| Have you ever wondered what piano chords are and | | | | remember it like so: WWSWWWS. W stands for |
| how to play piano chords? Well wonder no more. I will | | | | whole tone and S stands for semi tone. |
| help you to discover how to play piano chords in this | | | | The minor scale pattern is like so: WSWWSWW |
| article you are about to read. Piano chords are just | | | | - How to play piano chords |
| made up of three or more notes that are played | | | | Start at the first note in the scale we are playing. So if |
| simultaneously. The notes that you have to play | | | | we are playing the C major chord, we start at the C |
| depend on which piano scale it is. | | | | note. Skip the second note and play E and finally skip |
| Just like piano scales, chords come in many different | | | | the fourth note and play G. Playing CEG at the same |
| flavours. They start at different notes along the | | | | time is the C major chord. |
| keyboard and there are a bunch of rules which you | | | | To play chords made up of three notes we just simply |
| must follow. I believe quite firmly that you should first | | | | follow the rule of playing notes 1-3-5 in that scale. The |
| master the art of playing piano scales. Without this | | | | other thing that we need to remember is that we need |
| fundamental knowledge of scales, you are going to | | | | to use our thumb, middle finger and last finger. Using |
| find it quite difficult to learn chords. | | | | the right fingers is essential to playing a chord. We |
| The reason behind learning scales first is that chords | | | | might find it easier in some chords to use the index |
| are very much linked to playing scales. To | | | | finger instead of the middle finger. |
| demonstrate why this is so, you just need to know the | | | | When we practise playing chords we ought to use a |
| rules of playing a chord such as a chord consisting of | | | | metronome to stay at the right tempo. Tempo is very |
| three notes. | | | | important when playing piano pieces. |
| - A quick recap on scales | | | | In conclusion, this article has helped us discover what |
| Major scales follow a simple pattern of whole tones | | | | chords are and how to play a simple three note chord. |
| and semi or half tones. The pattern is like so: Whole | | | | The rules are there and you just need to know your |
| tone, whole tone, semi tone, whole tone, whole tone, | | | | scales and chords should come pretty easily. |
| whole tone, semi tone. To read this easier, you can | | | | |