Chords for Rockin Power Chords on Piano - Don't sound Muddy! Easy Piano Lesson
Tempo:
112.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Am
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Chords sound really good in the middle of the piano.
[C] So right around this range of the piano.
This is middle C and then an octave below and an octave up.
But they don't sound as good on the low end.
So as soon as you get below the C, things start to get a little muddy and [Am] thick.
That's a little [F] thick and then things are just not clear [B] down here.
So the low end of the piano is really for single notes or octave bass lines like this.
[G] Where you play the chord but you play it one note at a time.
[A] [C]
[E]
[C] [Am]
[A] [Dm]
[Dbm] [D]
[C] If you go lower than this C, there is a solution.
We just need to take out the middle note of the chord.
So we can still play the chord but we just take out the middle note.
[A]
[C] [G] Guitar players [Ab] usually call these kind of chords power chords.
These are great for rock and blues [C] sounds or [G]
[C] boogie woogie.
[G]
[F] [G]
So now that our left hand is lower [C] on the piano and not playing a chord up here.
[Am]
[C] Where it's normally very clear.
If we have our left hand lower on the piano, it lets [Bbm] us bring our right hand down around middle C.
So that our right hand can play the melody in the register that's [C] very rich.
[Db] Here's Heart and Soul [C] as an example.
[Am] [F] [C]
[D] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C] [G]
A variation we can do on the power chords is we can double the bottom [C] note.
So if we're playing a C power chord, we can double it and get a much bigger sound.
So C, G and C for a C chord.
We can also do that down here and get a huge sound.
[G]
[Db] So let's review.
You want [Eb] to keep all your thick chords in the middle of the piano.
Don't go an octave below middle [C] C.
You can but [D] things are going to get a little too [C] muddy.
The solution to that is as you get lower you need to space the notes out more.
So [A] as we get lower we can take the middle note out.
As we get too low, a [C] fifth really low on the piano is going to sound very muddy.
So we need to play only octaves at the bottom octave of the piano.
Only play double notes or much bigger intervals.
[Ebm] And the last thing to remember [C] is that power chords use only the root [G] and the fifth of the chord.
[E] There's no third.
[C] There's no middle note.
The third and the middle note are the same in this triad.
[N]
[C] So right around this range of the piano.
This is middle C and then an octave below and an octave up.
But they don't sound as good on the low end.
So as soon as you get below the C, things start to get a little muddy and [Am] thick.
That's a little [F] thick and then things are just not clear [B] down here.
So the low end of the piano is really for single notes or octave bass lines like this.
[G] Where you play the chord but you play it one note at a time.
[A] [C]
[E]
[C] [Am]
[A] [Dm]
[Dbm] [D]
[C] If you go lower than this C, there is a solution.
We just need to take out the middle note of the chord.
So we can still play the chord but we just take out the middle note.
[A]
[C] [G] Guitar players [Ab] usually call these kind of chords power chords.
These are great for rock and blues [C] sounds or [G]
[C] boogie woogie.
[G]
[F] [G]
So now that our left hand is lower [C] on the piano and not playing a chord up here.
[Am]
[C] Where it's normally very clear.
If we have our left hand lower on the piano, it lets [Bbm] us bring our right hand down around middle C.
So that our right hand can play the melody in the register that's [C] very rich.
[Db] Here's Heart and Soul [C] as an example.
[Am] [F] [C]
[D] [C]
[Am] [C]
[Am] [C] [G]
A variation we can do on the power chords is we can double the bottom [C] note.
So if we're playing a C power chord, we can double it and get a much bigger sound.
So C, G and C for a C chord.
We can also do that down here and get a huge sound.
[G]
[Db] So let's review.
You want [Eb] to keep all your thick chords in the middle of the piano.
Don't go an octave below middle [C] C.
You can but [D] things are going to get a little too [C] muddy.
The solution to that is as you get lower you need to space the notes out more.
So [A] as we get lower we can take the middle note out.
As we get too low, a [C] fifth really low on the piano is going to sound very muddy.
So we need to play only octaves at the bottom octave of the piano.
Only play double notes or much bigger intervals.
