Piano Chords
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Hi, any1 here knows of any books tt teaches a person how to play chords on piano? preferably for a beginner. thanx!
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sign up with school to learn lah.....dun anyhow play can be damaging to ur neighbour's ears ok
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i taking classical now.. but i wanna learn chords at the same time..
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u can buy those books in music schools like yamaha, cristofori
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sweelee @ bugis got alot of old books
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any recommendations?
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first think
1) do you have a piano at home?
2) will you buy one?
3) give up half way?
don't make rash decisions just because you just heard beethoven or lee hom play -
I learned piano from a teacher/tutor.
You really need someone to show you how to play rather than read off a book. -
play chord ?Originally posted by VivId CrItiQuE:any recommendations?
i first time hear play chords on piano .
well u are welcome to post my forum as in my signature
classical music forum for all
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There's no such thing as chord only playing on the piano; may work for some guitar songs, but not for the piano. You should at least seek a teacher to teach you the basics of theory, sight reading else you'll just be totally lost in sheet music and finger placement (ala fluidity).
TBH, I don't even know of any "chord books"; you can however, buy scale books used in exams (ABRSM) .. they contain some chords. NLB does stock a huge selection of piano playing books, but those usually cater for advance players and are localised in specific genres of music - I do recall something similar, but that merely taught common chords, scales used in blues (for organ).
Piano playing is not a short term love affair; it's not like the guitar where you can pick up a chord book, and learn to play the basic chords with ease within a day or two. I play both, which puts me in a position to comment.
The best way to illustrate my point is to go to youtube, and watch people playing pop songs on the piano; usually 2 categories emerge ... 1 using chords only (sound like shyt, play like shyt, and very often tranposed to a major scale), and the other playing it true and true, proper to the song/score. -
I realised that I haven't added anything constructive yet, so here's another post giving some direction if you are truly interested, and feel you have enough drive to follow through on playing the piano.
Cristofori teaches pop piano, which probably comes closest to what you are seeking (I can think of no other reason why you want to learn chords only), but they are epensive, and their teachers of questionable quality, although by virtue of their size, and locations, are usually exam venues of choice.
There's a smaller music school in hougang, called My Inspiration (I don't remember the site) - the principal used to be my piano teacher from grades 1-8 although for my diploma I went with someone else. I doubt she conducts the lessons for pop piano, and as I do not know who conducts the lessons, I will refrain from commenting. The school fees are reasonable, but more importantly, it is a very very very well equipped music school; I don't really recall the specifics, but vaguely, most of their pianos are imported in from Japan, and being a relatively new music school, the condition is pretty much top notch (compared with Cristofori's crappy house-brand pianos).
My Inspiration also has a tiny in-house library, you might find something similar to what you seek (chord book) there.
One site to source for music teachers is Luthersmusic.com - that's a local music shop; their site has classifieds of instructors ... I don't really recall where their shop is located ... last time I went they were at IMM, but I heard they have since moved. The guy who runs the place, Luther, is a very qualified musician and pianist. You might want to pop in and speak to him (if you have the chance) - he's a friendly chap and has on more than one occasion provided advice to anyone keen. -
just in case some of u missed my earlier post...Originally posted by VivId CrItiQuE:i taking classical now.. but i wanna learn chords at the same time..
yes i do haf a piano at home and i am taking proper lessons now.. but i wanna learn chords at my own pace.. yes for pop songs.. -
I'm sorry, I had no idea what you meant by classical.
Anyway, ask your piano teacher? ... why would you come online to ask a bunch people hiding behind their monikers, with no means to substantiate the truth in their posts.
Also, what grade are you in now? -
there's nothing much to learn about chords...
if you know your basic theory, i think you can just go buy "The AB Guide To Music Theory" by Eric Taylor, Book I. -
noobie question:Originally posted by MooKu:there's nothing much to learn about chords...
if you know your basic theory, i think you can just go buy the theory book by Eric Taylor, Book A.
whats so special about a chord?
its like playing 3 notes at a time -
errrOriginally posted by StarPuppy:noobie question:
whats so special about a chord?
its like playing 3 notes at a time
a chord can be made up of 3 notes, 4 notes, 5 notes, 6 notes...
u can make many many chords from one key signature... -
i see...i think i read up more later ..have to study more about chords and stuff againOriginally posted by MooKu:errr
a chord can be made up of 3 notes, 4 notes, 5 notes, 6 notes...
u can make many many chords from one key signature... -
harmony ma, sounds much nicer than playing just one note.Originally posted by StarPuppy:noobie question:
whats so special about a chord?
its like playing 3 notes at a time -
yepyep..that i knowOriginally posted by Deadly:harmony ma, sounds much nicer than playing just one note.
sound nicer but i thought... *keeps quiet* i think i listen and read more talk less
later ask stupid questions