Okay people. Helloooo. I like this website alot. But I have a couple problems. Of course I play piano and use chords. But I don't understand the way the way you guys do this chord thing. I like all kinds of music gospel and praise and worship...all the good stuff. But k this is hard to explain. If I say something stupid or confusing excuse me cuz I'm confused. Okay I don't normally play gospel songs. I play moastly praise and worship. And so I'm not used to the way chords are read here. I don't understand the following...(I"M CONFUSING MYSELF..but I'll try and explain)
When have this...LH/RH why is it that sometimes yoou have two chords on the LH side?
DA/whatever
Which do you play? And how do you play it? I'm used to just having the words under the chords which is easier but I guess with gospel it's different.
And with the right hand..why are there so many chords?
LH/D A B. What do you do with the right hand?
Is it harder to write out the songs with the chords over the words of the songs? Cuz it's easier for me?
And is this just a different way to write out chords for this style of music? Cuz if it is that's good. Cuz then I can understand it and ask if there is a like a cool way to play out praise and worship music. YOu know what I mean?
Like...what are walk ups? And is that something that just goes for Gospel?
Cuz I've heard of Fill ins. and all that other stuff which I still don't get.
I hope you guys can help me to understand this stuff. I really get frustrated when I don't understand things. I appreciate your help guys. Thanks. :?:
First off...welcome to the board! You're questions aren't stupid...everyone has questions about everything in life, if we never ask them, we'll never learn. Now I'm not sure on what you mean by praise and worship music being different from gospel music, do you mind explaining that because I don't think there's a difference between to two styles of music when it comes to playing it.
So you're confused about the chords...you're not alone I once was when I came across gospel chord boards 5 years ago. It can be hard if the poster doesn't have a legend to tell you how to read, but many people do post that towards the beginning. It may be easier for you to write the words and then write the chords on top of it, but it doen't quite work on the computer, because when you type it out like that, it doesn't come out that way and becomes very confusing for someone to use, so that's why people post the words then the chord beside it. So here are some ways people post:
~ such and such: C
that's a chord notation/symbol and you would play it like this, play the C chord in your right and play the root, C, in your left hand as well.
~ such and such: C/A
that's a slash chord if you're reading a fake book or off the top of sheet music, you would read it and play it like this...whatever is to the left is the chord you play in your right hand, and what's to the right of the slash is what you play as your bass note in your left hand.
Now some posters use it the opposite way, but they'll note it.
~ such and such: CEG or C,E,G
that means the you play the notes together...they make up a chord (again look for what the poster makes note of before they type out the whole song...they should have a legend that says this)
~ such and such: C,E,G or C-E-G
means you play the notes separetely. The poster may have noted this see if they did...because people post differently.
~ DA/ GM7
means you'd play the notes that's to the left of the slash together in your left hand, and what's the right of the slash is the chord you'd play in your right. That's also called a polychord or superimposed chord.
Now some posts have a legend, but when you play it, it doesn't sound right, if so, then maybe you should try this...
some might have:
rh (right hand) / lh (left hand)
but when you're playing your notes like that, it doen't sound right...so just do the opposite, play whatever they have in the right hand with your left and vice versa.
To answer another question...a walk up means...walking your bass...it's what you hear in fast songs like Dorothy Norwood's "Victory Is Mine" for
example. There are different ways to walk your bass...I think more explanition on this is in the lesson, theory section. Fill-ins are fillers to fill in space or beat between chords...fillers can be arpeggios, trills, runs, passing chords, ect.
So that's a little break down for you in my own way, I pray that this can help you. Don't be afraid to ask for help again...that's why we're all here to help and learn.
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