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How to write chord progressions. Pick a progression type that matches what you want to play. Remember that your playing style can also affect the emotion of a chord progression. Next, pick a key that you feel comfortable playing in. If you're playing guitar, the keys with the easiest chords are G major, E minor, C major and A minor. Learn Piano Chords. Learn Piano Chords is an game that turns your Android phone into a small.
Welcome to the Chords Section for Beginner Students!
Chords are one of the basic building blocks of all songs. When you are listening to your favorite song on the radio, the artist is singing words to a background instrumental. This background instrumental is basically various instruments that are mainly playing chords.
Chords are basically 2 or more notes played together or near together. In this section we will be learning about triads, which are three note chords. You will hear chords in virtually every song you listen to. There are three lessons in this section, 'Playing the Major Chord', 'Three Primary Chords', and '12 Bar Blues Chord Progression'. A detailed description of each lesson is listed below.
| Lesson # | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lesson 9 | Playing the Major Chord | |
| Lesson 10 | Three Primary Chords | |
| Lesson 11 | 12 Bar Blues Chord Progression |
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Formula of the Major Chord:
Root Note - Major 3rd - Perfect 5th
1 - 3 - 5
(Root - 4 Half Steps - 3 Half Steps)
Root Note - Major 3rd - Perfect 5th
1 - 3 - 5
(Root - 4 Half Steps - 3 Half Steps)
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| Major Chords | Notes (Root Note- Major 3rd- Perfect 5th) | Corresponding Keys | Major Chords | Notes (Root Note- Major 3rd- Perfect 5th) | Corresponding Keys |
| C | C - E - G | Shift - S - F | F | F - A - C | D - G - Space |
| G | G - B - D | F - B - N | F# | Gb- Bb- Db | R - Y - H |
| D | D - F#- A | A - R - G | Db | Db- F - Ab | Q - D - T |
| A | A - C#- E | G - H - J | Ab | Ab- C - Eb | T - Space - U |
| E | E - G#- B | S - T - B | Eb | Eb- G - Bb | W - F - Y |
| B | B - D#- F# | B - U - O | Bb | Bb- D - F | Y - N - K |
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3 Primary Chords in the Key of C are:
C Chord, F Chord, G Chord
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Three Primary Chords
C Chord, F Chord, G Chord
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Three Primary Chords
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| For Mobile Phone users - Watch Lesson 11 - 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression with Flash demos in the video below: |
| Lesson 5 Piano Basics: Note Durations | Lesson 8 See 3 Primary Chords of Key C in this song | Lesson 12 Music Theory: 12 Keys in Music |
Explanation and How to play
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| Major Chords | Formula | Symbol |
| Major Triad | 1 - 3 - 5 | M or Maj |
| Major 6 | 1 - 3 - 5 - 6 | Maj6 |
| Major 7 | 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 | Maj7 |
| Major 9 | 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 | Maj9 |
| Major 11 | 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11 | Maj11 |
| Major 13 | 1 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 11 -13 | Maj13 |
Lesson 3 - Black Piano Keys Names |
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Lesson 3 - Black Piano Keys Names |
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| The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios & Cadences: Includes All the Major, Minor (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) & Chromatic Scales -- Plus Additional Instructions on Music Fundamentals |
| Lesson 4 - Music Notation: Piano Grand Staff |
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| How to play songs: |
| Lesson 39 | Lesson 25 | Lesson 40 |
| Easy Piano songs for beginners Brother John | London Bridge Is Falling Down | Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star |
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| HOW TO USE Z-BOARD To play notes for the right-hand melodies -
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| Lesson 1 - Patterns of the Piano Keys Lesson 2 - Name of White Piano Keys Lesson 3 - Name of Black Piano Keys Lesson 4 - Music Notation : Piano Grand Staff Lesson 5 - Music Notation ote Durations Lesson 6 - How to play song, Brother John Lesson 7 - :London Bridge Is Falling Down Lesson 8 - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Lesson 9 - Major Chord |
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| Lesson 10 - Three Primary Chords Lesson 11 - 12-Bar Blues Chord Progression Lesson 12 - 12 Keys of Music Lesson 13 - Major Scale Lesson 14 - Music Intervals Lesson 15 - Chords of the Major Scale Lesson 16 - The Circle of Fifths Lesson 17 - Chord Inversions Lesson 18 - Double Chord Pattern Lesson 19 - Broken Chord Pattern Lesson 20 - Arpeggio Chord Pattern Lesson 21 - Sounds of the Orient (Pentatonic Scale) Lesson 22 - Mysterious Sounds (Whole Tone Scale) Lesson 23 - Arpeggios |
Intermediate Piano
| Lesson 24 - America (My Country Tis of Thee) Lesson 25 - Silent Night Lesson 26 - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen |
| Lesson 27 - Minor Chord Lesson 28 - Three Secondary Chords n Lesson 29 - Dominant 7th Chord Lesson 30 - Major 7th Chord Lesson 31 - Minor 7th Chord Lesson 32 - Natural Minor Scale Lesson 33 - Chords of the Natural Minor Scale Lesson 34 - Melody as Octaves Lesson 35 - Root Chord Pattern Lesson 36 - Harmony Notes Lesson 37 - Major Chord Inversions Lesson 38 - Chord Inversion Straddles |
| Lesson 39 - The First Noel Lesson 40 - Auld Lang Syne Lesson 41 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing |
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| Lesson 42 - Diminished Chord Lesson 43 - Augmented Chord Lesson 44 - 6th Chords Lesson 45 - Sus2 Chords Lesson 46 - Sus4 Chords Lesson 47 - Major 9th Chords Lesson 48 - Major 11th Chords Lesson 49 - Major 13th Chords Lesson 51 - Blues Scale |
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Feel and Key
How to write chord progressions
Pick a progression type that matches what you want to play. Remember that your playing style can also affect the emotion of a chord progression.
Next, pick a key that you feel comfortable playing in. If you're playing guitar, the keys with the easiest chords are G major, E minor, C major and A minor.
Or why not just hit Randomize?
Instrument
Main Progression
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This is your chosen progression, in the key you selected. Sounding too happy? Try changing the key to minor. Too depressing? Change it to major.
Alternatives
This section does some magic with the circle of fifths to find some progressions that will probably sound good with the main progression.
The key might not match exactly in some of these, but you can use these to mix it up to put an interesting chorus or bridge in your song.
All Chords in Key
This section shows you all of the standard chords in the key you've chosen. If you want to put an extra chord in your progression to change it up, pick from one of these.
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