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A lot of pianists learn how to play piano without ever reading music. They still use the basics of theory, to get started, for example to learn chords, scales, and popular patterns, but they will train themselves to play by ear, rather than relying on a musical score.
Playing by ear is a positive thing, and some of the best pianists in the world can’t read music, they play purely by ear, which enables you to put a lot more feeling into your songs, and very often musicians that play just by relying on a score, don’t seem to have any dynamic in their playing.

A good way to learn some songs without music is to pick a song that you are very familiar with, and try to pick something simple to start with, and to then learn what chords are in it. If you have the music playing in your stereo, try and pin point a few main chords, and then work out the rest from here. For the rhythm focus on one of the chords initially, and keep playing this, until you find a suitable rhythm for it. You will be able to find the chords on the internet to help you out if you need too.

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After a while you will find a method that works best for you, for some it’s a matter of listening to the CD, and playing along to it, others its finding the chords out from another source and having a songsheet to follow, or you could mix both of these, but whatever way you do it, I can guarantee you be completely satisfied and the end result being that you have learned a new song without relying on sheet music.

Another good way to train yourself to play by ear is to try and figure out some melodies of your own. Find some chords that you like the sound of so maybe two MAJOR & two MINOR chords, and try putting something together from these. You will be surprised how good they sound.

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Chords play a major part in learning the piano, and once you have learned them you can use them in so many different ways. They are an exciting part of playing music, and all music and songs are formed fom chord structures. Basic chords are 3 notes struck down together at the same time, and they sound pretty good!!!!

I always think it is good to learn chords especially when you are starting out as a beginner, as when you develop your skills as a pianist you will see how chords are linked to everything you play

You have two popular SOUNDING CHORDS being MAJOR & MINOR.
MAJOR, you could describe as the HAPPY sounding CHORD, you will find these in lots of POP & ROCK songs….MINOR chords are the SAD sounding chords, and once again these will commonly be found in lots of ROCK & POP songs.

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To work out MAJOR CHORDS, there is an EASY TO FOLLOW FORMULA you can use, so for example if we start on C, you will then CLIMB four STEPS, including the BLACK NOTES, moving to the right and you should get to E, then CLIMB another three STEPS, and you should reach G. So there you have it your first MAJOR CHORD…..

THE FORMULA IS: – R = ROOT NOTE so the note you want a chord for… + 4 STEPS + 3 STEPS. The fingering to use for this is – RIGHT HAND, USE YOUR THUMB 3RD AND 5TH, and your LEFT HAND it is just reverse, so use your 5TH, 3RD AND THUMB.

MINOR chords are another important and easy to learn chord, THE FORMULA You need is: – R(oot) + 3 STEPS + 4 STEPS. So work it out the same way as a MAJOR chord, BUT the numbers are just around the other way. So if we do A MINOR together, you will start on A and CLIMB up 3 STEPS, so your 2nd note in the chord is C, and then CLIMB a further 4 STEPS, so your 3rd note A MINOR chord is E…

So now you know how to work out ALL MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS….I would suggest doing all the WHITE NOTES TO START WITH…So work out C D E F G A & B. Once you have these, you can start putting some chords together and play some TUNES!

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