| If you want to learn piano chords that sound smooth | | | | teachers make sure you knew every word in the |
| and professional, it's really a lot easier than most | | | | language before you started talking? Of course not! |
| people think. Don't let the sheer number of chords, | | | | And why should it be any different when playing |
| alterations, and voicings overwhelm you or stop you in | | | | piano? |
| your tracks. Once you learn a few simple | | | | It shouldn't! |
| fundamentals, you'll be able to play beautiful piano | | | | When you study chords for a single song, simply focus |
| chords quickly and easily. | | | | on those chords and nothing else. Remove all the |
| The Basics | | | | alterations and first learn the basic chords - major, |
| Most of those beautiful, professional-sounding piano | | | | minor, diminished, augmented, 7th. Then, once you're |
| chords are simply variations of the basic major, minor, | | | | able to play the song with those chords, start adding |
| augmented, and diminished triads (3-note chords), or | | | | back in the alterations until you can play those |
| the dominant 7th chord (which is not a triad, but which | | | | smoothly. |
| has it's own unique "flavor"). Before you can play piano | | | | After all, you really just want to play the song your |
| chords that sound like the pros, you absolutely must be | | | | working on, right? So why learn chords that you don't |
| able to quickly read and play the basic chords. | | | | even need for the song?! |
| The easiest way to do this is to say and play these | | | | YOU Be The Judge |
| chords while trying to play them as quickly as possible, | | | | Don't let others tell you what's right or wrong with your |
| moving up and down the piano keyboard through all | | | | chords or playing - it's music, after all, which is a very |
| chord inversions. An inversion is when the root is | | | | personal, creative thing for most people. Listen and talk |
| somewhere other than the bottom of the chord. For | | | | to other pianists, try to find out what chords makes |
| example, C major is C - E - G in root position, but is E - | | | | their styles unique, and use your own best judgment |
| G - C in 1st inversion and G - C - E in 2nd inversion. | | | | when playing chords. That will give you your own |
| Playing and saying inversions is one of the fastest | | | | musical personality and help you set the mood that |
| ways to learn piano chords quickly and easily. | | | | you want to set for yourself and your listeners. |
| But there's no need to memorize ALL the piano | | | | Using these tips, you can learn piano chords faster, |
| chords right away, when all you need to do is... | | | | more easily, and more enjoyably than you ever |
| Start Working On One Song At A Time | | | | imagined. |
| When you were much younger, did your parents or | | | | |