Articles tagged: "chords"

1: Ukulele Chords: Learn To Play White Christmas

In this ukulele lesson you will learn to read easy tab notation. Even if you cannot read sheet music you will be able to read ukulele chords and melodies with this type of tabs. We will use the Christmas song White Christmas as a learning tool.

2: Piano Lesson: The C-major Chord - How To Use The Right Scale

When you improvise you need to know the relationship between chords and scales. You can of course use your ear when you improvise over chord changes but you will benefit from the freedom of knowing what you are doing when you press down the keys to create music.

3: The Many Benefits of Learning Piano Chord Theory

Chances are if you've ever taken piano lessons, you probably spent at least a little bit of time on piano chords. But learning the names of a few basic chords and actually understanding chords are two different things.

4: Piano Improvisation in Three Steps

Improvisation on the piano is not just for pros -- anyone can learn to improvise to some degree.

5: Guitar Lesson: Learn Open Chords

It is really exciting to play guitar! You can experiment with chords in a completely different way than on the piano. The construction of the guitar and the tuning of the strings allow you to find these easy sounding chords!You will first learn a very easy form of tablature with only numbers. T

6: Ukulele Tab: Play Chord Progressions In C-Major With Tablature

With your ukulele you can play many nice and fun chord progressions. You will use ukulele tablature so you don't need to know sheet music.The following chords presupposes that you have tuned your ukulele in the most common way with the first string with the highest pitch to an A.We will first l

7: Piano Lesson: Learn To Play Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace for piano is a popular song on the internet. In this piano lesson we will learn to play this song with melody and chords without the use of sheet music. We will start by finding the note C.The note C on your piano is found on many places on the piano keyboard. C is always to the l

8: Music Chords: How To Become a "Chord Detective" And See Through The Notes Right Into The Music!

Over the years I have been a piano teacher I have had many people call or write me and ask me something like this:"I play by ear, or by chords, but lots of music doesn't have chord symbols written in -- how do I know what chord to play when?""Our hymn book doesn't tell which chords to use -- ho

9: Runs & Fills: How To Add Real Excitement To Your Piano Playing!

We've all heard pianists who make us drool with musical jealousy when they play, using a tool box full of lighting-fast runs and clever fills that have us clamoring for more. I well recall hearing Errol Garner play "I'll Remember April" when I was about 14. I had no idea a piano could be p

10: Piano Lesson: II-V-I Progressions In C Major

Let me give you some easy progressions that will help you in your improvisational piano playing!What is a progression?A progression is a set of chords played consecutively. Generally, successive chords in a chord progression share some notes, which provides harmonic and linear continuity to a p

11: Did You Know That Music Is Based On Natural "Laws"?

Did you know that music is based on natural "laws" -- like gravity -- and by learning to understand how those natural laws work we can actually understand what we are doing when we play -- we don't have to be at the mercy of what someone else has written on a piece of music?How many of these fa

12: Piano Lessons: Make Sure They Include Chords & Music Theory!

Proper piano instruction is an element extremely vital to learning the instrument well. Though it 's very possible to be a self-taught piano player, piano lessons can really increase the speed and efficiency with which one learns the instrument. That 's not to say that great piano instruction mak

13: Guitar Lesson: Why You Should Learn These Chords

A guitar is a fantastic instrument. It can be extremely difficult to master but it also invites you to explore the beautiful but easy chords that are available. I will give you some easy but nice sounding progressions to explore!In this guitar lesson I will use a special form of tablature with

14: Inversions: How To Stand a Chord On It 's Head

Many people get all confused when chords are turned upside down. They recognize them when they are in root position, but when you stand them on their head...well, it gets kind of fuzzy for folks.That 's understandable. We grow up playing chords in root position, which means that the name of the

15: Sprinkle Some Pepper On Your Musical Meal Through The Use Of Augmented Chords

Augmented chords are to a piece of music like pepper is to a meal; you would never sit down to a meal of pepper alone, but you might sprinkle a little on your food to liven up the taste a bit. Use augmented chords judiciously and you will find they add real interest to your piano playing.Augmen

16: The Immense Popularity of the Piano Continues To This Day

Every since about 1709 when Christofori announced that he had invented an instrument to upscale the harpsichord,the piano has been the premier musical instrument in terms of popularity and versatility.The harpsichord played all at one volume level -- no soft or loud. So when an instrument was i

17: Add Some Spice To Your Musical Meal By Using Diminished Triads

Major and minor chords are the meat & potatoes of a musical meal. To add saltiness to the meal, add a few diminished chords.There are four basic kinds of triads (3-note chords) in music:Major triads: composed of the root, major 3rd, and perfect 5th of a major scale. Minor triads: composed of th