{"id":17349,"date":"2021-12-16T13:57:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/?p=17349"},"modified":"2024-02-06T19:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T02:52:57","slug":"how-to-play-songs-with-broken-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/how-to-play-songs-with-broken-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"How to play songs with Broken Chords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<div width=\"440\">\n  Learn how to play songs with broken chords. Instead of playing the notes of a chord together, you&#8217;ll break the chord down to two parts. The video below show you how to play this chord pattern. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n      00:07 &#8211; Playing the three notes of the chords together&nbsp;<br \/>\n      00:34 &#8211;  Playing  the notes of a chord separately.&nbsp;<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n      &nbsp;<br \/>\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"440\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JroRNnMd8U0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n      <a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\" data-pin-color=\"red\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_red_20.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><br \/>\n<script 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\/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<font size=\"4\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"440\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff66ff\"><b>Free<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n      Keys Layout&nbsp;<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/preparation\/pianolayout\/?id=1\/#lesson1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/piano_keys_layout-1024x853.jpg\" alt=\"piano_keys_layout\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11063\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"145\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff66ff\"><b>Piano<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n        White Keys&nbsp;<br \/>\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/preparation\/pianolayout\/?id=2\/#lesson2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/white-key-names.jpg\" alt=\"White Key Names\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3896\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"145\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff66ff\"><b>Basics<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n      Black Keys&nbsp;<br \/>\n      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/preparation\/pianolayout\/?id=3\/#lesson3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/black-key-names.jpg\" alt=\"Black Key Names\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3914\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff66ff\"><b>Note Durations<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/preparation\/basicmusicnotation\/?id=5\/#lesson5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/note-duration.jpg\" alt=\"note-duration\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7007\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"145\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ff66ff\"><b>Interactive<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/resources\/reference\/virtualpianochords\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/free-piano-chord-chart-250.2.jpg\" alt=\"free-piano-chord-chart-250.2\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/free-piano-chord-chart-250.2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/free-piano-chord-chart-250.2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/free-piano-chord-chart-250.2-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td width=\"145\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color:#ff66ff\"><b>How to read<\/b><\/span>&nbsp;<br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/lessons\/preparation\/basicmusicnotation\/?id=4\/#lesson4\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Music-Notation.20.jpg\" alt=\"Music Notation.20\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Music-Notation.20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Music-Notation.20-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Music-Notation.20-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/font><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Learn how to play songs with broken chords. Instead of playing the notes of a chord together, you&#8217;ll break the chord down to two parts. The video below show you how to play this chord pattern. 00:07 &#8211; Playing the three notes of the chords together&nbsp; 00:34 &#8211; Playing the notes of a chord [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[893],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-learn-chords"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17349"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18966,"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17349\/revisions\/18966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zebrakeys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}