Article Categories     Animals     Automobiles     Business     Career     Computers     Computer Programming     Entertainment     Environment     Family     Food     Health & Medical     Home & Garden     Humor     Internet Marketing     Legal     Leisure & Recreation     Marketing     Other     Politics     Religion     Sports     Technology & Science     Travel     Writing     Finance     Internet Business     Communications     Advice     Self Improvement     Fashion     Reference & Education                 Categories :: Entertainment : Music Articles   Category :: Music Author :: Steve Parry     Article Title :: FORMING MAJOR KEYBOARD CHORDS   Major chords are the most important as all the other chords are built up from them. There is a major chord for each note on your keyboard. the notes are A B C D E F and G so you are now going to learn the major chords that go with each of these notes. Sounds daunting? Well here is something really nice which you will be very pleased to know. The rule for forming major chords is exactly the same for every note so you only have to learn one simple rule.  The first note of any major chord is always the note which bears the name of the chord. So the first note in the chord of A major is A. The first note in the chord of B major is B. It's pretty easy so far isn't it. These first notes are known as the TONIC note. Now for the simple rule. Simply remember the numbers 1, 5, 8. Say the numbers 1, 5 and 8 over and over to yourself until it's really sunk in.  Now here is the simple secret of how to form chords:  Play the first (TONIC) note and say 1 then count the keys up from the tonic note and when you count the keys in this case include the black keys as well, 2, 3, 4, 5. play the 5th key as this is the second note in you major chord. Now count 6, 7, 8. and play the eighth key as this is the third note in your major chord.  Try this with the chord of C major.  Play the note C and include this in your count 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.  We know note 1 is C and we have now discovered that count 5 brings us to E and count 8 brings us to G. Remember when counting to include the black keys. C E and G are the notes making up the chord of C major. Try the same exercise with the other tonic notes and listen to the different sounds thus created.  Concentrate on three important chords, C major, G major, and F major. Once you know these chords and learn to play them with both hands you will hear a vast improvement in your playing. You will use these chords frequently in many different pieces of music so take the time to learn them properly.   More Music Articles

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