Anyone that plays piano and maybe even guitar, PLEASE help.?

Question

Okay, when you have a song that is in say the Key of D, how do you know what chords to play with it? And for instance if the song is in D how would you chance it to a differnt key, say B?


I'm trying to teach myself to play piano, but I'm stuck. I want to learn to play by chords instead of music, but I have no idea how to do it. I got a thing off of the internet and it has all of the chords that are in a certain key, but I don't really know how to use them in a song. And plus their for guitar, and I don't know if that would make a difference with piano or not.

Anyone that has any imformation PLEASE help. I am desperate. And please give as much info as you know.

Answer 1

Each key has a certain number of sharps and flats. You can see that illustrated in the Circle of fifths. It's called that because every 5 notes on the piano makes a fifth. If you start with C you count up 5 notes and that brings you to G. The key of G has just one sharp. Here is an article that explains it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifths

Playing chords in the key of D would consist of chords made up of D, F#, A; D, G, B: and C#, E , A. You can also add the seventh which in the key of D would be C#. You can also diminish and augment chords, but that's getting a bit technical. If you want to play chords, you are going to have to learn musical notation.

Answer 2

Here's what little I know:

Start with the key of c.

Play the scale. It's all white keys. Notice the pattern:

C (hop the flat) D hop E F hop G hop A hop B C.

To transpose is to slide that pattern up the keyboard:

D hop E hop F# G hop A hop B hop C#

and so on for each starting note -- that's how come a song in the key of D uses F# and C# and the rest natural.

The basic chord is 1st, 3rd, 5th

Minor is flatting the 3rd

7 add a flatted 7th (unless it's maj 7th)

# is sharping every note

diminished is flatting 3rd and 5th (often used with sharp, so for the chord you just sharp the first note, leave the other 2 alone).

Augmented sharps the 5th

If you learn the basic chords on the piano (MUCH easier than on guitar, which I don't get the logic of), then you can play anything.

There are books that have the guitar chords, with the melody. (That's how I learned to play piano.)

Whatever instrument you play, a given chord is always the same notes.

Thus, whether piano, guitar, ukelele, or harpsicord, a g major 7th is always G B D F#

Always.

As far as what chords to play, I can't help you there, as I need to have the notes and chords all written out for me. (When I didn't have the music, I'd ask my brother, who has perfect pitch, damn him!)

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

I will tell you that you are going to have a much easier time doing all of this if you learn the scales. Once you know what notes are played in each scale, you can easily make chords. With a song in D, you would play D, F#, and A as one of the chords, although if it is D minor, some of the chords will be slightly different. To change to another key, you just play the corresponding chords in that key. The chord I listed above would be C, E, and G in C major.

I would stick with piano first. Once you have a good idea of what is going on, it is very easy to pick up any other instrument (including guitar.) But the chords for guitar will work, if they actually list out note names (A, B, etc.) Also, there are some good piano music/theory sites where you can print free sheets. I don't have any on the top of my head, but do a search, and you wil find some.

Answer 4

First, number the notes in the scale like this:
D 1
E 2
F# 3
G 4
A 5
B 6
C# 7
D 8

The major chords that generally go in a key are 1, 4, and 5. That means that in the key of D you'd have D major, G major, and A major chords. You'll often also find minor chords for the 3 and especially 6 notes (F# minor and B minor, in the key of D). Of course you can always have other chords, but these are the most common and straightforward.

To transpose a song from one key to another, you need to move everything the same amount. If you're going from D to B, take everything down three half-steps (->C#->C->B). If (for example) the song in D had an E minor chord, when you're playing in B, it'd be a C# minor chord (->D#->D->C#). A G major chord would become an E major chord (->F#->F->E).

Answer 5

If you lay down your scale, take the 1st 3rd and 5th note, play them together, that's your chord. As long as you have the correct spacing in between the notes and you stay within the key, everything should go smooth for you. Just remember, you can play any chord with the spacing of 1-3-5, keep the key. If you want to get a little technical you can move from major to minor by adjusting the "3", or of course by changing key.

The easiest way to change key is to find a note in the current key that also appears in the upcoming key and transition there...sometimes that isn't possible, you just have to play around and figure out what sounds good!

Good Luck

Answer 6

I was trained classically on the piano for 16 years until I decided to try chording my music. Guitar chords can be used for the keyboard as well, to move from the key of D to the key of B there has to be a transposition involved, however, you can use the B chord with the D chord in a song, it's not uncommon. Honestly, I don't think I fully understand the entirety of the question, lol, but I'm trying. If I was there with you I could help you but trying to write down what I mean is tough!

Answer 7

The main chord in the key of D major is notes: D,A and F#...
If you want to play chords in the key of D major you need to make sure they are the same keys you would play in the scale of D major... but then there are contrasting chords where you might add sharps or flats for effect...
If you wanted to change it to a different key then you need to look at what notes are played in that scale too...
This can be quite complex, but if you get the general idea of playing scales and what flats and sharps are used in what key then you will have a better understanding of what chords you want to play....
Good luck :-)

Answer 8

STARTING AT MIDLE C THE NOTES ARE CDEFGAB ALL SONGS ARE PLAYED IN THIS SEQUENCE OF SCALE NOTES. THE KEY OF C WOULD THEREFORE BE
CEA. IT IS BEST TO JUST SOUND EACH NOTE AND PLAY IT BY EAR.ON A GUITAR YOU USE A CAPO TO CHANG THE KEY BUT STILL PLAY IN THE SAME CHORD STRUCTURE GO TO VIRTUAL KEYBORD.COM FOR AN ILLUSTRATION

Answer 9

I taught myself to play what sounded good. I hate using sheet music, so I enjoy playing by what I hear. If you don't like using notes, then you must teach yourself to forget about them and only play by your ear. You wont know what the notes are called, but you will be able to play beautifully anyway. Good luck.

Answer 10

sorry .. Satan is still sleeping.

Satan used to play at god's jazz band. according to born agan christians.