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| Chords to know for Key of "A" |
Today we need harmony but my studies tell me that it's a relatively new item in the history of music.
The problem comes when our lousy LH tries to play those chords. That hand is clumsy at best.
Here are some things you need to know about chords.
First thing to do is to decide if you are going to physically sing, mentally sing, or play the melody. It DOES matter cause something has to "carry" that melody.
If you are going to physically sing then you'll likely encounter the chords related your vocal range and you'll need to find out what that is (that's another subject entirely!)
If your are not going to physically sing and plan on either mentally singing or playing the melody with your RH, then you need to know what music you will be using.
Would it surprise you to know that I've seen a version of Pacabel's famous "Canon in D" written in the key of C for ease of performance?
Yes, tunes come in various keys if you buy sheet music for them. And the chords are related to what key the piece is written in.
This is true even in classical music. However, let's get back to the popular song!
Let's say you are actually singing in the Key of A. Then you will need to play on your instrument the chords commonly associated with A, which are 3 Major chords, 3 Minor chords, and a 7th chord.
There are also keys close to A (in theory, these are called "related" keys) and those are ones you will need to know well.
The bain, if you will, of most instruments that make chords (not all of them do, like trumpets or clarinets) is too much movement sideways.
The secret to minimizing that is called Inversions. Oh, there have been many methodologies to teach these (and of course I like mine best) but most are not so hot in that folks can't seem to learn them.
That's cause people study them in some book and the purpose of a book is to sell that book, not make it possible to really master the material that is supposedly in it.
Also (and here's a tip for ya!) the publishers of musical books know something about the musical readers of those books - something that unless you are me seeing a very wide spectrum of human musical needs you wouldn't know at all - if a person can't do something in a musical book (cause it's a lousy thing to do in the first place) they will blame themselves and never the book (even though the book had some bad instructions in it.)
Thus, if you tried to learn chords and failed, it could very well be that it wasn't your fault at all.
If you still want to learn Inversions, then I can teach you that. Simply get in touch and tell me what you want. I may ask some more questions like the ones above but I'll do it rapidly. The best way to contact me is via personal email at danstarrorg@yahoo.com.
I promise to guard your email with my life and not try to use it to sell you something else, just help you learn the inversions that you need to know.
