in your mind after forming the chord with your fingers, then a few repetitions and it's burnt into your memory.
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Give it a shot, I hope that you find this useful, I did!
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Quickly Tackle Minor Chords on the Piano - Video Tutorial
Here's part 2 of the basic piano chords lessons which help you to easily visualize minor chord shapes and remember how they are formed.
Keep in mind, minor chords are also very important to have under your belt along with the Major chords and once you do, you'll be able to play a large majority of songs out there! Sets of the diagrams that he is using are also available in our book selections.
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Quickly Tackle Major Chords on the Piano - Video Tutorial
Here's a great and very effective video that I found for learning to quickly play Major chords on the Piano! This is great for beginners to both visualize and hear how different tones make up a chord on the piano. Remember, he is counting up the scale as he moves up the keys on the piano (C, D, E, F and so forth).
Once you memorize the locations of notes, and formations of chords, you'll find that piano is very simple. After all, music notation was devised based on the piano! For diagrams of each of the chords he is using in this tutorial, check out our book selections!
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Once you memorize the locations of notes, and formations of chords, you'll find that piano is very simple. After all, music notation was devised based on the piano! For diagrams of each of the chords he is using in this tutorial, check out our book selections!
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Guitar and Piano Chords for iPhone and BlackBerry!
String Theory Chords is pleased to announce the latest addition to the String Theory Chords family - a mobile e-Book for the iPhone and BlackBerry!
Enjoy all of the features of the original "String Theory: Guitar and Piano Chords in Parallel" e-Book on your mobile device! With our mobile e-Book you can take your Guitar and Piano chords with you wherever you are, even easier.
Convenient for:
- Looking up chords while away from your home computer or reference materials
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Chord Inversions on the Guitar
When discussing chord translation between the Guitar and Piano, one key concept is the difference in inversions typically played on each instrument. An inversion is simply the arrangement of notes in a chord. To help smooth this out, and look at the Guitar from the perspective of a pianist, we'll discuss how chord inversions can be easily understood (and played) on the Guitar:
First, the Piano is a lot more "loose" when it comes to standardizing simple chord inversions. There is no real de facto way to arrange the notes when playing chords on the Piano. Using the C Major chord as a simple example, a pianist can play it in the form of (first note-second note - third note) as C-E-G, C-G-E, G-C-E, and so on. Depending on the song and arrangement, a pianist may use many differing inversions when playing chords.
Guitar tends to be a lot more straightforward with chords usually being played in "root position". First, let's understand what a chord tonic is -- a tonic is the first note of a musical scale. Using C Major as our example, we have C-D-E-F-G-A-B, so C is the tonic. Root position is when the tonic of the chord is the lowest (bass) note. Again, for C Major the tonic is C. If we play a C Major chord that does not begin with C, then it is not in root position and thus is called an inversion.
How to create an inversion:
There are three common inversions called first inversion, second inversion and third inversion. Notes following the tonic of the chord are labeled as 3rd, 5th and 7th in each of these inversions. For C Major (C-E-G), C is the tonic, E is the 3rd because it is the first note after the tonic and G is the 5th because it is the second note after the tonic.
As such, every Major triad chord (Major chord with only three tones) has a tonic, 3rd and 5th of a Major scale. Every Major Seventh chord is made up of a tonic, 3rd, 5th and 7th of a Major scale. See the table below for other common of chord structures beyond this.
Common Inversions Summary:
First inversion: The 3rd of the chord is the bass note.
Second inversion: The 5th of the chord is the bass note.
Third inversion: The 7th of the chord is the bass note.
Using these chord constructions, you can mimic an inversion played on the Piano, on the Guitar! Practice breaking down the chord, finding the tonic, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th and then piecing it back together to form whatever inversion is desirable. Depending on the inversion and the tones making up the chord, it may be difficult to position all of your fingers around the chord, but keep practicing and you may even discover some unique more piano-esque chordal arrangements to use in place of the same old root position chords.
First, the Piano is a lot more "loose" when it comes to standardizing simple chord inversions. There is no real de facto way to arrange the notes when playing chords on the Piano. Using the C Major chord as a simple example, a pianist can play it in the form of (first note-second note - third note) as C-E-G, C-G-E, G-C-E, and so on. Depending on the song and arrangement, a pianist may use many differing inversions when playing chords.
Guitar tends to be a lot more straightforward with chords usually being played in "root position". First, let's understand what a chord tonic is -- a tonic is the first note of a musical scale. Using C Major as our example, we have C-D-E-F-G-A-B, so C is the tonic. Root position is when the tonic of the chord is the lowest (bass) note. Again, for C Major the tonic is C. If we play a C Major chord that does not begin with C, then it is not in root position and thus is called an inversion.
How to create an inversion:
There are three common inversions called first inversion, second inversion and third inversion. Notes following the tonic of the chord are labeled as 3rd, 5th and 7th in each of these inversions. For C Major (C-E-G), C is the tonic, E is the 3rd because it is the first note after the tonic and G is the 5th because it is the second note after the tonic.
As such, every Major triad chord (Major chord with only three tones) has a tonic, 3rd and 5th of a Major scale. Every Major Seventh chord is made up of a tonic, 3rd, 5th and 7th of a Major scale. See the table below for other common of chord structures beyond this.
Common Inversions Summary:
First inversion: The 3rd of the chord is the bass note.
Second inversion: The 5th of the chord is the bass note.
Third inversion: The 7th of the chord is the bass note.
Using these chord constructions, you can mimic an inversion played on the Piano, on the Guitar! Practice breaking down the chord, finding the tonic, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th and then piecing it back together to form whatever inversion is desirable. Depending on the inversion and the tones making up the chord, it may be difficult to position all of your fingers around the chord, but keep practicing and you may even discover some unique more piano-esque chordal arrangements to use in place of the same old root position chords.
| Guide to Forming Chords | |
| Type of Chord | Chord Structure |
| Major Triad | 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th notes of a major scale |
| Minor Triad | 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th notes of a minor scale |
| Diminished Triads | 1st (root) + flatted 3rd (b3) + flatted 5th (b5) notes of a major scale |
| Augmented Triads | 1st (root) + 3rd + sharped 5th (#5th) notes of a major scale. |
| Major 7th Chord | 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th + 7th notes of a major scale |
| Minor 7th Chord | 1st (root) + flatted 3rd (b3) + 5th + flatted 7th (b7) notes (derived from a major scale) |
| Dominant 7th Chord | 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th + flatted 7th (b7) notes of a major scale |
| Sixth Chord | 1st (root) + 3rd + 5th + 6th notes of a major or minor scale. |
| Dominant 9th Chord | add a ninth to a dominant 7th chord (1st + 3rd + 5th + flatted 7th + 9th) |
| Major 9th Chord | add a ninth to a major 7th chord (1st + 3rd + 5th + 7th + 9th) |
| Minor 9th Chord | add a ninth to a minor 7th chord (1st + 3rd + 5th + flatted 7th + 9th) |
| sus2 Chord | 1st (root) + 2nd + 5th notes of either a major or minor scale |
| sus4 Chord | 1st (root) + 4th + 5th notes of either a major or minor scale |
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