10 Top Reasons You Should Learn to Play ‘Chord’ Piano
There are roughly umpteen zillion reasons why you should learn enough chords to be able to chord a song at the piano.
By chord a song , I mean the ability to play 3 or 4 chords on the piano in some sort of rhythm while you or someone else sings the tune. To do this, you don t need to be a Van Cliburn; all you need to do is learn a few basic chords and be able to more back and forth between them in some organized rhythmic pattern.
For example, did you realize that all of these songs (and hundreds more) can be sung or played with just 3 chords?
Auld Lang Syne
Amazing Grace
Kum Ba Ya
Silent Night
Joy
...to do it, but unless we are able to improvise freely and allow our own natural "voice" free reign, the music stops and we lose the ability to move forward.This is why learning how to improvise is so important. It ...
Jingle Bells
Happy Birthday
Down In The Valley
On Top Of Old Smoky
and hundreds or maybe thousands more!
Add just one more chord to the basic 3, and you can play another thousand songs or so. So why not learn a few chords and start your chording career?
Here are my top 10 reasons for learning chord piano :
1) It s easy. Learn 3 chords and start in.
2) Even though it s easy to get started, you don t have to stop there. You can learn more and more chords and more rhythm patterns and get really good.
3) You ll be able to play Happy Birthday while the gang sings it.
4) You ll be able to play half-a-dozen Christmas
...students by providing the right motivational, emotional and spiritual information then, it would be easier for their students to overcome all the obstacles of learning to play. In fact, no obstacle is too big to overcome on the way to ...
5) You can help your kids learn to play the piano, guitar, or most any other instrument by learning chords. Most teachers don t teach chords, so you ll be giving your kids an advantage by learning chords.
6) People will admire you. It s true. Musicians are popular. Anyone who can play anything is in demand at parties and social gatherings. And if you can chord while others sing, you re bound to be popular.
7) Piano playing using chords is good for your brain. Studies have shown that people who actively participate in music do
...collections of the world. Imagine all the great music of the world sitting on one shelf in your studio or study.... - print what you want - over and over again if you like.You can find this piano sheet music ...
8) Piano playing, particularly using chords, is good exercise for your wrists and fingers. (Take the time to learn about correct hand position, though!)
9) Piano playing is excellent therapy for the stress of life. Many professional people come home from a hard days work and relax by expressing their emotions on the keyboard. Play a few dark and angry chords, and you ll be surprised how much better you feel!
10) Piano playing is a blast. It s just plain old fun. So learn 3 or 4 chords and get going. Maybe you ll stop
...(use only 2 chords and have a certain technique to play them) and let your intuition guide you. Then you can finally forget about thinking and actually experience the music firsthand. This is a place of pure improvisation and inspiration ...
But just maybe you ll love it so much that you keep going and turn yourself into an excellent piano player who can read music as well as play chords!
Duane Shinn is the author of the book-CD-DVD course titled “How To Play Chord Piano In Ten Days!” which has sold over 100,000 copies around the world and can be found at http://www.chordpiano.com/piano-chords.