Now that I’ve shown you how to transfer the guitar chords over to the piano, let’s talk about some of the foundational principles you have to know for chord construction.įor added measure, I also threw in the Dmaj7#11 chord with the A note included, which you can see in the image below: What Is A Triad On The Guitar And Piano? So here is what the DMaj7#11 looks like on the piano:Īs you can see, it’s really not that complicated to transfer notes from the guitar over to the piano.Īll you have to do is figure out the notes of the chord on the guitar understand what keys are what notes on the keyboard/piano, and then simply play them. Once you’ve figured out what notes are being used to make up the chord, you can jot them down on a piece of paper, or write them down in your computer’s notebook, and then transfer each note over to the piano, using both your left and right hand. However, you could find an alternate voicing of the same chord which does include the A-note. You’ll notice there is one note missing from the chord, the A, but it’s not entirely necessary to have it in there. Then your third finger is on the 11th fret of the G-string (F#),Īnd then you use your first finger to bar the 9th fret on both the B-string (G#) and the high E-string (C#) Your fourth finger is on the 12th fret of the D string (D), Your second figure on the fretting hand is on the low E-string (D), On the guitar, it looks a lot like what you can see in the image below: You could say this is just a Dmaj11 chord because there is no major 7th interval here This chord consists of the following notes on the guitar:Įssentially, what it is, is a Major 7th chord with an added #11, which means you just have to count up from the root note, D, all the way up until 11, and then once you get there, you sharp that 11th note.Īnd what you get are the notes laid out above. It’s easy to understand right off the bat. So here is what the exact same chord G Major chord looks like on the Piano, using the information that I just laid out for you above:įor this next section, I’m going to show you how to play a more complicated chord from the guitar on the piano: Extended Chord That’s what makes the piano so amazing to play. Now, the notes are simply played in the exact same way up and down the keyboard. The black notes of the piano look like the following: The white notes of the piano look like the following: The G and B 2) Apply Those Same Exact Notes to the PianoĪs I said above, the amazing thing about the piano is the fact the notes repeat themselves in the exact same way up and down the keys. The first position G Major chord consists of the following notes:Īs you can see, the G Major chord consists of three notes, two of which are actually repeated at different octaves: The G Major chord comes in a variety of different flavors on the guitar, but we’re going to do, is use the most common utilization of the chord, the G Major chord in the first position, which looks a lot like what you can see in the image below: G Major (I (first chord) of the G Major Scale)
The most important thing right away is to actually know the notes of the guitar chord. They are typically triads, however, by no means are they always just using 3 notes. For this section, I’m going to show you how to convert two different types of guitar chords for the piano: 1 will be a simple triad, and the 2nd will be a more sophisticated chord, just to give you an idea of how this process works and why it’s so great. What you want to do, is the following: 1) Figure Out The Notes of the Chord Standard Triad How To Convert Guitar Chords To The Piano We’re going to jump right into converting guitar chords into piano chords, and then we’ll discuss the foundational principles that way you have a better understanding of what we did.īy the way, there are always deals going on in the guitar and music world, so here are some of my favorite products and gear that are on sale right now: JamPlay In this article/, I’m going to show you how to convert guitar chords you know and love to the piano, in addition, to explaining some of the theories behind it in a user-friendly way.
How To Convert Guitar Chords To The Piano.
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