How to play keyboard/piano/ Introduction to chords/ general and scale chords
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 Published On Mar 18, 2024

Chord
A chord is a combination of three or more notes. Chords are built off of a single note, called the root. In this lesson, we will discuss triads. They are created with a root, third, and fifth.

A. GENERAL CHORDS


A Major Triad (Major Chord) is made up of a Major 3rd, and Perfect 5th.

We have 7 Chords

Chord 1, 2,3,4,5,6 and 7

We have 3 major Chords and 4 minor Chords
Major Chords are Chord 1,4 and 5
Minor Chords are 2,3,6 and 7

Analysis of the Chords
Chord 1(doh)...... d m s
Chord 2(ray)....... r f l
Chord 3 (mee)..... m s t
Chord 4 (fah)...... f l d'
Chord 5 (soh) ..... s t r'
Chord 6 (lah).......l d' m'
Chord 7 (tee)....... t r' f'

Nota Bene :
For the Chords of Key C
We use Fingering 1,3,5 for all the Chords from Chord 1 to Chord 7

For the Chords of Key G
We use to the following Fingerings
For Chord 1 and 2, we use fingering 1,3,5 for the both

For Chord 3 (m,s,t) in key G, we use fingering 1,2, 4

For Chords 4, 5 and 6, we use fingering 1, 3 , 5

For Chord 7, we use fingering
2, 3 5.

B. SCALE CHORDS

The Scale Chords of Key C Major
Chords of key C Major from doh to Octave with the fingering numbers
The numbers above, are the fingering numbers.

1. 2. 5
The m, s, d ( E2 G2. C3)

1. 3. 5
s, t, r ( G2 B2. D3)

1. 3. 5
s, d m (G2 C3. E4)

1.... 2 4
l, d f ( A2 C3 F3).

1. 3. 5
d m s ( C3 E3. G3)

1. 3. 5
d f l ( C3. F3. A3)

1. 2. 4
r s t ( D3 G3. B3)

1. 2. 5
m s d' ( E3. G3. C4)


Harmonizing bass notes
doh...(C1 and C2) Fgr 5&1
fah ..( F2) Finger 3
soh...(G2) Finger 2


Good luck dearπŸ™

Hard Work pays πŸ’ͺπŸ”₯

Always remember to do your fingering exercises First πŸ™

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