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easy songs for learning to play keys

Post by ruckus49 » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:11 pm

what songs do you know that don't get old quickly and are easy for beginners to play. ive been playing the song of storms from zelda the ocarina of time
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Post by 86. » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:12 pm

greensleeves
bah bah black sheep
mary had a little lamb
black magic woman


i'm only half joking...

but SNES games have some good simple tunes
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Post by DZA » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:16 pm

mozart - Concerto No. 21 :)
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Post by r » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:16 pm

the beatles
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Post by darkmatteruk » Wed Sep 09, 2009 8:20 pm

Chopsticks
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Post by nitz » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:03 pm

86 Position wrote:greensleeves
bah bah black sheep
mary had a little lamb
black magic woman


i'm only half joking...

but SNES games have some good simple tunes
Dont you know your not allow to say bah bah black sheep any more :o
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Post by yellowhighlighter » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:17 pm

the sally gardens.
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Post by b-lam » Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:33 pm

chainsaw vigilante. i swear it's only one note.
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Post by Brisance » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:40 pm

The_Dza88 wrote:mozart - Concerto No. 21 :)
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Post by my_fickle_eye » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:21 am

jingle bells!
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Post by legend4ry » Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:58 am

I found Mad World quite a good but not steep learning curve.

http://www.8notes.com/piano/
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Post by hurlingdervish » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:08 am

also if you plan on writing tunes and not just reading notes..

learn some scales and improvise over a chord progression

and improvise

and improvise...

even if it sounds like shit
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Post by legend4ry » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:09 am

hurlingdervish wrote:also if you plan on writing tunes and not just reading notes..

learn some scales and improvise over a chord progression

and improvise

and improvise...

even if it sounds like shit
never know - they could be those who live by the theory "Know the rules before you break them"

So, playing songs you can work out how people structure notes ;)
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Post by hurlingdervish » Thu Sep 10, 2009 1:13 am

Legendary wrote:
hurlingdervish wrote:also if you plan on writing tunes and not just reading notes..

learn some scales and improvise over a chord progression

and improvise

and improvise...

even if it sounds like shit
never know - they could be those who live by the theory "Know the rules before you break them"

So, playing songs you can work out how people structure notes ;)
right i know that

but from experience in learning several instruments, trumpet, guitar, keys all the classical training goes right out the window when you write a song. it gets reduced to chords, scales, modes, and when to play what, and which scales to play over which chord and what emotions are evoked with certain changes in scales. that kind of stuff is hard to learn from sight reading alone

obviously note reading helps loads, but it shouldn't be the only focus
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Post by my_fickle_eye » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:37 am

hurlingdervish wrote:
Legendary wrote:
hurlingdervish wrote:also if you plan on writing tunes and not just reading notes..

learn some scales and improvise over a chord progression

and improvise

and improvise...

even if it sounds like shit
never know - they could be those who live by the theory "Know the rules before you break them"

So, playing songs you can work out how people structure notes ;)
right i know that

but from experience in learning several instruments, trumpet, guitar, keys all the classical training goes right out the window when you write a song. it gets reduced to chords, scales, modes, and when to play what, and which scales to play over which chord and what emotions are evoked with certain changes in scales. that kind of stuff is hard to learn from sight reading alone

obviously note reading helps loads, but it shouldn't be the only focus
ye faw shaw, i used to play piano when i was a kid but just learnt to sight read and do classical grades (no improve and could only read the scales but not learn them!), picked up the bass guitar and guitar when i was 14 had no training whatsoever and i find i can be much more expressive and individual on guitar. ( and picked up scales by ear)

Horses for courses really like the man says don't focus on one thing
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Post by ruckus49 » Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:48 am

thanks for the tips hurling.

i really don't care about sight reading, I just want to be able to play well and improve my ears.
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Post by ruckus49 » Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:18 pm

r wrote:the beatles

yes. im learning let it be right meow
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Re: easy songs for learning to play keys

Post by vertex » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:17 pm

Abba
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Re: easy songs for learning to play keys

Post by ruckus49 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:05 am

vertex wrote:Abba
thats random. what songs
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Re: easy songs for learning to play keys

Post by strukture » Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:30 am

http://tabnabber.com/documents/chordDia ... Chords.asp taught myself how to play keys and some basic music theory using this site. once you learn a few scales in different keys, all the other scales will start to make more since. i sat down and memorized the blues scale from a to g sharp. im sure some of you guys will find it very usefull especially when remixing and tuning samples.
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