Piano Chords A Chord Book And Forty Eight Popular Chords For Beginners

<h1>Piano Chords A Chord Book And Forty Eight Popular Chords For Beginners</h1>Author: <a title="Mike Shaw" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/mike-shaw/45685.htm">Mike Shaw</a> I am sure you have heard of Piano Chords. Well, that can be a little misleading because when you play chords, normally with you left hand, you would play chords on an electronic keyboard or electric organ rather than a piano. 
 
When learning to play the piano you would normally learn, what I call a moving left hand rather than a three note or four-note chord. You can still use chords with a piano but you must put the bass note in first before playing the chord. So if you are playing a C chord you would play the C bass note first with your left hand then the C chord. With an electronic keyboard, you would just play the C chord and the auto-chord feature that most keyboards have will add the bass note for you. 
 
So, for all you keyboard and organ beginners out there all you need to start with is some basic triad and seventh chords. There are hundreds of chords to learn, but guess what; you don't need to learn them now. 
 
Let me give you an example, if you are playing your favourite song on your keyboard and you come across a chord called C6 or C9 or even C11 what do you do, stop, and learn these chords or carry on playing and learn these chords later, if you want to. Sound confusing, it's not really, what you do is play a simple C chord instead of the C6, C9 or C11. 
 
When you see a number attached to a chord it means you are adding another note to that chord. So for example C6 means play a C chord and add a sixth to it, and if you don't know what the sixth is just play the C chord and learn the sixth later. 
 
Now I don't want to bombard you with theory but there are certain rules when playing ninth and eleventh chords, the rule being you must include the seventh when playing these types of chords. Now, as a beginner you can substitute ninth and eleventh chords with seventh chords. So now, you have a choice, if you see a C9 chord, you can play either a C chord or a C7 chord, both are adequate and both will sound correct. 
 
Here are the chords I recommend beginners learn first. 
 
12 Major Chords 
12 Seventh Chords 
12 Minor Chords 
12 Minor Seventh Chords 
 
The 12 Major Chords are: 
C, G, D, A, E, B, F#/Gb, C#/Db, Ab, Eb, Bb, F 
 
The 12 Seventh Chords are: 
C7, G7, D7, A7, E7, B7, F#7/Gb7, C#7/Db7, Ab7, Eb7, Bb7, F7 
 
The 12 Minor Chords are: 
Cm, Gm, Dm, Am, Em, Bm, F#m/Gbm, C#m/Dbm, Abm, Ebm, Bbm, Fm 
 
The 12 Minor Seventh Chords are: 
Cm7, Gm7, Dm7, Am7, Em7, Bm7, F#m7/Gbm7, C#m7/Dbm7, Abm7, Ebm7, Bbm7, Fm7 
 
That's 48 of the most popular chords used in modern music today. If you learn these chords, you will be able to play hundreds of songs that are widely available in songbooks and sheet music.About the Author: You can buy Mikes Chord Book at his website <a href="http://www.mikesmusicroom.co.uk/chordbook.html">Mikes Music Room</a>. Visit his musical instrument websites to find bargain <a href="http://musical-instruments-us.mikesmusicroom.co.uk/Keyboard-Piano/Electronic-Keyboards">Pianos</a> and <a href="http://musical-instruments-uk.mikesmusicroom.co.uk/Keyboard-Piano/Electronic-Keyboards">Keyboards</a>.Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/music-articles/piano-chords-a-chord-book-and-forty-eight-popular-chords-for-beginners-573329.html" title="Piano Chords A Chord Book And Forty Eight Popular Chords For Beginners">Piano Chords A Chord Book And Forty Eight Popular Chords For Beginners</a>

I am sure you have heard of Piano Chords. Well, that can be a little misleading because when you play chords, normally with you left hand, you would play chords on an electronic keyboard or electric organ rather than a piano.

When learning to play the piano you would normally learn, what I call a moving left hand rather than a three note or four-note chord. You can still use chords with a piano but you must put the bass note in first before playing the chord. So if you are playing a C chord you would play the C bass note first with your left hand then the C chord. With an electronic keyboard, you would just play the C chord and the auto-chord feature that most keyboards have will add the bass note for you.

So, for all you keyboard and organ beginners out there all you need to start with is some basic triad and seventh chords. There are hundreds of chords to learn, but guess what; you don't need to learn them now.

Let me give you an example, if you are playing your favourite song on your keyboard and you come across a chord called C6 or C9 or even C11 what do you do, stop, and learn these chords or carry on playing and learn these chords later, if you want to. Sound confusing, it's not really, what you do is play a simple C chord instead of the C6, C9 or C11.

When you see a number attached to a chord it means you are adding another note to that chord. So for example C6 means play a C chord and add a sixth to it, and if you don't know what the sixth is just play the C chord and learn the sixth later.

Now I don't want to bombard you with theory but there are certain rules when playing ninth and eleventh chords, the rule being you must include the seventh when playing these types of chords. Now, as a beginner you can substitute ninth and eleventh chords with seventh chords. So now, you have a choice, if you see a C9 chord, you can play either a C chord or a C7 chord, both are adequate and both will sound correct.

Here are the chords I recommend beginners learn first.

12 Major Chords
12 Seventh Chords
12 Minor Chords
12 Minor Seventh Chords

The 12 Major Chords are:
C, G, D, A, E, B, F#/Gb, C#/Db, Ab, Eb, Bb, F

The 12 Seventh Chords are:
C7, G7, D7, A7, E7, B7, F#7/Gb7, C#7/Db7, Ab7, Eb7, Bb7, F7

The 12 Minor Chords are:
Cm, Gm, Dm, Am, Em, Bm, F#m/Gbm, C#m/Dbm, Abm, Ebm, Bbm, Fm

The 12 Minor Seventh Chords are:
Cm7, Gm7, Dm7, Am7, Em7, Bm7, F#m7/Gbm7, C#m7/Dbm7, Abm7, Ebm7, Bbm7, Fm7

That's 48 of the most popular chords used in modern music today. If you learn these chords, you will be able to play hundreds of songs that are widely available in songbooks and sheet music.

You can buy Mikes Chord Book at his website Mikes Music Room. Visit his musical instrument websites to find bargain Pianos and Keyboards.

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