Below is an animation demo playing melody (right hand), and chords (left hand) for Auld Lang Syne.
First, practice to play just the melody with the right hand only. Next, practice to play the chords with left hand only. Practice until you are familiar with all the notes, then practice to play this song with both hands.
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Use the interactive piano Z-Board below to practice playing the right-hand melody (you would need a real piano keyboard to play the left hand chords, or playing with both hands, since there are too many chords for this song)
In this song, we will be using chords: C, F, G7,Em7, Am, and Dm7 (see chart below how to play these chords):
You can use this virtual keyboard in two ways:
1) Use computer mouse to click directly on the key (note highlighted in RED), or
2) Press on any corresponding button (key highlighted in BLUE) on your computer keyboard to play that note (this feature is used when playing chords - first, you have to click once on the piano to activate this feature), e.g. Press “Shift” to play note “C”, press letter “S” to play note “E”, and so on.
To play C Major Chord (C - E - G): hold down “Shift” - “S” - “F” buttons on the computer keyboard all at once.
See sample below. Access Major Chord chart.
Chord Name Play on piano Play on Z-Board C C - E - G Shift - S - F G7 Dominant G - B - D - F F - B - N - K F F - A - C D - G - Sp Am A - C - E G - Sp - J Dm7 D - F - A - C A - D - G - Sp Em7 E - G - B - D S - F - B - N
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How to Construct the Minor 7th Chord
Playing the minor 7th chord is easy. Just play a minor chord, and add a note that is an interval of a minor 7th from the root note of the chord. Another way to think about it is by using a formula of half steps. Below is the formula for the minor 7th chord.Root - 3HS - 4HS -3HS
Dm7: D - F - A - C
Gm7: G - Bb - D - FHow to Construct the Dominant 7th Chord
Playing the dominant 7th chord is easy. Just play a major chord, and add a note that is an interval of a minor 7th from the root note of the chord. Another way to think about it is by using a formula of half steps. Below is the formula for the dominant 7th chord.Root - 4HS - 3HS - 3HS
D7 (Dominant): D - F# - A - C
G7 (Dominant): G - B - D - F
