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andrew517
August 21st, 2010, 06:07 pm
Ive been wanting to play this certain version of "orange" on the piano, but all it gives me are the chord progressions and i dont know much about them!

Heres the link to the video, the chord progressions are in the description:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLHuUFkMTeY

(I recommend clicking the youtube link)
for people who didnt want to click on that link here are the chord progressions:

Key:F(b)
-intro-
BbM7 C7 Am7 Dm7 Gm7 C7 Dm7
BbM7 C7 C#Dm7 F#dim7 Gm7 Am7 Dm7 C BbM7 C7 Dm7 F#dim7 Gm7 A7 C# Dm7
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BbM7 C7 Dm7 C7 BbM7 C7 Dm7 C7
Nemurenai yoru ni wa Hitori de tameiki Minna wa dou na no? Nandaka sabishii
BbM7 C7 Dm7 C7 BbM7 C7 A7 Dm7
Rashikunai nante ne Warau no wa yamete Honto no watashi o Shiranai dake da yo
BbM7 C7 Dm7 BbM7 A7 Dm7 Gm7 Am7 BbM7 C7 Dm7 C7 BMb7 C7
Hiroi daichi ni hitotsubu no tane Nekko nobashite Mada aoi mi o tsuketa BbM7 C7 A7 Dm7 Gm7 A7 Dm7
Orenji-iro ni hayaku Naritai kajitsu Kimi no hikari o abite Risou ya yume wa fukuramu bakari Kizuite yo nee
BbM7 C7 A7 Dm7 Gm7 A7 Dm7
Orenji kyou mo Tabete mita kedo Mada suppakute naita Watashi mitai de nokosenai kara Zenbu tabeta BbM7 C7 Dm7 C7 BbM7 C7 Dm7
Suki da yo nakeru yo Suki da yo suki da yo

Solaphar
August 21st, 2010, 06:35 pm
Piano chord fingering sites (http://www.google.com/#hl=en&safe=off&q=piano+chord+finder&aq=f&aqi=g7g-c1g2&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=214be73b764a3df5)

This is a good one (http://keychord.com/)

This one's nice too (http://www.gootar.com/piano/)

It looks like these sites will just show you root positions. Obviously, you just make the 3rd, 5th, 7th, etc the bottom note while shifting the former lower notes up an octave if you want to make an inversion (I'm sure you know that already, I hope).

brncao
August 21st, 2010, 11:42 pm
Does your piano have styles? A button that says "Accompaniment"? You can have the keyboard accompany you by playing chords with your left hand and the melody in your right. It should tell you what chord you're playing, which is helpful. So many 7th chords... but if you're just starting to learn, then ignore the 7ths and practice triads first to get the hang of it. It's still correct even if you dont play the 7ths.

Solaphar, I don't think he knows what an inversion is because he doesn't know anything about the technical stuff behind a chord (a lot of beginners see it as a block of notes and that's it). http://Musictheory.net is my #1 source for music theory for beginners and novices. I recommend that.