48 Great Piano Chords

[kikiubovilla]

dude.. you can do this video in 15 seconds by saying the progresion,it is the same over and over

[malvivente1986]

This is not what a pianist would do. In a second I'll explain what C and G at 1:17 can be part of. Why would it sound like an AbM7, if you don't even have the Ab in it? These are just 2 notes, not four... They can also be:

C major (obviously)

C minor (not so obviously)

A major 7

A minor 7

F9

... ...

And so on. They're all equal if you don't have a bass line. Your argument above is invalid, C and G never sound like AbM7, unless a bassist is playing next to you. These are not a chord.

[Piercedlambylamb]

bookmarking this page. thanks, that really helped alot!

[AKASLOVERBOY]

WTF O_O u swith to lowerd OCtave note of a seventh chord

i wonder that i might play nd go to high one  make an 7th chord

thats nt a chord isnt?

[caveman637]

Anyone else find it CRAZY ANNOYING how it's the SAME progression modulating up a half step every four measures? hhahahahah

[jamesvijay100]

Ya..Thats great...a good way of teaching the chords..Thanks for the information..

[ChristianW53]

great for beginners, very good that you omit the 5th and roots. Perhaps it´s a good idea, to explain, that the root and 5th normally are played by the bassists so that they can be omitted by the pianist and that the most important notes of a chord are the 3rd and 7th.

[cluinetti]

I would say that two notes constitute harmony and three or more chords comprise a chord (played simultaneously in each case). And, a chord should have a root note in order to refer to it as that (R = root) chord. Thirds and sevenths would outline harmony and provide voice leading, but are not chords. Though, they do provide the minimum characteristics of a chord (major, minor).

[caveman637]

@cluinetti Well, technically a chord is a "Triad", three notes. But this video only shows the pianist's right hand, his left hand would play the root and 5th. So you have all four notes (he's playing sevens), constituting a chord. Once you get to more complicated chords, like 11s and 13s, there's no way you could play all those notes with your right hand, so you have to omit some notes.

[miki4088pen]

this sounds like if a porno would take place in a pokemon center

[woxow]

yeh i found burt bacarach but which song grrrrrrr

[woxow]

i know thats for show chords but i will remember this song but i cant. its like a old song i cant remember grrrrrr

[neunwest]

very nice. and it is lulling me to sleep now at almost midnight :)

[Nathanbmajor7]

This really makes it easier to improvise as you only need to learn 2 notes instead of the usual three or four and it makes it easier to play.

[gobadine]

What does R mean?

[mitchem890]

@gobadine The root of the chord. E Major's root would be E.

[dabeaner12345]

@gobadine R= root note of the chord for example the root of CM is C,Root of Dm is D etc.

[BluegillGreg]

Wow... a few of these peeps show their ignorance and disrespect simultaneously, true multi-tasking! Thanks for the vid. I'm practicing my octaves in the bass, these closely voiced moving lines in the midrange are a good complement to them.

[IMChrisThom]

This needs to be renamed, 3 chords & 12 modulations since all of the chords are repeats when you hit the 4 of the 1. LAME!!!!!!!!

[2063steven]

this is not worthless what he is doing is showing basic interval Its like playing a 13th without the 11th if you understand intervals this is good way for you to learn. most people know what a chord is but when you start real good music programs in school they teach you intervals they are still 5's 3rd's 7's without adding all the notes this is what we do in music the best music scholls in the world do not take short cuts

[raymondgroothuis]

I'm sorry but this is a worthless video. You don't play chords with 2 notes and I'm sure you know that.

[tubestuffs]

It's just 12 different scale for 4 chords

[aftereffects00]

what is the 7 3 R on the this video for?

[AcousticMusicPage]

@aftereffects00 R = Root.. 7 (on M7 chord) = Major 7th of the scale ... 7 (on 7chord) = b7 of the scale .. 3 = maj 3rd .. in this video

[50dog]

oh yea that's right Sessameseed 77

[cholt202]

I think im just extremely challenged mentally when it comes to music, i envy you people. i need to read "music for dumbies"! CHARISH YOUR ABILITIES! Not all of us ar so lucky ive tried two other instrmnts and stuggled identify notes : ((( Im new to it but will keep working to wrap my brain around it...I do love the format its pretty important to be able to tell what key some of these other guys are hitting so in that sense it helped.

[benfmo]

Works for me.

[naanaa1111]

I don't understand this exactly. Are you just playing two notes at a time?

[lickmyfart]

Just what I was looking for! And thanks for not including a dork talking for 10 minutes before actually playing something.

[IWantToKnowChrist]

@lickmyfart dude you won't really learn anything from this, just search up how to play all the chords, it's easy and nowhere near as hard as people make it out to be. it's easy buddy, don't let any teacher or random guy making it all fancy and complicated sounding stop you. just go do it, it's fine, you can play piano if you want to!

[azanasas]

B, D#, F# is a Bmajor chord...

[jayrtheking]

a b chord or a b major as its often called, is composed of B + E flat + G flat + B, all your major chords will be the root (b in the this case) + 4 half steps + 3 half steps + 5 half steps, all these people who know music try and complicate things. thats all its is until your knowledge becomes greater thats all u need to know.

[roofwa1ker]

jayr,

azanasas is correct.

the key of 'B' has a key signature using sharps (#'s) not flats (b's). So even tho

E b and D# are enharmonically the same B major should be spelled B - D# - F#.

[niveksiwel]

the root of the note the third above that and the seventh above that!

[F33bs]

Yeah these are called intervals, but cool anyway.

[mrbassman2u]

awsome

[tcook242008]

these aren't even full chords. Any 7th, M7th, or m7th requires a four note sequence.

[sesameseed77]

Often great songwriters and great composers only use the most essential notes from a chord. If you always used all four notes of a minor seventh chord, you'll be pretty limited in your musical palette.

[nickyjlyons]

Burt Bacarach is a great example of this

[Kreimple]

@sesameseed77 These words are very true but I never understood it until now, thank you.

[bassmajor]

@sesameseed77

but for the purpose of showing people how certain chords are built up this is not the way to go

[CreativeEar]

@sesameseed77 tcook242008 is right you know. You are right in that you don't have to play every note every time you use the chord but you can't name m7 chords using just two notes. If you're goal is to teach people, then you should provide them with the full information

[452ist]

@sesameseed77 but theoretically itz nt chord.Chord is a combination of three notes. u r right that these r the important notes. but these r nt chords.

[escampadeiro]

@tcook242008 The bass usually plays the root and fifth, all you need to add is the 3rd and 7th which are the notes that define the sex of the chord.