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4 Steps to
Learning How to Play Any Song on the Piano
1.
Determining the melody - Melodies determine what chords
will be played. If you can use your ear to figure out what
notes are being played in the melody, you are 1/4 on your
way to learning a song!
More resources on learning how to determine melodies
2.Harmonizing
the melody - Once you have figured out the melody (using
some of my techniques on the resource page), it is time to
harmonize it. This is simply choosing various chords to
accompany the melody. There are several techniques and
tricks to doing this.
More resources on learning how to harmonize melodies
3. Altering
Chords - This is the best part! Now that you have
strategically figured out the melody to a song and have
harmonized it, altering your chords to produce certain
sounds is the next step. If you were playing gospel music,
you would alter your chords differently than if you were
playing classical or country music.
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1. Listening
- After you have determined the melody, harmonized the
melody, and altered some of your chords, there are various
techniques you can use to make sure that your song sounds
right.
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The Secret to Harmonizing Notes
Article by Germaine Griggs
In this lesson, we will learn how to take a melody and form various
chords to accompany it. This is a common technique used especially by
musicians who work with choirs.
For example, if one composed a melody which included the i, iii, iv,
vi, vii, and viii tones of a scale, harmonizing this melody would mean
playing a chord to accompany every note of the melody (either one
chord or a combination of chords). The above melody in C major is:
C - E - F - A - B - C
Using a few techniques (as explained in my workbook The Home Piano Course you can easily find the corresponding
chords to each of those notes.
To HARMONIZE a melody means to create a chord accompaniment for it.
Since the I, IV & V chords contain all the notes of the major scale,
many melodies in a major key can be harmonized with just these three
chords.
To determine the chords to be used, analyze the melody notes. Refer to
the following chart to see which chord is generally used with each
melody note of a major scale. When more than one chord can be chosen,
your EAR should always be the final guide.
SCALE DEGREE ------------------ CHORD
1 , 3 , 5 -------------------- I Chord (Major Chord)
2 , 4 , 5 , 7 ----------------- V Chord (Dominant Chord)
1 , 4 , 6 --------------------- IV Chord (Major Chord)
There is also one scale degree which can be accompanied by a minor
chord
SCALE DEGREE ------------------ CHORD
2 ---------------------------- ii Chord (Minor Chord)
From personal experience, here are the most common chords that I play
with the following scale tones:
SCALE DEGREE ------------------ CHORD
1 , 3 , 5 -------------------- I Chord (Major Chord)
2 ---------------------------- ii Chord (Minor Chord)
4 , 6 ------------------------- IV Chord (Dominant Chord)
7 ----------------------------- V Chord (Major Chord)
Using the above table, here is an example in C major.
"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"
E -- E -- F -- G -- G -- F -- E -- D -- C -- C -- D -- E -- E -- D --
D
With this "one-fingered" melody, I am going to show you how I can turn
each and every one of the notes above into 3-fingered chords. However,
if you are REALLY serious about learning this technique, you owe it to
yourself to at least read about my 300-pg course as it covers several
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Notice that the first 2 notes of the melody above is E (the 3rd scale
degree of the C major chord). If you look on my chart above, I most
commonly associate E with the (I) Major Chord. The (I) chord in the
key of C major happens to be a C major chord! So, the first two chords
are C major chords in the 2nd inversion (which makes E the highest
tone).
REFERENCE:
If you do not fully understand inversions, you need to check out my
300-pg course as these FUNDAMENTALS are key to your success!
Root Position: The keynote will always be the lowest note (for
example, C major = C - E - G in Root position).
1st Inversion: The keynote will always be the highest note (for
example, C major = E - G - C in 1st inversion). Keep in mind that the
notes are the same, but they are simply arranged differently with C on
top instead of the bottom.
2nd Inversion: The keynote will always be embedded in the middle. This
inversion will always put the third tone on top. (for example, C major
= G - C - E in 2nd inversion). Notice that the "E" is on top.
More References: The Piano Course--- Chapter 4-6
... ... Back to the lesson ... Since we want E on top, we will choose
a C major chord (2nd inversion) because it is this inversion which
makes E the highest tone.
By simply following this same pattern, you can figure out all of the
other chords. I have already done the work for you below. However, if
you are interested in studying this topic EVEN further with written
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"Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"
E -- E -- F -- G -- G -- F -- E -- D -- C -- C -- D -- E --
E -- E -- F -- G -- G -- F -- E -- D -- C -- C -- D -- E --
C -- C -- C -- E -- E -- C -- C -- A -- G -- G -- A -- C --
G -- G -- A -- C -- C -- A -- G -- F -- E -- E -- F -- G --
E -- D -- D (end)
E -- D -- D
C -- A -- A
G -- F -- F
Above, you will find each melody / harmony combination (written
vertically from highest tone to lowest tone). As we studied earlier,
the first two chords are inverted C major chords. The third chord is
an inverted F major chord. Try to figure out the other chords ...
HINT: There are only 3 different types of chords (different inversions
however) used in this example and I have given you two of them
already!
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