Learn the shortcuts to play your favourite songs
Posted in Cheat Theories on Apr 9th, 2008
I have said before that mine is a not-so-conventional theory. That’s one reason why this site is called Piano Cheats at the first place. You probably have not heard and will not hear of any chord called “minus-one” anywhere else.
What exactly do I mean by a minus-one chord. In my definition, it is a chord [...]
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Chord
A combination of notes played simultaneously.
Key
A key is what you use to unlock something. In playing piano by chords, a key unlocks all the chords that you need for a song.
For instance, the 3 basic chords (I, IV and V chords) in the C key are: [...]
Posted in Cheat Theories on Mar 22nd, 2008
The 3 Minor Chords
Didn’t I say that most songs could be played with just 3 chords? In fact, the 3 basic chords may be “tweaked” a little bit here and there to give us many more other chords! As for now, let’s look at 3 minor chords that can be derived from these 3 basic [...]
Posted in Cheat Theories on Mar 21st, 2008
Honestly, you don’t have to know about inversions to play a song. However, being familiar with the different inversions of a chord will be extremely useful for your hand’s movement, from one chord to another.
There are 3 different inversions for a chord. These are called the root position, the 1st inversion and the 2nd inversion.
The [...]
Posted in Cheat Theories on Mar 20th, 2008
One thing I didn’t mention on “The 3 Basic Chords” post is that, to play a song using chords, usually the chords are played with the right hand, while the left hand plays the “bass” notes.
A question one may ask is, “then with which hand is the melody played?” There are 2 answers to this [...]
