5 Incredible Benefits From Learning Chording Techniques On The Piano
By learning chording techniques, you are at least
quadrupling your chances of creating exciting new sounds
on the piano
Category Archives: Chord Symbols
Learn to read music AND learn to play using chord symbols!
Most people play the piano by reading music and playing what is on the written sheet music, and that’s fine.
Continue reading →Reading Sheet Music AND Reading Chord Symbols – The Best of all Worlds! – Watch video
The best of all worlds, however, is to be able to read music as it is written in a sheet music score, but also be able to read the chord symbols. Then the musician is free to choose which is best — the written part, or an improvised part. The sky is the limit for musicians who can do both.
Continue reading →How To Play Piano Using Chord Symbols
Chord symbols (for example, Cmaj7 or G6) are a type of notation used frequently in jazz and other areas of modern music to notate chord progressions and changes. This type of notation differs from that of classical music in that chord symbols don’t show the function of a chord the way the Roman numeral notation does. Chord symbols, for modern music with lots of changes, are much easier to read. They function as a sort of shorthand for change-heavy music and are written with four chord parts in mind: the root, the quality, the extension, and the alterations.
Continue reading →What in the World is Figured Bass in Music?
Even many musicians haven’t heard of figured bass. Also called
basso continuo, a simple explanation of the term is a short way to
note chords on a musical score. If you have never heard of it, it’s
most likely because the method isn’t used today. However, it could
be considered akin to, or a precursor of, a modern chord chart.
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