Question about reading chord charts you guys post

[nelsong1]

Hi i'm new the forum. i've been reading almost all of your posts daily and it is full of great information that encouraged me to develope this gift that god has given me for piano. my question is when you post  charts saying
 LH/Rh
F,A/ F,A,C,E is that playing two notes at the same time with the left because sometimes i get a very weird sounding chord when i'm trying to follow the posts. Could someone please break down in dummy terms the proper way of reading these charts. Thanks!

[SisterT]

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To answer your question.

When chords are posted:

FA/FACE

You would play the F & A note in the left hand and play the FACE note in the right hand

Usually when the chord was seperated by a comma FA/F,A,C,E, That would mean to play the notes F, A, C, E singlely.

If you don't like the sound, try inverting the chord to get the sound you are trying to achieve. For example, instead of playing FACE, try plaing ACEF or EFAC. You can even trop a note out of the chord and try just playing the root chord F/FAC.

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[nelsong1]

Thanx for the welcome my computer is slow so i'm having trouble setting up a profile but it should be up soon. Also thank you for the information.

[cfullw]

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Also loved dearly and highly respected are the other leaders of this site, our moderators:
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ddw4e
BBoy
key-wiz
If you have not already done so, please read up on our LGM guidelines. Just click on the link: http://www.learngospelmusic.com/ftopict-1323.html


To answer your question.

When chords are posted:

FA/FACE

You would play the F & A note in the left hand and play the FACE note in the right hand

Usually when the chord was seperated by a comma FA/F,A,C,E, That would mean to play the notes F, A, C, E singlely.

If you don't like the sound, try inverting the chord to get the sound you are trying to achieve. For example, instead of playing FACE, try plaing ACEF or EFAC. You can even trop a note out of the chord and try just playing the root chord F/FAC.

Hey Sister T,
Does that also mean: f,a,c,e, play singlely - same as: f-a-c-e play singlely
some are posted with dashes... :?

I can't believe it I also understood what you said about inverting - I caught it - I'm very :lol:

[cfullw]

Welcome to LGM. It's good to have you in the family.

The owners of this board are 4HisGlory and his wife ReddGirl. We love them dearly and give them the utmost respect.

Also loved dearly and highly respected are the other leaders of this site, our moderators:
SisterT
kadman92
blessedone
JoyCh
B3Wannabe
ddw4e
BBoy
key-wiz
If you have not already done so, please read up on our LGM guidelines. Just click on the link: http://www.learngospelmusic.com/ftopict-1323.html


To answer your question.

When chords are posted:

FA/FACE

You would play the F & A note in the left hand and play the FACE note in the right hand

Usually when the chord was seperated by a comma FA/F,A,C,E, That would mean to play the notes F, A, C, E singlely.

If you don't like the sound, try inverting the chord to get the sound you are trying to achieve. For example, instead of playing FACE, try plaing ACEF or EFAC. You can even trop a note out of the chord and try just playing the root chord F/FAC.

Hey Sister T,
Does that also mean: f,a,c,e, play singlely - same as: f-a-c-e play singlely
some are posted with dashes... :?

I can't believe it I also understood what you said about inverting - I caught it - I'm very :lol:

Also, the book says:
1st measure: notes: cfef
and at the top of that measure it have a f
how do i play that?
Do I hold down the letter f through the 4 beats or do I play the f root chord while I play cfef: fac is the f root right?

[T-Block]

When u see a chord like this, F-A-C-E, it means to play all 4 notes at the same time.  If the notes are separated by commas, play each note separately.