I only know how to read letters on the piano (a-b-c-d-e-f-g)
Any tips on how to play chords/notes?

And where can I get anime music sheets? but not notes. only letters please.

ANd oh. How do you convert this note to piano letters?
http://josh.agarrado.net/music/anime/getfile.php?file=1909

Go here: http://teoria.com/ There you can learn to read.

^ Thanks! But.. its still not enough for me.

You're not going to get anywhere if you can't read the sheet music. There are no sheet music with just letters in them. Not only that, it won't tell you what octave it's in. Just curious, you didn't by any chance mark the keys on your keyboard with letters using a marker did you? :lol:

Plus you'll be dealing with key signatures and it's impractical to write all those accidentals beside the letters. Not to mention you'll run into double sharps and flats if you do it this way.

Download the sheet music and just mark each notes accordingly by letter if you're a beginner. Do one in C major (all white keys, no accidentals) first and practice it from there. Middle C is located in the center between the bass staff and the treble staff. Count up/down from there. Keep doing this until you get used to it.

^ I mastered all the letters on the keyboard.

HAHA and at first, I used to label the keyboard with letters.

You have to start reading notes as symbols to what keys it represent on the keyboard. Wipe the letters off and start practicing or you will go no where.
Use the sharp/flat keys to remember which keys is what note. eg. D is between the 2 black keys etc. And for that you gotta memorize what note is what when it is on sheet music.

Hard work, but it pays off in the end.

Yay. I know how to read now.
But im still not getting the hang of it.

This is what im studying http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s13/Burninget/Image001.jpg

In the wnd staff, Do i need to play the notes at the same time?

Those "stacked" notes are called chords. Yes, you play them at the same time.

Well, if you are still having trouble, this site can help:

http://musictheory.net/trainers/html/id82_en.html

Under settings, you can set it to treble, bass, alto, or tenor clef. This site also has some pointers on music theory too...I'm pretty sure they have one on chords...:P

Well, you can always find yourself a decent piano teacher. If cash is an issue, find someone who plays piano who is interested in something you excel at. That way, you can barter for each other's services.

HAHAHA! you should do what i did to memoriez which key is which...kinda amatuer but hey! i played WINTER SLEEP by Olivia Lufkin so it works! HAHAHAHAHAHA! anyways, if you have a keyboard or what, just write down which key is which on the keys with something that will come off when you wipe it, hehe! pretty much it, hehe ^_^

HAHAHA! you should do what i did to memoriez which key is which...kinda amatuer but hey! i played WINTER SLEEP by Olivia Lufkin so it works! HAHAHAHAHAHA! anyways, if you have a keyboard or what, just write down which key is which on the keys with something that will come off when you wipe it, hehe! pretty much it, hehe ^_^

really!? haha me too! =D

You have said you already play some piano and you are familiar with the keys, notes and letter names. Therefore, when you see "Am above an A" as you said, that simply means that the A minor chord which consists of three notes (A, C, E) would be appropriate at that point in the melody. It just happens that the melody note was A at that time. But having an A in the melody doesn't automatically mean play an Am chord. You could be playing an F chord or even a Dm chord because they both contain the note A. The F chord = (F, A, C) & the Dm chord = (D, F, A).

However, you also asked why the Am above C (i assume in the melody) of another piece of music. Well, simply like I said before the A minor chord includes a C so they both would still sound nice being played together no A is necessary and you could even have other notes that would still sound nice. (I'll explain more later).

When the chords say C that means C chord = (C, E, G)
G is a G chord = (G, B, D) and and G/B means to play the same G chord but with B a the lowest note hence it could be (B, D ,G or even B, G, D).

Yes you were right to assume you play major unless you see a small "m" or even a minus sign ( A- = Am = A minor)

Lastly, when pieces do not have the chord notation above the music at all, you have two options. Play the entire piece as written on both staves or you could derive your own chords based on the key signature, and the way the notes in the melody are notated on the top stave. You could use both staves to help determine chords even better and I find the latter quite helpful for persons who dont feel like reading the music as written.

Using your example song "All My Life" in bar 4 the melody (top stave) has the notes C, A, C, D, E and an Am chord was used. The reason is due an A minor chord having the notes A, C & E and despite the D in the melody an Am chord would still sound nice because the D would just be what one would refer to as a passing note and the majority of the notes in that bar are the chord tones of an Am chord.


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