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