[Ebm] And the last thing to remember [C] is that power chords use only the root [G] and the fifth of the chord.
[E] There's no third.
[C] There's no middle note.
The third and the middle note are the same in this triad.
[N]
Key:
C
G
Am
A
F
C
G
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Chords sound really good in the middle of the piano. _
_ _ _ [C] _ So right around this range of the piano.
This is middle C and then an octave below and an octave up.
But they don't sound as good on the low end.
So as soon as you get below the C, things start to get a little muddy and [Am] thick.
_ That's a little [F] thick and then _ things are just not clear [B] down here.
So the low end of the piano is really for single notes or octave bass lines like this. _
_ [G] _ Where you play the chord but you play it one note at a time.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] If you go lower than this C, there is a solution.
We just need to take out the middle note of the chord.
So we can still play the chord but we just take out the middle note.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Guitar players [Ab] usually call these kind of chords power chords.
These are great for rock and blues [C] sounds or _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] boogie woogie. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ So now that our left hand is lower [C] on the piano and not playing a chord up here.
_ _ [Am] _
_ [C] Where it's normally very clear.
If we have our left hand lower on the piano, it lets [Bbm] us bring our right hand down around middle C.
So that our right hand can play the melody in the register that's [C] very rich.
_ [Db] Here's Heart and Soul [C] as an example. _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ A variation we can do on the power chords is we can double the bottom [C] note.
So if we're playing a C power chord, we can double it and get a much bigger sound.
_ _ _ So C, G and C for a C chord.
We can also do that down here and get a huge sound. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] So let's review.
You want [Eb] to keep all your thick chords in the middle of the piano.
Don't go an octave below middle [C] C.
You can but [D] things are going to get a little too [C] muddy.
_ _ The solution to that is as you get lower you need to space the notes out more.
So [A] as we get lower we can take the middle note out.
As we get too low, _ _ _ a [C] fifth really low on the piano is going to sound very muddy.
So we need to play only octaves at the bottom octave of the piano.
Only play double notes or much bigger intervals.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] And the last thing to remember [C] is that power chords _ use only the root [G] and the fifth of the chord.
[E] There's no third.
[C] There's no middle note.
The third and the middle note are the same in this triad. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Chords sound really good in the middle of the piano. _
_ _ _ [C] _ So right around this range of the piano.
This is middle C and then an octave below and an octave up.
But they don't sound as good on the low end.
So as soon as you get below the C, things start to get a little muddy and [Am] thick.
_ That's a little [F] thick and then _ things are just not clear [B] down here.
So the low end of the piano is really for single notes or octave bass lines like this. _
_ [G] _ Where you play the chord but you play it one note at a time.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] If you go lower than this C, there is a solution.
We just need to take out the middle note of the chord.
So we can still play the chord but we just take out the middle note.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Guitar players [Ab] usually call these kind of chords power chords.
These are great for rock and blues [C] sounds or _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] boogie woogie. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ So now that our left hand is lower [C] on the piano and not playing a chord up here.
_ _ [Am] _
_ [C] Where it's normally very clear.
If we have our left hand lower on the piano, it lets [Bbm] us bring our right hand down around middle C.
So that our right hand can play the melody in the register that's [C] very rich.
_ [Db] Here's Heart and Soul [C] as an example. _
_ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ A variation we can do on the power chords is we can double the bottom [C] note.
So if we're playing a C power chord, we can double it and get a much bigger sound.
_ _ _ So C, G and C for a C chord.
We can also do that down here and get a huge sound. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] So let's review.
You want [Eb] to keep all your thick chords in the middle of the piano.
Don't go an octave below middle [C] C.
You can but [D] things are going to get a little too [C] muddy.
_ _ The solution to that is as you get lower you need to space the notes out more.
So [A] as we get lower we can take the middle note out.
As we get too low, _ _ _ a [C] fifth really low on the piano is going to sound very muddy.
So we need to play only octaves at the bottom octave of the piano.
Only play double notes or much bigger intervals.
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] And the last thing to remember [C] is that power chords _ use only the root [G] and the fifth of the chord.
[E] There's no third.
[C] There's no middle note.
The third and the middle note are the same in this triad. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _