UNIT4 PIANO PRACTICE
Key unit competence: Be able to play triad chords on the piano
4.2.2. Playing the chord of D minor
This triad is played by pressing the supertonic, the sub-dominant and the sub
mediant simultaneously. It is a minor triad because the interval between the tonic
and the mediant form a minor interval (minor third).On a staff, we get:
4.2.4. Playing the chord of F major
This triad is played by pressing the sub-dominant, the sub-mediant and the tonic
simultaneously. It is a major triad because the interval between the sub-dominant
and the sub-mediant form a major interval (major third).
4.2.6. Playing the chord of A minor
This triad is played by pressing the sub-mediant, the tonic and the mediant
simultaneously. It is a minor triad because the interval between the sub-mediant
and the tonic form a minor interval (minor third)
4.3.1. The scale of F major
As it was done in C scale, the scale of F major is made of different chords. So it is
just to play them on the piano keyboard following their accompaniment as shownin the following staff:
4.3.2. The scale of G major
The scale of G major is made of different chords and they are shown on thefollowing staff with their accompaniment
4.3.3. The scale of D major
D major scale is played respecting different chords that are accompanied as
shown in the following staff
4.3.4. The scale of A major
The scale of A major is obtained by playing the following chords:
Additional songs with complex time signatures
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