Piano Intervals & Chords
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Piano Intervals & Chords
Hi my name is Omri and today we are going to talk about intervals and chords on the Piano. An interval is two notes, any two notes and it describes the space between them. When we refer to intervals we always refer to only two notes. An interval can be looked at from the bottom up or from the top down. The interval will still be the same. A chord refers to three or more notes and typically a chord will be in the form of three notes with a skip in between each one. Sometimes we’ll play a sharp or flat note and we’ll still have a skip of one whole note in between. Sometimes we will play chords that have four or more notes. The ones that have three notes are called Triads. Even if we play one of the notes again, we still only consider it three unique notes, so even if I repeat and play more than three notes I am still playing a Triad, a three note chord. When I add another unique note I get a seventh chord and a seventh chord is not named that because it has seven notes it is called that because the interval from the base up to the top note is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. If I play a ninth chord, it is going to have the interval from the base note all the way to the top of a ninth. It works the same way with the eleventh and thirteenth and sixth and every other possible combination. So intervals refer to two notes, chords refer to three or more. A Triad is a three note chord and all the other chords that are referred to by a number are reflecting the intervals from the bottom to the top.
Hi my name is Omri and today we are going to talk about intervals and chords on the Piano. An interval is two notes, any two notes and it describes the space between them. When we refer to intervals we always refer to only two notes. An interval can be looked at from the bottom up or from the top down. The interval will still be the same. A chord refers to three or more notes and typically a chord will be in the form of three notes with a skip in between each one. Sometimes we’ll play a sharp or flat note and we’ll still have a skip of one whole note in between. Sometimes we will play chords that have four or more notes. The ones that have three notes are called Triads. Even if we play one of the notes again, we still only consider it three unique notes, so even if I repeat and play more than three notes I am still playing a Triad, a three note chord. When I add another unique note I get a seventh chord and a seventh chord is not named that because it has seven notes it is called that because the interval from the base up to the top note is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. If I play a ninth chord, it is going to have the interval from the base note all the way to the top of a ninth. It works the same way with the eleventh and thirteenth and sixth and every other possible combination. So intervals refer to two notes, chords refer to three or more. A Triad is a three note chord and all the other chords that are referred to by a number are reflecting the intervals from the bottom to the top.
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Expert: Omri Goldshtrom has been playing the piano for over 10 years. He currently teaches lessons to students of all ages. Read More
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