12StringMuzishn asked:


I have a lot of music books with piano music that does not have guitar chords on them. What I want is to transpose the notes into guitar chords. I can figure out most of them, but some are very hard to do with all the sharps and flats involved.

Alex

Keith Dean asked:




In an earlier article we discussed playing guitar power chords that are located on the 5th and 6th strings. Today we will apply those same concepts by learning how to play them on the 4th and 5th strings.

In case you missed the previous article, power chords on the guitar are simply two note chords based on the root note of the chord, and the "5th" interval.

So how do you figure out what the "5th" interval is? We can look at two methods for making the determination, one is easy, but the other is ridiculously simple!

In music theory, the major scale consists of 8 steps. By counting each of those steps you can determine an "interval". For example, here is the C major scale:

C D E F G A B C

Each note in this scale can be identified as an interval. The note "C" is considered the "root" note of the scale and is considered to be the first note. To determine an interval of the C major scale, just count up from there.

The second note is "D", making that the 2nd interval - the third note is "E", making E the 3rd interval - the fourth note is "F", making F the 4th interval of "C"....and so on.

So if the C power chord consists of the "root" note, C, and it's 5th interval, just count up five steps and you find that the 5th of C is "G". As a result, the C chord is made up of the notes C and G. Easy!

Now for the ridiculously simple. Keeping in mind that we are discussing playing these chords on the 4th and 5th strings, and that the root notes for these chords are always located on the lowest sounding string, which is the 5th string - we can easily figure out the 5th interval to determine any power chord by simply looking at the "pattern" of the chord.

The "pattern" for a "C" power chord played on the 4th and 5th strings would be as follows:

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--------5---------------------------
--------3---------------------------
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In the above example, the "root" note (C) is located on the 3rd fret of the 5th string, and the 5th interval (G) is located on the 5th fret of the 4th string.

Now, here's what makes this so simple. The "pattern" involved here is this. If you play a root note on the 5th string - then the 5th interval of that note is ALWAYS the note that is two frets up (higher) on the fret board on the 4th string.

Again, it ALWAYS works this way.

So you can now conclude that if you know the notes on the 5th string, you can easily locate and play any power chord on the 4th and 5th strings.

By the way, in case you missed the other discussion on this topic, this same "pattern" can be applied to playing power chords on the 5th and 6th strings as well.

One quick side note. If you want to really beef up the sound of a power chord played on the 4th and 5th strings, you can add the note on the 6th string that is adjacent to the root note on the 5th string. This can usually be done by using the 1st finger, which is already in place to play the root on the 5th string, and sliding it over to "barre" the notes on the 5th and 6th strings.

Using the C power chord again as an example, it would look like this:

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-------5---------------------------
-------3----------------------------
-------3----------------------------

When you do this you are not really adding a third note to the chord. You are actually just adding the "octave" of the note on the 4th string. This a cool technique so give it a try.

If playing power chords has previously been something of a mystery to you, then things should be becoming fairly clear to you now.

You may even be amazed at how simple and easy playing power chords are!

Courtney

Bryana K asked:


I play guitar with my friend, and we do not want to play the same thing. i would like to harmonize her part, or play something different. What chords could i play while she plays B flat, f, and e flat?

Helena

awesomeness asked:


I have a few songs that I would love to convert to piano notes (beginner/intermediate level) and I just don't know how. I googled it and couldn't find the right thing. Anyone have any idea how to convert guitar chords to piano notes? I will play piano chords if I absolutely have to though I would rather play notes (for the accurate pitch).

Abram

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Taylor Swift's Protector! asked:


I have been wanting to upload myself singing and playing the song to iCarly on guitar, but I can't find the chords anywhere! Fellow guitar players, will you please lay out some accurate chords for me?

Devin

Ricky Sharples asked:




Yes, you can teach yourself guitar chords. In fact, there's a couple of ways that you can go about it. Guitar chords give you an easy way to accompany yourself singing, and you don't necessarily have to know any guitar theory to do that because you can just read the names of the chords to a song straight off the sheet music.

One way you can teach yourself guitar chords is to buy a chord dictionary or download one from the internet. This approach will allow you to pick up the sheet music or tab to a song and play the chords written on it. You can use the chord dictionary to give you the fingering for any chords you do not already know.

One way you can use to teach yourself guitar chords is to print out the chord charts you are using and play a chord - say C major - for four beats, then another chord for four more beats, then another, and so on for all the chords you have on your chart. Change the order in which you play the chords to get your chord changing technique up to scratch.

The first chords you will be learning will be open chords in the first position on the fretboard. If you do not have some songs to learn but you want to learn some chords, start with simple ones like E major and A major. Practicing the changes between these two will get your fingers into guitar chord mode.

Learning chords as you need them for songs, and using a chord dictionary as your resource makes you reliant on the chord charts for the fingerings you need and on the sheet music or tab for the chords you use for any song. There is nothing wrong with this way of learning chords. It's just that you can learn some basic ideas behind the use of chords in music and, if you like, you can learn the locations of the notes on the guitar fretboard which will give you the freedom to choose which notes in which position you use to make up your chords.

For the purpose of practicing chord changes, don't practice for extended periods of time. Five or ten minutes a day is okay, but you can do more if the interest factor is there. The important thing is not to wear yourself down by overpracticing your chord changes. Your fingers will learn the knack of playing guitar chords in their own time, and there is nothing you can do to speed this process up.

Jasiah

ocampo94 asked:


**I do not own this song** CHORDS BELOW after watching video of him playing this song live these are the chords i got. TAB ----- www.ultimate-guitar.com Verse: EBG#m A Pre-Chorus (you're all i see...) F#m7 B7 2x Chorus: EG#m C#m A 2x (second time instead of A its Am) Bridge: C#m G#m AB LYRICS I'm just listening to the clock go ticking, lying waiting as the time goes by. I think of you with every breath I take, I need to feel your heartbeat next to mine. You're all I see, in everything. I just wanna hold you, I just wanna kiss you, I just wanna love you all my life. I normally wouldn't say this, but I just can't contain it. I want you here forever, right here by my side. All the fears you feel inside, and all the tears you cry, they're ending right here. I'll heal your heart and soul; I'll keep you all so close. Don't worry; I'll never let you go. You're all I need, you're everything. I just wanna hold you, I just wanna kiss you, I just wanna love you all my life. I normally wouldn't say this, but I just can't contain it. I want you here forever, right here by my side. No one else will ever do. I got a stubborn heart for you. Call me crazy, but its true; I love you. I didn't think that it would be, you have made it clear to me. You're all I need. I just wanna hold you, I just wanna kiss you, I just wanna love you all my life. I normally wouldn't say this, but I just can't contain it. I want you here forever, right here by my side.

Matteo

Joe N asked:


I want to learn soukous guitar tabs. and i want to learn how to play it on the guitar.

Meghan

Melanie asked:


A lot of people who cover songs on youtube say that they don't use sheet music, but they use guitar chords. I was just wondering how. Are the guitar chords the same concept as they would be for piano ?

Shania