There
are roughly umpteen zillion reasons why you should
learn enough chords to be able to “chord a song”
at the piano.
By “chord
a song”, I mean the ability to play 3 or 4 chords
on the piano in some sort of rhythm while you or someone
else sings the tune. To do this, you don’t need
to be a Van Cliburn; all you need to do is learn a
few basic chords and be able to more back and forth
between them in some organized rhythmic pattern.
For
example, did you realize that all of these songs (and
hundreds more) can be sung or played with just 3 chords?
Auld
Lang Syne
Amazing
Grace
Kum
Ba Ya
Silent
Night
Joy
To The World
Jingle
Bells
Happy
Birthday
Down
In The Valley
On Top
Of Old Smoky…
and
hundreds or maybe thousands more!
Add
just one more chord to the basic 3, and you can play
another thousand songs or so. So why not learn a few
chords and start your chording career?
Here
are my top 10 reasons for learning “chord piano”:
1) It’s
easy. Learn 3 chords and start in.
2) Even
though it’s easy to get started, you don’t
have to stop there. You can learn more and more chords
and more rhythm patterns and get really good.
3) You’ll
be able to play “Happy Birthday” while
the gang sings it.
4) You’ll
be able to play half-a-dozen Christmas carols. In
case you haven’t noticed, Christmas comes every
year, so every year you’ll get better as you
participate in family gatherings.
5) You
can help your kids learn to play the piano, guitar,
or most any other instrument by learning chords. Most
teachers don’t teach chords, so you’ll
be giving your kids an advantage by learning chords.
6) People
will admire you. It’s true. Musicians are popular.
Anyone who can play anything is in demand at parties
and social gatherings. And if you can “chord”
while others sing, you’re bound to be popular.
7) Piano
playing using chords is good for your brain. Studies
have shown that people who actively participate in
music do their brain lots of good. And since chords
require 3 or 4 notes at a time instead of one, you
are giving your brain a good workout.
8) Piano
playing, particularly using chords, is good exercise
for your wrists and fingers. (Take the time to learn
about correct hand position, though!)
9) Piano
playing is excellent therapy for the stress of life.
Many professional people come home from a hard days
work and relax by expressing their emotions on the
keyboard. Play a few dark and angry chords, and you’ll
be surprised how much better you feel!
10)
Piano playing is a blast. It’s just plain old
fun. So learn 3 or 4 chords and get going. Maybe you’ll
stop there and enjoy it the rest of your life.
But
just maybe you’ll love it so much that you keep
going and turn yourself into an excellent piano player
who can read music as well as play chords!
Duane
Shinn is the author of the book-CD-DVD course titled
"How To Play Chord Piano In Ten Days!" which has
sold over 100,000 copies around the world and can
be found at http://www.chordpiano.com/piano-chords
(Source:
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