At the start, your right hand plays a slow melody while your left plays some simple, broken piano chords. Even just perfecting the opening of this gorgeous piece may be enough to give yourself—and any listeners—goose bumps. Learn the song for free with flowkey. 4. Bring Me to Life. Here are 4 easy piano songs that are perfect for beginners. For each song, I’ve included a chord chart that you can download for FREE so you can follow along, practice at home. Most of these songs are taken from our 500 Songs in 5 Days training pack, which is an awesome way to learn popular songs super fast. 1-chord = C major (add 9) (C + D + E + G) *** Bass: D. 5-chord = G major (add 9) (A + B + D + G) *** Bass: G. Right now, we’re just moving in a stepwise motion downward. But I want things to be more interesting so let’s add some circular movements to the mix. That is, I want to start taking advantage of the strong pulls certain chords have Make the chord the same way. Count up four half-steps to G, then three half-steps to B-flat. Your E-flat major chord is E-flat, G, B-flat. If you have your piano keyboard handy, see if you can play each major chord, one for each of the twelve tones. You can hear how all of the major chords sound similar. The I Shell Chord. Now let’s start building chords! Go to note #1: C. Put your thumb on C. If you let your hands naturally fall on the keys, one to one, then you’ll see that your pinky lands on G. Play C and G together. This is a C shell chord. A full C chord would be C-E-G (using your middle finger to play the E). A variant on the common piano chord progression, I-V-vi-IV, vi-IV-I-V has a deep, negative tone. It’s one of the most frequently used darkly beautiful piano chord progressions in music today. Popular examples of it include “She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5, “No Woman No Cry” by Bob Marley, and “Let it Be” by The Beatles. I-V-VI- IV OcoXQCt.

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