Posted in Cheat Theories, tagged cheat, how to play, II major, III major, keyboard, piano, progression, shortcut, Sus4, suspension, VI major on June 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let’s recap the chords in ‘Chord Association (part 1)’ post:
· Chord IIIm usually leads to Chord VIm
· Chord VIm usually leads to Chord IIm
· Chord IIm usually leads to Chord V
· Chord V usually leads to Chord I
· Chord I usually leads to Chord IV
The following are often associated with one another in the [...]
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Posted in Cheat Theories, tagged piano, cheat, bass notes, love song, sara bareilles, C/E, F/A, G/B, D/F#, E/G#, A/C#, how to play, m bass on May 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
There is no such chord as an M Chord. The ‘M’ here actually stands for “the middle note”. And it’s not new. In fact, we have used that before in Chord I, IV and V. Let’s see:
The middle note of a C major chord is the E note, because the E note is the [...]
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Posted in Cheat Theories, tagged A major, chord, D major, E major, II major, III major, major, piano, VI major on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In “The 3 Basic Chords” post, we learned the following 3 chords:
Chord I – i.e., the I major chord
Chord IV – i.e., the IV major chord
Chord V – i.e., the V major chord
Then, in “The 3 Minor Chords”, we learned the following 3 chords:
Chord IIm – i.e., the II minor chord
Chord IIIm – i.e., [...]
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I have talked about Sus4 and how to improvise it with the 3 basic chords earlier. Sus2 is another form of suspension that can also be improvised with the 3 basic chords.
Let’s take a C chord (C Major chord) as example. A C-Sus2 chord is usually written as C2.
For a C chord, we play the [...]
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Posted in Cheat Theories, Cheat Tricks, tagged "amazing grace", C4, cheat, chord, G4, improvise, piano, Sus4, suspended, suspension on April 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are 2 types of suspended chords I know. There may actually be more but I only know 2 types. Anyway, you won’t want to learn too many chords playing the cheat way.
These 2 types of suspension I know are Sus2 and Sus4. I will come to Sus2 another day, and only [...]
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I have said before that mine is a not-so-conventional theory. That’s one reason why this site is called Piano Cheats at the first place. You probably have not heard and will not hear of any chord called “minus-one” anywhere else.
What exactly do I mean by a minus-one chord. In my definition, it is a chord [...]
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Posted in Cheat Theories, tagged finger, piano, play on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the frequently asked questions concerning piano playing is: Which fingers should I use to play the notes?
In Piano Cheats, my answer is: It’s up to you. Really. What matters is how comfortable it is for you by using certain fingers. It should be as natural to you as possible. In formal piano training [...]
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Posted in Cheat Theories, tagged chord, minor on March 22, 2008 | 12 Comments »
The 3 Minor Chords
Didn’t I say that most songs could be played with just 3 chords? In fact, the 3 basic chords may be “tweaked” a little bit here and there to give us many more other chords! As for now, let’s look at 3 minor chords that can be derived from these 3 basic [...]
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Honestly, you don’t have to know about inversions to play a song. However, being familiar with the different inversions of a chord will be extremely useful for your hand’s movement, from one chord to another.
There are 3 different inversions for a chord. These are called the root position, the 1st inversion and the 2nd [...]
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One thing I didn’t mention on “The 3 Basic Chords” post is that, to play a song using chords, usually the chords are played with the right hand, while the left hand plays the “bass” notes.
A question one may ask is, “then with which hand is the melody played?” There are 2 answers to this [...]
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