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Major & Minor Chords Of Harmonium
Indian music is melodic and western music is
harmonic so chords and chord progressions accompany the melodic
lines, therefore the music sounds fuller. It is important that
we learn the fundamentals of chords as used in Indian film
music.
Harmonium major chords,
or any chord for that matter, are formed by combining two or
more notes. Now, when you from S major chord, it is
recommended you form them using the 2nd,1st and 5th fingers of
your right hand. Your thumb is the first finger index finger is
the 2nd and pinky is the 5th finger. A chord is a combination of three
(or more) notes played at the same time. All
major chords are formed by playing simultaneously
three notes, according to definite
rules.
In keyboards chords are played
mostly with left hand. Since we are learning harmonium so, your
left hand will be busy in pumping bellows. In this situation we
will play chord and melody with the right hand only.
As we have already defined in
our previous lessons that any key can become a
Sa or our starting note; but in our lessons we
have assumed the first black key to be the Sa (S), for convenience
and simplicity. Please see diagram above. There
are a number of chords in western music but In
harmonium lessons we will only use only major
and minor chords. A major chord is formed when
we simultaneously play three notes S-G-P or you
will play numbers numbers
1-5-8. we will name this chord as SV. Harmonium
chords are also called desi chords.
Harmonium komal and tiver
notes with their
numbers are given below as shown in the above
diagram.
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Sa S
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as key number 1.
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S key number: 1 |
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Komal r
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as key number 2. |
r key number: 1 |
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Tiver R
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as key number 3. |
R key number: 1 |
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Komal g
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as key number 4.
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g key number: 1 |
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Tiver G
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as key number 5. |
G key number: 1 |
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Komal m
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as key number 6.
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m key number: 1 |
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Tiver M
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as key number 7.
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M key number: 1 |
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----- P |
as key number 8.
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P key number: 1 |
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Komal d
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as key number 9. |
d key number: 1 |
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Komal D |
as key number 10. |
D key number: 1 |
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Komal n'
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as key number 11.
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n key number: 1 |
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Komal N'
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as key number 12.
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N key number: 1 |
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----- S' |
as key number 13. |
S' key number: 1 |
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Komal r' |
as key number 14.
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r' key number: 1 |
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Tiver R'
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as key number 15.
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R' key number: 1 |
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Komal g' |
as key number 16.
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g' key number: 1 |
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Tiver G' |
as key number 17.
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G' key number: 1 |
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Komal m' |
as key number 18.
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m' key number: 1 |
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Tiver M'
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as key number 19.
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M' key number: 1 |
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----- P' |
as key number 20.
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P' key number: 1 |
Now to play the major chord S-G-P
e.g.. we will play key numbers 1-5-8. This major
chord is called S major. We will use the symbol
'V' for a major chord. Now the S major chord
will be written as SV and as on.
Similarly, the major chord "rV"
will be formed as: r-m-d and can be shown by
numbers 2-6-9.
Below given is the complete
list of major harmonium chords:
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S major chord, symbol SV,
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key nos. 1-5-8, |
notes S-G-P |
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r major chord, symbol rV,
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key nos.2-6-9, |
notes r-m-d |
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R major chord, symbol RV,
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key nos. 3-7-10, |
notes R-M-D |
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g major chord, symbol gV,
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key nos. 4-8-11, |
notes g-P-n |
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G major chord, symbol GV,
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key nos.5-9-12, |
notes G-d-N |
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m major chord, symbol mV,
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key nos. 6-10-13 |
notes m-D-S' |
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M major chord, symbol MV, |
key nos. 7-11-14, |
notes M-n-r' |
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P major chord, symbol PV, |
key nos. 8-12-15, |
notes P-N-R' |
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d major chord, symbol dV,
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key nos. 9-13-16, |
notes d-S'-g' |
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D major chord, symbol DV, |
key nos. 10-14-17, |
notes D-r'-G' |
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n major chord, symbol nV, |
key nos. 11-15-18, |
notes n-R'-m' |
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N major chord, symbol NV,
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key nos. 12-16-19, |
notes N-g'-M' |
We have shown madh saptak chords and similar sets of notes will apply in mandar and taar saptak.
Harmonium minor chords
are shown by symbol L. A minor chord is formed
when we play three notes at the same time
together example S-g-P with numbers 1-4-8. Below given is the complete
list of minor harmonium chords:
Whatever is our
beginning note to start playing e.g. if we
select first black key as our Sa, the
minor keys will maintain their names similar to,
for example, r minor chord will maintain
their symbols rL, will maintain their key
numbers as, for example, 2-5-9,
will maintain their notes combination as, for
example, r-G-d. Or we can write simply
as:
r minor chord,
symbol rL, key nos. 2-5-9, notes
r-G-d
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S minor chord, symbol SL,
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key nos. 1-4-8,
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notes S-g-P |
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r minor chord, symbol rL,
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key nos. 2-5-9,
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notes r-G-d |
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R minor chord, symbol RL,
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key nos. 3-6-10,
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notes R-m-D |
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g minor chord, symbol gL,
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key nos. 4-7-11,
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notes g-M-n |
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G minor chord, symbol GL,
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key nos. 5-8-12,
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notes G-P-N |
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m minor chord, symbol mL, |
key nos. 6-9-13,
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notes m-d-S' |
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M minor chord, symbol ML,
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key nos. 7-10-14, |
notes M-D-r' |
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P minor chord, symbol PL,
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key nos. 8-11-15,
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notes P-n-R' |
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d minor chord, symbol dL, |
key nos.
9-12-16, |
notes d-N-g' |
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D minor chord, symbol DL, |
key nos. 10-13-17,
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notes D-S'-G' |
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n minor chord, symbol nL, |
key nos. 11-14-18, |
notes n-r'-m' |
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N minor chord, symbol NL, |
key nos. 12-15-19, |
notes N-R'-M' |
How to play Indian songs with harmonium
major and minor chords
First of all break down the song into several
very small phrases and try to play the various
major and minor chords given above with each
small segment of the song line. Then you should
check which chord sounds better with the word.
You can partly mechanize this process by first
playing the small segment of the song on the
harmonium. Slowly you will be able to use or
able to fill melody with harmony of chords.
End of Demo Lesson
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