Tue Feb 10, 2015 2:36 pm
Thanks for that Gps. I was wondering what that scale box did.
BTW did you also notice that if you set the chord box to say major and then add a new note it actually adds the three notes of that major chord. So add a C and what you get is C, E and G. Add a D and it sets you D, F#, A (and then you notice that F# isn't in the C scale so you change it). Cute eh ?
As for what notes to play, you were right it's more complicated than that. A really simple melody in C will probably start (and end) on a C note but it can then use any of the white notes (notes in the C scale). But the LH need not start on C it could be a chord or anything that sounds good with a C note...G or E are good choices (because they're in the C major chord). Effectively what you're trying to do a lot of the time with the two hands is to put together a good sounding chord across the different instruments. If everything is playing the same note it gets boring really fast.
Steve
BTW did you also notice that if you set the chord box to say major and then add a new note it actually adds the three notes of that major chord. So add a C and what you get is C, E and G. Add a D and it sets you D, F#, A (and then you notice that F# isn't in the C scale so you change it). Cute eh ?
As for what notes to play, you were right it's more complicated than that. A really simple melody in C will probably start (and end) on a C note but it can then use any of the white notes (notes in the C scale). But the LH need not start on C it could be a chord or anything that sounds good with a C note...G or E are good choices (because they're in the C major chord). Effectively what you're trying to do a lot of the time with the two hands is to put together a good sounding chord across the different instruments. If everything is playing the same note it gets boring really fast.
Steve