Chords for Part 2: Chord secrets for learning beginning piano fast to play hundreds of songs instantly

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C

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G

F

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [A] [C]
[F]
[Gb] [Gm] [Gb]
[D] Now, what does your left hand do while your right hand is playing chords?
Well, the good news is the left hand doesn't have to do very much.
If you're playing a C major chord with your right hand, your left hand is just going to
play usually the first note that your thumb is playing.
[C] So if you're playing a C and your thumb is on the C, then your left hand [F] is either going
to play a C also with the [C] thumb, or it could play a lower C with your fifth finger.
This is called an octave, by the way.
Any note that's the same but it's eight notes apart is [N] called an octave.
So I can play a [C] C like this with my left hand, or I can play a C like this with my left hand.
Or if you can reach, you can play both at once, which is what I do normally, play an
octave C and C.
So whatever chord you're playing with your right hand, your left hand is just
going to [G] play the [E] same note that your thumb is playing.
So if I'm playing a C, [C] I'm going to go like this, but I don't usually keep my fingers
out of the way.
I'm doing that so you can see.
I would play it like this.
[D] So if I take this and I'm playing an F chord, then I'm going to [F] play an F down here, or
both in an octave.
If I'm playing a G chord, [G] I'm just going to play the G note.
And that's practically all that your left hand has to do.
I'm going to show you some more interesting things that it can do, but really it just
follows along and [C] plays the basic notes.
[F]
[G] All right, now let's get into the [Abm] cool stuff about how the numbering system works, because
numbering doesn't just work out how to play the notes that are in a certain chord.
It also helps you put songs together.
So first of all, there are hundreds, [C] if not thousands of songs that just use three chords.
All the old 50s songs and lots of 60s songs and current songs, you know, Twist and Shout,
Johnny B.
Goode, those are all three chords.
So like Twist and Shout is a
Shakin' up baby, twist and shout, twist and shout.
Okay?
So instead of remembering what the chords are, so if I'm playing in the key of C, Twist
and Shout is C, F, and [E] G.
All right?
But I'm not going to remember it as C, F, and G.
Everybody teaches you to learn it in C, F, and G.
But what happens if you're playing with a singer who says, oh, [C] that's out of my range,
I need to play it in A?
Well then you don't know how to play it, because you only learn how to play it in C, F, and G.
That's why I teach you to not learn the chords, but to learn the numbers.
So if you're playing in the key of C, [N] what is an F?
An F is a [D] four note, right?
Because you got one, two, three, four, five.
So in the key of C, [C] the C is the [F] one, the F is the four, and the [G] G is the five.
[C] So if you're playing a three chord song that has C, F, and G, that's a one chord, [F] a four
chord, and a [G] five chord.
So the four chord meaning you're putting your thumb there and you're figuring out the [G] rest
of the notes.
Thumb there, rest of the notes.
[C] So Twist and Shout is a one, four, five song, just like Johnny B.
Goode is.
So once you know one, four, five, one, four, five, you don't have to remember the [Eb] note
names, you just remember that it's a [E] one, four, five song.
So one, four, [F] five, four, one, four, five, four, [Ab] one.
If I'm playing in a different key, let's say I'm playing [A] in an A, all right?
Well, in A, the [B] A is a one, [D] the [Bm] D is the four, and the E is the five.
So since we know it's a one, four, five song, we can just transpose, which is what it's
called when you go to a different key, and we can play it in that.
So this [A] is a one chord, this is the four chord.
I got my hand as [D] a claw.
That's a four chord, which is a D.
[E] That's a five, which is an E.
That's a [A] four, and
that's a one.
All right?
So I'm going to slide it down here.
Shake [E] it up, baby.
Twist and shout, twist and [D] shout.
Okay?
Same with Johnny Be Good.
[C] Johnny Be Good is in C, and this is, I'm going to expand out to what I'm going to be teaching [A] you.
This is a three chord song, we're going to play it in C, Johnny Be [C] Good.
Go, Johnny, go.
[A] Actually, let's do it in A.
[D] Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, [A] Johnny, go, go.
One.
Go, Johnny, [E] go.
Five, which is a four.
Johnny Be Good.
So I'm going to teach you how to do this.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny, [B] go, go.
[A] Johnny Be Good.
[D] [A] All right.
That probably looked very confusing to you, but all that was was certain little things
that I'm going to be showing you in later lessons with three chords, the one, four,
and five.
And the one, four, and five.
So trust me, by following the numbering system that I'm telling you about right now, [Eb] when
you learn one thing, you're going to be able to do a thousand other things.
And the problems, usually, with piano lessons is you learn one thing and that's all you learn.
You learn one melody, and just because you learn that melody, [G] you never learn how to
do anything else.
So by learning how to accompany whatever else you're playing with or singing, you learn
one thing, you can do a thousand things.
So stop learning specific things and learn how to do everything.
