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Learn to Hear Chords · 原调 G · 最后更新
Spawning bone claws from your knuckles is. Generating massive laser beams from your eyes is. But ‘hearing chords’ is not. At most, it is a skill that requires great dedication to learn. But the key is… it can be learned. Enjoy. *martial arts greetings* Transcribe the melody of Pachelbel's Canon in D. It is a good exercise for the piece starts off with a simple melody that transforms into slightly more complicated phrases later on. For a greater challenge, select an unfamiliar piece of music so that you will recruit more of your hearing in the task. For beginners, you may be stumbled by how fleeting the notes actually stay in your mind. By humming out a note, you can prolong the retention of the pitch in your mind such that you can match it to a note on your piano or guitar. Even for veterans, humming out a note can be useful for fast-playing riffs or when multiple notes are played all at once! #3 Figure out the key How? By playing a few notes of the melody and noting the sharps (♯) or flats (♭) present. The next thing that I do, which is probably frowned upon by expert musicians, is to use the magical Capo to transform the key of the song to either C or G major. Why? ‘cos the chords in C and G major key are easy to play! Capo/ Transposed Key C C# A# C# D# F# G# D C# F# D# D# G# A# E C# D# F# G# F A# F# D# G# A# G F# G# G# A# C# D# A C# F# G# A# A# D# B A# C# D# F# G# An awareness of these patterns/ phrases will enable you to predict chords, cutting your work by half when working out the chords to songs. C G Am Em F C Dm G Another common sequence used in contemporary music is that of ascending or descending bass lines. C G/B Am7 Am7/G (bass descends from C → B → A → G) Dm7 C/E F G (bass ascends from D → E → F → G) To transpose a song means to play a song in a different key. For that, you will need to 'shift' the chords accordingly. Example: transposing the chord sequence shown earlier from the C key to the D key i.e. raise 2 semitones (C → D, Em → F#m since there is only one semitone from E to F) gives: D A Bm F#m G D Em A By transposing known sequences, you will become more familiar with the common chords as well as patterns associated with different keys (See #4). Transpose the chord sequence from the C key to the G key. #6 Figure out the diatonic chords For a particular key (scale), there are chords that sound ‘right’. This chords are called diatonic chords. Figuring out the diatonic chords for the key of a song can help in narrowing down the possible chords in a song. Diatonic chords can be found using the formula (for major scale): Example: The diatonic chords in the C major scale are: C Dm Em F G Am Bdim #7 Find the root (bass) note Very crudely put, the root note is the ‘letter’ we use to name a chord. So the root note for an A minor chord is A. The root note is often (but not always) played as the bass note. Figuring out the bass note and matching it your list of diatonic chords will often lead you to the identity of the chord. Example: For a song in the C key, a bass note of D is detected. By checking with the list of diatonic chords, the chord is likely to be Dm. Note: A common exception to this ‘rule’ is that of slash chords. For slash chords, it helps to remember the sequence of ascending/ descending bass runs. Different types of chords invokes different ‘feeel’. A simple distinction is that of a major and minor chord. Try playing a major chord and then the minor counterpart e.g. A major and A minor. Do they sound different to you? How exactly? The general saying is that major chords sound happy while minor chords sound sad. So what are 'clean songs'? 'Clean' songs are those where the accompaniment or background is relatively clean i.e. acoustic or unplugged songs. For such songs, the sequence of notes involved in each chord can be more easily detected which aids in the identification of the chord. Example of 'clean' songs: 周杰倫 - 晴天 周杰倫 - 彩虹 田馥甄 - 小幸运 Richard Marx - Can’t Help Falling in Love 韦礼安 - 有没有 梁文音 - 哭过就好了 孙燕姿 - 遇见 张惠妹 - 解脱 蔡健雅 - 陌生人 范逸臣 - 除此之外 胡彦斌 - Waiting For You 梁靜茹 - 情歌 If you still find it impossible to hear the chords, here's a cheat code! Find the karaoke version of the song, switch to the channel where there’s only the background music (a.k.a minus 1) and knock yourself out. #10 Cross-check with reliable sources