Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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E The capo on the fourth fret moves the pitch up four half steps. From our original G chord, that would be G#/Ab, A, Bb, B. Our G, C and D chords now sound like B, E and F#. This C chord with the capo on the fourth fret sounds like an E chord.
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Read More »As I mentioned earlier, it will be helpful if you can memorize those three chords as their chord names AND as their number names. Chances are high that you know a lot of tunes or songs in the key of G. It’s nicknamed ‘the people’s key’ because it is so friendly on most instruments and is usually a nice key for most people to sing in easily. Here’s a video of a classic Carter Family song with a very clear view of the guitarist’s hands and chord shapes: Bury Me Beneath the Willow in G shape. See if you can spot the three chords: one, four and five in the key of G. When you’re ready, grab your instrument and play along with Eric. Once a player is comfortable moving through these three chords, the guitar is easily transposed to different keys by using the capo. The capo squeezes the strings at a fret tightly enough that it alters the pitch of the instrument’s original tuning. Depending on what fret the musician places the capo determines what pitches the open strings will now produce. Each fret on an instrument is a half step. If a musician placed a capo on the first fret of the guitar and played the same three chord shapes of G, C and D, the notes the instrument produces would be one half step higher. So even though it feels like the guitarist is playing G, C and D, we’re actually hearing G#, C# and D# (alternatively known as Ab, Db and Eb). This isn’t a super common key, so I didn’t find a great example video with a clear view of the guitarist’s hands. But let’s practice this idea with the capo on the second fret, an incredibly popular place to put the capo. The second fret means two half steps. Remember, we originally started in G. Two half steps above would be G# and then A. With the capo on the second fret, our G, C and D chords now sound like A, D and E (the one, four and five of the key of A!) Here are pictures to help you:
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Read More »The B major triad, more commonly called the B major chord or simply the B chord for short, consists of the notes B, D-sharp and F-sharp. Here it is on the treble clef staff: … and on the piano: As B major triad, the B chord consists of a major third plus a minor third.
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