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How to learn piano chords by ear – by Marty Alan McGill
You don’t have to read music to play music! Think about this … someone, somewhere made music without a written note. The writing came afterward, as a way to share, and/or remember the music. I started playing guitar 40 years ago, I just plucked away at it until I started making music. I have never learned to read musical notes, and I doubt I ever will. I have recently(4 years ago)taken up the piano, and I want to share my method with anyone who wants to have fun on the piano.
There are 88 keys on a piano, but only 12 notes. That’s right, 12 notes that repeat over and over in sequence. The first note is a white key, it is an A-note, the next white key is a B-note. And after B comes C, still on white notes, D,E,F,G. Then they repeat, A through G, and again and again. You’re probably thinking that’s only 7 notes … the other 5 are the black keys. They are the sharps and flats, if you play the black note to the right of a G note it will be G-sharp, or if you are playing from the A note, the same G-sharp would be called A-flat. This can be confusing, but for this lesson it is unimportant.
The Home Key on a piano is the middle C. The C note is the white note to the left of the two black notes. If you are confused about this, start at first note and do your ABC’s on the white notes, and you will figure it out. The middle C is the C note closest to the middle of the piano … that’s where we will make our first chord. Put your thumb on the middle C, count that as number 1. Count the keys to the right, white and black up to 5, that is second note in the C chord, if you’ve done it right you should be on E note. Continue counting white and black notes to 8, that is the final note in the C chord, a G note. If you play all three together it should make a beautiful sound, assuming you got it right and piano is in tune.
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Your teacher has said again, ‘you have to do more practise’. Well, you already play all your scales, arpeggios and assigned pieces once through every day, what more could she possibly want? How ‘bout five times through each day?! Yep. That might satisfy your teacher. Here’s how to do it so that you don’t lose count. First, you need to grab some props. Five props to be exact. It’s more interesting if they’re different colours. What to use … how about plastic pegs, or game counters/tokens, or those coloured plastic paper clips? You can even use coloured pencils or pens. Now, we’re going to put these coloured ‘props’ in order. Least favourite colour, to most favourite. If you’re using pegs or paper clips, attach these to the top of your music page. Make sure they’re all together on one side of the page. If you’re using something else, lay these on top of one side of the piano. Okay. We’re set. Each time you play the piece, you move one of your coloured objects to the opposite side of the page, or piano. Keep doing this until each prop is on the opposite side. Then, do the same with your next piece. You can do this for scales too! You can give each colour a special purpose. Have you got your five different colours ready? My five colours are orange, yellow, green, purple and blue. Orange : The first time we play the piece is going to be SLOW and steady. We’re going to make sure we take our time thinking about what note is on the page, where it is on the piano, and how many counts it takes. We’re going to make sure we don’t make any mistakes, even if this takes a long time. You can look at your hands if you need to. Yellow . The second time, we’re going to do the same thing, only this time, you’re not allowed to look at your hands! Concentrate. You’ll be able to do it. Green . We’re still playing slow. This time, we have to include any expression marks, like soft and loud, and make sure we bring these out in our playing. Purple. Now we have to look carefully at the touch and phrasing. Do you have to play legato, or staccato? Concentrate on this. Blue is the last one. (Make sure you use your favourite colour last because it represents your best performance.) We have to make sure we’re concentrating on all of the above! Tomorrow, do the same thing. Use different colours, or different props to keep things interesting.
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1. You’re going to be able to play all 12 major chords easily and quickly. Some of my students can play them in as little as 3 seconds! (Honest!)
2. You’re going to be able to pick out a tune with your right hand both “by ear” and by reading notes. (Some people play by ear, and some by sight-reading. You’re going to be able to do both.)
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Piano, Organ, and Keyboard – price of piano lessons Expert: Andy Duvall – 5/8/2007
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