Introducing E for Left Hand
Pic.a
A
New Position of the C Major Chord left Hand
You have used
C Major Chord with C as the lowest note like CEG. When you
play these same 3 notes in any order, you will still have a C Major Chord.
When you play in G Position, it is convenient to play G as the lowest note
as GCE. It is easy to move from G Major Chord to the C Major Chord, when G
is the lowest note of both chords.
New
Position of C Major Chord
You have already played the C MAJOR CHORD with C as the lowest note: C
E G. When you play these same three notes in any order, you still
have a C MAJOR CHORD. When you are playing in G POSITION, it is most
convenient to play G as the lowest note: GCE.
The following diagrams show
how easy it is to move from the G MAJOR CHORD to the C MAJOR CHORD,
when G is the lowest note of both chords.
G Major Chord LH
C Major New Position LH
Don't
be confused, GCE which is C major chord is actually CEG. We are
actually limited to play chord in the keys C
D E F G
A as mentioned in Pic.a above. Same sound will be heard whether we
play CEG or GCE. Otherwise we have to play chord CEG in other
octave.
Practice changing from G chord to C chord and
back again.
1.
Finger 5 plays G in both chords.
2.
Finger 2 plays C in the C chord.
3.
Only finger 1 moves out of G POSITION (up to E) for the C chord.
Introducing
E for Right Hand
Pic.b
Place the Right Hand in G
Position. Leave finger 1 on G. Shift all other fingers LEAVING one white key to
the right.
New
C Major Chord Position-Right Hand
Notice that two fingers
must move to the right when changing from the G MAJOR CHORD to the C MAJOR
CHORD.
G
Major Chord RH C Major New Position RH
Don't
be confused, GCE which is C major chord is actually CEG. We are
actually limited to play chord in the keys C
D E F G
A as mentioned in Pic.b above. Same sound will be heard whether we
play CEG or GCE. Otherwise we have to play chord CEG in other
octave.
Practice
changing from the G chord to the C chord and back again:
1. Finger 1 plays G in both chords.
2. Finger 3 moves up to C and 5 moves up to E for the C chord.
Warm-Up
using G, D7 & C Chords
COMMONLY USED
CHORDS LEFT HAND
Essential Chords Exercises For Indian
Pakistani Songs By Khan Print page for practice
Exercise One
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
Exercise Four
PRACTICE
COMMONLY USED CHORDS FOR BOTH HANDS
Exercise One
Exercise Two
Exercise Three
Exercise Four
WARM-UP
USING C,G7 & F
CHORDS USING
BOTH
HANDS
Practice
the following four exercises daily unless you learn finger position.
Melodic Intervals
Distance
between tones are measured in INTERVALS, called 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths,
etc. Notes played separately make a melody. We call the intervals
between these notes Melodic Intervals. Play these MELODIC 2nds &
3rds. Listen to the sound of each interval.
Play
both hands same time in upper & lower bar measures. Upper bar
measure notes are for right hand and lower bar measures are for left hand
here. Where CD
2nd CE 3rd interval and GF 2nd GE 3rd interval. This exercise is only
for practice to play whole songs and rhymes. You will recognize my
notation system in this practice.
Notes 4/4
RH | C D C E
| C D C E | -
| - :|
Fingers 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 3
Notes
4/4 LH | - |
- | G F G E | G
F G E :|
Fingers
1 2 1 3 1 2 1 3
Play repeated
notes and MELODIC 2nds & 3rds. Use Both Hands.
C in bold letter means play longer
Notes 4/4
RH | C C
C D | E D
| C E D D |
C :|
Fingers 1 1 1 2
3 2 1 3 2 2 1
p
(here 'p' means piano, play note C softer)
Notes
4/4 LH | - | -
| - |
- :|
Fingers
Harmonic
Intervals
Notes played
together make harmony. We call the intervals between these notes
HARMONIC INTERVALS. Play these harmonic 2nds & 3rds. Listen to the
sound of each interval and recognize sound. Use both hands here.
Play
two notes together:
Notes 4/4
RH | CD CE | CD CE
|
- |
-
:|
Fingers 12 13 12
13
Notes
4/4 LH | - | -
| FG EG |
FG EG :|
Fingers 21 31 21
31
mf
(play FG in measure 3
moderately loud)
The Sign
- between measures means complete
silence. Do not play any note.
Playing
on Keyboard Ascending & Descending
Practice the exercise to be aware of the
notation system for playing songs.
Italic notes are in descending order
here BLUE
note is
a half note count 1,2 while playing
blue note
Notes 4/4
RH | C D
E F | G G G
|G
F E D |C
C C :|
Fingers 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 4 3 2 1 1
1
measure1 2
3
4
Notes
4/4 LH | - |
- | - |
- :|
silent measure
5
6
7
8
Notes
4/4 RH | - |
- | - |
- :|
silent measure 1 2
3
4
Notes 4/4
LH | C D
E F | G G G
| G
F E D |C
C C
:|
Fingers
5 4 3 2 1
1 1 1
2 3 4 5
5 5
5
6
7
8
ROCK-ALONG
(Both Hands)
(1)
Notes 4/4
RH | C
C E | G
E G | C
C |
C |
Fingers
1 1 3 5
3 5 1 1 1
measure 1
2 3
4
Notes
4/4 LH | - |
- | -
| - |
silent measure silent
silent silent
silent
(2)
Notes
4/4 RH | - |
- | -
| - :|
silent measure
1
2
3
4
Notes 4/4
LH | C
C E | G
E G | C
C |
C :|
Fingers 1 1 3 5
3 5 1
1
1