Please go to instantpianogenius.com for more free lessons and learn how you can play like a pro.
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[D] Now, what does your left hand do while your right hand is playing chords?
Well, the good news is the left hand doesn't have to do very much.
If you're playing a C major chord with your right hand, your left hand is just going to
play usually the first note that your thumb is playing.
[C] So if you're playing a C and your thumb is on the C, then your left hand [F] is either going
to play a C also with the [C] thumb, or it could play a lower C with your fifth finger.
This is called an octave, by the way.
Any note that's the same but it's eight notes apart is [N] called an octave.
So I can play a [C] C like this with my left hand, or I can play a C like this with my left hand.
Or if you can reach, you can play both at once, which is what I do normally, play an
octave C and C.
So whatever chord you're playing with your right hand, your left hand is just
going to [G] play the [E] same note that your thumb is playing.
So if I'm playing a C, [C] I'm going to go like this, but I don't usually keep my fingers
out of the way.
I'm doing that so you can see.
I would play it like this.
[D] So if I take this and I'm playing an F chord, then I'm going to [F] play an F down here, or
both in an octave.
If I'm playing a G chord, [G] I'm just going to play the G note.
And that's practically all that your left hand has to do.
I'm going to show you some more interesting things that it can do, but really it just
follows along and [C] plays the basic notes.
_ [F] _
_ [G] All right, now let's get into the [Abm] cool stuff about how the numbering system works, because
numbering doesn't just work out how to play the notes that are in a certain chord.
It also helps you put songs together.
So first of all, there are hundreds, [C] if not thousands of songs that just use three chords.
All the old 50s songs and lots of 60s songs and current songs, you know, Twist and Shout,
Johnny B.
Goode, those are all three chords.
So like Twist and Shout is a_
Shakin' up baby, twist and shout, twist and shout.
Okay?
So instead of remembering what the chords are, so if I'm playing in the key of C, Twist
and Shout is C, F, and [E] G.
All right?
But I'm not going to remember it as C, F, and G.
Everybody teaches you to learn it in C, F, and G.
But what happens if you're playing with a singer who says, oh, [C] that's out of my range,
I need to play it in A?
Well then you don't know how to play it, because you only learn how to play it in C, F, and G.
That's why I teach you to not learn the chords, but to learn the numbers.
So if you're playing in the key of C, [N] what is an F?
An F is a [D] four note, right?
Because you got one, two, three, four, five.
So in the key of C, [C] the C is the [F] one, the F is the four, and the [G] G is the five.
[C] So if you're playing a three chord song that has C, F, and G, that's a one chord, [F] a four
chord, and a [G] five chord.
So the four chord meaning you're putting your thumb there and you're figuring out the [G] rest
of the notes.
Thumb there, rest of the notes.
[C] So Twist and Shout is a one, four, five song, just like Johnny B.
Goode is.
So once you know one, four, five, one, four, five, you don't have to remember the [Eb] note
names, you just remember that it's a [E] one, four, five song.
So one, four, [F] five, four, one, four, five, four, [Ab] one.
If I'm playing in a different key, let's say I'm playing [A] in an A, all right?
Well, in A, the [B] A is a one, _ [D] the [Bm] D is the four, and the E is the five.
So since we know it's a one, four, five song, we can just transpose, which is what it's
called when you go to a different key, and we can play it in that.
So this [A] is a one chord, this is the four chord.
I got my hand as [D] a claw.
That's a four chord, which is a D.
[E] That's a five, which is an E.
That's a [A] four, and
that's a one.
All right?
So I'm going to slide it down here.
Shake [E] it up, baby.
Twist and shout, twist and [D] shout.
Okay?
Same with Johnny Be Good.
[C] Johnny Be Good is in C, and this is, I'm going to expand out to what I'm going to be teaching [A] you.
This is a three chord song, we're going to play it in C, Johnny Be [C] Good.
Go, Johnny, go.
[A] Actually, let's do it in A.
[D] Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, [A] Johnny, go, go.
One.
Go, Johnny, [E] go.
Five, which is a four.
Johnny Be Good.
So I'm going to teach you how to do this.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go.
Go, Johnny, [B] go, go.
_ [A] Johnny Be Good.
[D] _ [A] _ All right.
That probably looked very confusing to you, but all that was was certain little things
that I'm going to be showing you in later lessons with three chords, the one, four,
and five.
And the one, four, and five.
So trust me, by following the numbering system that I'm telling you about right now, [Eb] when
you learn one thing, you're going to be able to do a thousand other things.
And the problems, usually, with piano lessons is you learn one thing and that's all you learn.
You learn one melody, and just because you learn that melody, [G] you never learn how to
do anything else.
So by learning how to accompany whatever else you're playing with or singing, you learn
one thing, you can do a thousand things.
So stop learning specific things and learn how to do everything.
Please go to instantpianogenius.com for more free lessons and learn how you can play like a pro. _ _
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