How to interpret and understand chord symbols with lyrics on the Piano
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This piano lesson is about how to interpret and understand the chord symbols above the lyrics that you see in chord charts or lead sheets. In this piano tutorial, I explain the most common chord symbols and what they mean when you see them above music or lyrics. I demonstrate how you can read and play the piano chords. This is particularly useful for piano accompaniment if you're a singer, as chord charts are a fast-track way of playing a song. If you've ever wondered what the letters above lyrics mean in music, then I hope after watching this that my chord and lyric sheets/charts will make more sense to you, and you'll know how to use them!
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6:12 is meant to say "Cmj7" not C7mj7 - silly typo, sorry! *The Bitesize Piano Course:* bitesizepianocourse.co.uk How I figure out songs by ear: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nIGA2LGrfNrLj9Y.html Chord formula: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKV6xs1racq1fNo.html Seventh chords: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nGGTmcqIY6y3Zdo.html Inversion chords: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2aJzMRtl6bXmso.html
@aamirmirza8796
3 жыл бұрын
Please to afterglow by Ed Sheeran
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
@@aamirmirza8796 I've already done that
@dezeeray
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, I love your videos!! It has helped me a lot. Would you be able to play The Greatest by Cat Power?? It’s one of my favs and I cannot find any tutorial on it 🥺
@lemerveilleuxcharmant
8 ай бұрын
@@BitesizePiano can you tell me the meanning of number in parentesis in piano shorts. salute from paris🥰
I cannot believe how simply you explained it! I started learning basic chords, but this will DEFINITELY help me remember the rarer chords. Thanks so much for this! You’re amazing!
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased you found it helpful! 🤗
@wilfredricarte2061
Жыл бұрын
I believe in your prowess in playing the piano can you play " there's a place for us by Frank Sinatra, oh this is a song ERRATUM.
@wilfredricarte2061
Жыл бұрын
I don't know how we can reconcile our interpretations, do you have a more better idea that I may consider.
6:12 is meant to say "Cmj7" not C7mj7 - sorry!
I already knew about playing from lead sheets, but just for finding out how to create 9th, 11th and 13th chord extensions, I find this video valuable! I'm glad I watched!
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
So pleased you found it useful :)
I love you so much,thank you,you explained it so well,wheres your millions of subscribers at?
@BitesizePiano
Жыл бұрын
🤷♀️
This was really helpful, thank you. The guitarists in my band use these sheets to play our songs, having started to teach myself through lockdown, they decided keyboards would be a great addition, so glad I found this
Csus ? you are literally the only YT I've encountered who explained this. Thank you so much!
I got additional knowledge of the chords, credit is given to the tutor and I love it,
Yes, This is pretty much how i play now which is great and has opened up so many songs for me. I did not get this til this year (pandemic life). now i need to go back and re learn my note reading which has fallen off. Trying to balance both. Thanks for posting.
perfect. Exactly what I needed.
Ooooo thank u this is very helpful
This will be helpful for me,I am currently interesting to learned simple piano chords.Thanks so much for sharing this tutorials to all.
@BitesizePiano
9 ай бұрын
🤗🎹
That's really a handful... And really was of great help!
Thank you very much for the valuable information
Beautiful Piano teacher 🤩
awesome thanks I learned a ton
This was sooo helpful. I had NO idea how to play these, and this was so simple and easy!
@BitesizePiano
Жыл бұрын
Pleased you found it helpful 🎹
Thank you 🌺
Thanks!
Estaba esperando un video así, me sirven mucho, graciaass!!!
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome :)
Thanks for the tips... Very useful as usual
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful!
Thank you for the video.....has really helped me to understand now....explained so well
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
So pleased you found it helpful! 🤗🎹
Praise the Lord God bless you excellent
Very helpful tutorial, thank you
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Great vids thank you.
@BitesizePiano
Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
Thank you so much! This is so helpful ♥️
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Pleased you found it helpful!
Thank you pretty for passing on your knowledge😘
Excellent chapeaux
wonderful explanation, 4 thumbs up....still amaze how can you explain this thing so easily....
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it easy to understand ☺
Very helpful. Thanks. 👍
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Pleased it was helpful!
excellent explanation!
@BitesizePiano
15 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Love that tiny stage piano:)
You explained better than simply piano could ever
I just started playing piano and I love your videos!!😊 the first lesson I did was "you were good to me" by jeremy zucker and chelsea cutler. Would you consider doing a video on how to play their new song, "this is how you fall in love"?😊❤
New subsriber here! Thank you for this! 😍🥰
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
You’re very welcome!
This is helpful . Thanks for sharing with us
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
Pleased you found it helpful!
@leahyodico9818
2 жыл бұрын
@@BitesizePiano you're welcome
You are really doing an awesome job with your tutorials - thanks for that! Maybe you could explain (in a future video) how to figure out a well fitting rhythm pattern for an accompaniment? What is the best orientation point - melody rhythm, drums, guitar part? Thanks in advance.
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
I've *sort of* done a tutorial on that, but definitely scope for another!
Thank you so much, I needed something like this ; )
@wilfredricarte2061
Жыл бұрын
The chords and lyrics are instructural and I deem it is more eventful if given a chance to perform it.
@wilfredricarte2061
Жыл бұрын
If given a chance I can interpret it correctly and make it more eventful.
