PianochordFinder.org
This site is an informational site about piano chords and other piano and music related topics. It is maintained by Nathan Andersen. To contact, please email jederengel@hotmail.com
Learning Chords:
If you want to learn how to play piano chords it is good to learn a little theory. You'll want to know when you are playing the root of the chord or the 3rd of a chord. You'll want to know not just the shapes on the piano, but how to move those shapes around. That's what I love about chord finders. I used the same logic to create these chord finders that I teach in my book "How to Speed Read Piano Chord Symbols". Only with a chord finder, a computer is doing the logic for you! If only it were that simply when we sit down at the piano! Well that's why we study. If you do choose one "piano chord book", I hope it's "How to Speed Read Piano Chord Symbols".
The Right Teacher:
"You're a lazy little girl. A naughty little girl!" The tales of evil music teachers who scare children away from music are legendary. You don't want your child to deal with a sadist, and you'd like them to learn to love music. Well, how do find a music teacher that will inspire? That will create such an excitement about music that your child (or yourself!) will want to practice? MORE
How to Count:
How to count the four most basic rhythms.
Go to the "How to Count" tool -- the sequel(16th and 8th notes mixed)
Go to the "How to Count" tool -- half-time comparison
Scanning a measure to determine where the quarter notes are
An interesting animation that illustrates quarter notes, eighth notes and sixteenth notes.
Lord of the Ear Demo- Posted on 9 /10/2006
More Free Music Tools - Posted on 8/1/2006
Use the Fourth:
Western harmony is built on fourths and fifths. If you study the overtone series you'll see how these most harmonious of intervals are the foundation of chords and chord theory. Finding fourths on the keyboard is not too difficult. Just skip four keys (The fourth -- isn't is ironic -- is the fifth key away from the root. )
You'll see fourths from the root of the chord down to the fifth of the chord. and you'll also see them between the 3rd and 6th of a chord, such as in 13th chords or 6/9 chords. Also you'll see fourths between the 7th and 3rd of both Major and Minor seventh chords. Because of the prominance of fourths in chords, I use them as a starting position to find chords, such as in my book, "How to Speed Read Piano Chord Symbols". -- Nathan Andersen
Here is a demonstation of how to find fourths.
Once you have seen how to find fourths, check out this demo on how to use fourths to find major chords.
Now you can use a little expanded logic to find all different types of piano chords.