Master The 1 4 And 5 Chords Of Every Key With This Simple Exercise
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The most important chords in any key are the ones built off the first, fourth and fifth degrees of the major or minor scale. They’re also known as the 1, 4 and 5 chords (or I, IV, V if you want to use the formal musical notation) and as the tonic, subdominant and dominant chords. If you're going to be a confident and competent piano player, and especially if you want to improvise and get creative on the piano, it's really important that you have an instinctive feeling for these four chords across as many keys, major and minor, as possible.
So how are you going to achieve that? Well, this tutorial is a good place to start. It covers a really flexible exercise that will not only help you to internalise the sound and feel of the 1, 4 and 5 chords on the piano keyboard, but which is also really fun and satisfying to play. It's also quite easy, because it uses a fixed left-hand part (a drone, or double pedal tone) that helps to make the most of the piano’s rich sound one also giving you a really good practice experience. It's one of those exercises that you can use if you're a relative beginner at the piano, just starting to get to grips with playing chords on the keyboard and with piano improvisation, but also if you’re a player with a little more experience and you want to consolidate your existing knowledge and skills.
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The most important chords in any key are the ones built off the first, fourth and fifth degrees of the major or minor scale. They’re also known as the 1, 4 and 5 chords (or I, IV, V if you want to use the formal musical notation) and as the tonic, subdominant and dominant chords. If you're going to be a confident and competent piano player, and especially if you want to improvise and get creative on the piano, it's really important that you have an instinctive feeling for these four chords across as many keys, major and minor, as possible.
So how are you going to achieve that? Well, this tutorial is a good place to start. It covers a really flexible exercise that will not only help you to internalise the sound and feel of the 1, 4 and 5 chords on the piano keyboard, but which is also really fun and satisfying to play. It's also quite easy, because it uses a fixed left-hand part (a drone, or double pedal tone) that helps to make the most of the piano’s rich sound one also giving you a really good practice experience. It's one of those exercises that you can use if you're a relative beginner at the piano, just starting to get to grips with playing chords on the keyboard and with piano improvisation, but also if you’re a player with a little more experience and you want to consolidate your existing knowledge and skills.
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Facebook: http://fb.me/billhiltonpiano
Twitter: http://twitter.com/billhilton
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/billhilton
MY OTHER BOOKS
How To Really Play The Piano: www.billspianopages.com/how-to-really
Seven Studies in Pop Piano: https://www.billspianopages.com/seven-studies
An Introduction To Cocktail Piano: https://www.billspianopages.com/cocktail
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