Composition
and Piano
Lessons Go Hand in Hand
Composition
Education Through Piano Know-How
It’s
a two-for-one deal. You are now going to learn how to compose while
learning the basics
of piano playing. Put your helmets on and get ready for the
ride of your life. Please note, however, that most composers and
pianists take off their helmet after a while. They can become quite
hot.
Let’s
get to know the building blocks of compositions: scales and chords.
Here are five easy major keys followed by their relative minor keys:
•
C major and A minor (no flats or sharps)
•
G major and E minor (F# in the key signature)
•
F major and D minor (Bb in the key signature)
•
D major and B minor (F# and C# in the key signature)
•
Bb major and G minor (Bb and Eb in the key signature)
For
a review of notes on a piano,
go to our piano music notes link. For details on how play and write
scales and chords in the above keys, click on any of the following
links:
•
Major
scales
• Minor
scales
• Piano
chords
Playing
scales and chords on a keyboard,
in conjunction with writing notes on manuscript paper, are magical
combinations. The faster that you can take down played chords and
scales on manuscript paper, the more efficient you are as a composer.
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