2/11/2012

Finding the Skills to play Piano Chords

By Michael J. McNeal


The piano chords are examples of the most engaging things to learn on the piano. For the main part of your study, a professional teacher will emphasize the significance of playing the keys by ear, reading sheet music and understanding the history of music. If you are a piano player who is attracted to the more modern songs of the era, like rock, pop or other less standard tunes, they will be of benefit to the most, from commencing with the basic skills of piano playing.

If you watch a performance where a piano is used? You could have had thoughts on how to play piano just like they do. Where did they learn? How did they master the keys?

Songs played on the piano such as Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Alicia Keys, OneRepublic, Sarah McLachlan, Coldplay are easier to grasp and memorize when the piano player understands traditional piano chords. Even some of the most skilled guitar enthusiasts learned to play by ear by playing chords. They are more easy to remember and your hands have a unusual way of recollecting and remember all the piano chords. It is like your hands will find they have a mind of their own, they will not forget.

You might compare practicing and playing piano to speed typing. All an individual needs to do is place their hands on a keyboard and they're typing over 200 words a minute. Now you may not be that fast, but speed is not the issue, it is remembering the keys without thinking. You let your hands lead you.

So what are Piano Chords?

You will find that Major chords are interlinked with the letters of the alphabet. Let us take for instance: F, G, Bb, C. To play a major chord, you skip or jump over each other note. If you're playing the C chord, you will skip playing D and F. For the chord of G, you may focus on playing the notes of G, B, and D. You won't play A and C.

Now as you could already understand there are keys that are white and black on the piano. With the white keys there are 3 major chords that may be played: C, G, and F. Yet for the sound or song to sound just right , you will need to add in some black keys. One example you can play a D chord by using D, F, A.

By touching the keys in the right order, you can easily learn to understand the easier piano songs. After you master the basics, it just a matter of time till you start to grasp the more advanced music. As they say practice makes perfect.




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