Here are some other chords, for reference:Ī solid understanding of scales will make learning new chords easier. Green Day's When I Come Around is a canonical example - it's nothing but a repeating loop: C Major, G Major, A Minor, F Major, then back to C Major. Now that you have A minor (take a C Major chord, and move the top note up), you can play a good proportion of pop tunes. Keep in mind that when playing the C chord, for example, you don't have to play the c below the e below the g - you can put them in whatever order you want, perhaps playing the g an octave below, then the c, then the e. I'd buy you a house (I would buy you a house) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) See if you can figure out 'If I Had a Million Dollars': Most pop songs, and many rock songs, rely on these chords heavily. Practice moving between C major, F major, and G major - you can combine them in lots of ways. You can play a surprising number of songs with just these two chords! Now move the top two notes up by one key each: this is F Major: (Major chords tend to sound cheerful while minor chords may sound sad or cool - this varies, though,depending on context.) If you're playing pop or rock and singing, you might want to play the chords with the right hand and the bass note of each chord with the left hand. In elementary piano, the left hand (lower notes) typically plays chords, while the right hand plays the melody.
