Chords

• Muziek
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome

After today's class...

- You know how to use the chord ruler

- You know the difference between major & minor

- You know how to play a chord on a piano

Akkoord

• A chord is three tones melted together as one sound
• They melt together if you play them on a piano / guitar whilst accompanying a melody

Why can't you play a chord on a recorder (=blokfluit)?

1. A recorder is not meant to play in popmusic.
2. You can play one note at a time on a recorder.
3. The sound of a recorder is too high to play a chord.
4. A recorder is not a real instrument.

Chord

A chord exist out of 3 tones, but every chord has it's own 3 tones.

We start from a scale. A scale is all the notes from one note to the next note with the same name. 

Which notes are in a scale of C?

Chord

• To make a chord it's always the 1st, 3rd en 5th of the scale
• So if we make a chord from C.. (which notes are below 1, 3 and 5?)

       1             2          3          4           5          6          7         8           

Chord

Deze 3 tonen hebben ook nog een eigen naam:

1. Root = is the name of the chord and the chord symbol (C)

3. Third = makes the chord minor or major

5. Fifth 

Major & Minor

Major	Minor
5 steps (big third	4 steps (small third)
'normal'	+ letter M

This chord is minor or major?
C

1. major
2. minor

This chord is minor or major?
Dm

1. major
2. minor

This chord is major or minor?
Bb

1. major
2. minor

This chord is major or minor?
F

1. major
2. minor

chord ruler

Not every chord is with white keys and not every minor chord has a black key in it.. So how do you know which notes you need..?

Chord Ruler

Put the letter of the root next to "Root" on the other paper

Check if you need a minor or major third

See which notes you need!

Vul je antwoord als volgt in: grondtoon - terts - kwint (dus een spatie en een streepje tussen de letters)

To check: Which notes? F

Which notes?
D

Which notes?
Am

Chord progression

A chord progression is a succesion of chords.

If you put a few chords together, you get a chord progression.

A lot of popsongs are based on a four chord progression.

And that's exactly what we're going to learn!

Example of a chord progression

C     |     G     |    Am    |    F    |

How do you play these chords? 

(which keys of the keyboard do you need to play?

(bass)guitar

How do you play Tab?

bassguitar > guitar skip the bottom strings (see through ones)

Every string has it's own line

So first note = second string, the third fret

End of class

Please put the chord ruler on the piano on stage

 Hand in sheet music with: 

-> your names on it

-> the correct chords on it