Can you maybe do a tutorial for ease my mind by Ben Platt? I have searched for it for a long time and youre the best place i go to learn songs
Hi Ms. Francesca . Thank you very much I needed help with this ,,I will be honest with you it does get confusing with the way they write the chord symbols !! Thank you again for this tutorial !! Teddy !!
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
👍👍👍GREAT👍👍👍
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
:D
Cm9 is such a beautiful sounding chord 😍
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
It really is 😍
You have no idea how much a love you right now. I have been looking for this since I started to play Lana del Rey mainly and other artists. They always have those F#m/A, and I was like.. wtf ??? And you are right : I only know when to play the chords, but I need to learn how to " embellish " the song with the way I play...(you have a video on that I know haha ). Because playing when it is written makes the song a bit dull sometimes Thanks again :) your channel is a bless (don't know if that's English, but you'll get what I meant) Oh and ... More Lana please :) 😘😘
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
So pleased it's helped 🤗
Hi I love your channel! I would love to see a tutorial of the song “I still talk to jesus” by Lany
your voice is so beautiful and your fingers and your face!🥰
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
That’s very kind thank you x
Hi! Is their any chance you could do a tutorial for Ophelia by the Lumineers if you haven’t already? It sounds really beautiful on the piano
More seriously...have not seen the whole video (logic) but that's a very good idea thanks 😊
Terimakasih
@BitesizePiano
9 ай бұрын
🤗🎹
The best teacher ever! Can you please talk about how many different chords exist?
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
There's basically an infinite amount of chords - it's better to break them up into groups!
@luna-mq8xi
3 жыл бұрын
@@BitesizePiano it would be cool a video about chords groups😍
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
@@luna-mq8xi I have already done many like that!
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For the next tutorial could you do Grey by Why Dont We???
Can you please make a tutorial on Paper Thin Hotel by Leonard Cohen covered by Matt Maltese? It's a very simple tune
Could you please do “Dream a Little dream of me” by Doris day?
Wow, I wish my college piano professor had explained chords this way. You described them in a way that makes them easier to remember. I was hoping there was a trick to knowing what to do with piano tabs/guides when they don’t have a split bc I don’t know what to do with my left hand other than playing the root note or octave, or which inversion to use, but it sounds like you kind of have to have an ear for that 😅 Thank you SO much!! Truly grateful you share your teaching skills with us 🤗
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found it useful! :)
Can you play "Melody of star crossed lovers ". I wanna play ,too.
Can you do a million dreams please
Super helpful! Can you do more songs by Elton John?
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely! Have you seen the many I've already done? :)
@abby.478
3 жыл бұрын
Yes I have! I’ve watched all of them and they’re all awesome!
Thanks for posting the video. The take home messages is the chords apply to the lyric lines below them. Wondering if the example you showed is a standard representation. Is there a list of these piano chord sheets that one can buy.
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
Of course they’re a standard representation, why would I teach otherwise?
@ramesherrabolu1590
2 жыл бұрын
@@BitesizePiano Thanks for the reply. Also I forgot to ask as to how I should use them to practice i.e. which chords would I play with Left hand and which ones I would play with my Right hand. Lastly do you have a recommendation on something that I can buy to practice.
Could you please do Yungblud?
How do you know when and how to break into single notes?
how do i request a song tutorial
You can make us a video on gospel chords
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
Possibly! :)
Know how to read the notes but doesn't have any idea how to play the chords translated to melody if the music
Plz do Chemtrails over the country club by Lana Del Rey thx!!!
hi, how do you add the chords symbols to the lyrics, graphically ??
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
I make them in a word document!
@user-dn6ym5dq1p
3 жыл бұрын
@@BitesizePiano I'm trying no to some for myself in Hebrew, and i find it very frustrating. I'm putting the words in "text box" and then I'm the chords, but every change that i made, makes everything goes wild....
@user-dn6ym5dq1p
3 жыл бұрын
do you have some tips ??
I just started playing piano today. I am 26 years old and I am just self thought. I find it harder than guitar and i dont know if i can really make it 😅 I started to feel like a failure cause my fingers hurt even in just 3 hours of practicing. Can you give me a motivation or an advice to go on guys?
@BitesizePiano
7 ай бұрын
Follow this! ➡️ kzread.info/head/PLJOfTzSYW-9prgP_R3Q9RU1gHCnwUvuSb&si=XmzZaTyP0TRtM1Lw
3:07 that’s kinda sus
@adr1luv
2 жыл бұрын
😏
I play Harry potter theme song but what does (#) mean in that code?
@BitesizePiano
2 жыл бұрын
It’s a sharp sign, to make the note a semitone higher
3:05. Csus, I dont nou about you, but this chord seems kind of sus?
Can u do driver license piano tutorial?
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
I already have done that one
@esmeraldaruiz2373
3 жыл бұрын
@@BitesizePiano oh yay I’ll go check it out. Thank u!
Can I say: FIRST
@BitesizePiano
3 жыл бұрын
woohoo!
Writing "mj" for major chords is not very common or a standard practice. It's usually written with a capital M or "Maj". So instead of "C mj" it will be "C Maj" for C major.
@BitesizePiano
3 ай бұрын
I’ve seen mj also used a lot and is how I was taught 👍🏻
When you mentioned jass chords and wrote down it's shorting i thought you are talking in a different language😆🤦 i mean english musical system has a way different system compare to hungarian for example😅
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