Piano Chords for Beginners 4: Learn to Play the Carol, O Christmas Tree, with

[Jeremy Connolly]

In our Piano Chords for Beginners articles so far, we have seen how to
play Silent Night and Away in a Manger using only three different
Major chords, and we have discovered how to add Minor chords to our
accompaniment in Good King Wenceslas.To play the piano accompaniment
for this Christmas carol, O Christmas Tree, we will need to add yet
another important chord type to our piano chord repertoire: the
Seventh Chords. The Seventh Chords The Major and Minor chords we have
studied so far were all composed of three notes played at once on the
keyboard. In Seventh chords, four notes are played at the same time.
The Seventh chords are closely based on their corresponding Major
chord. In fact the first three notes of the Seventh chord are the same
as those of the corresponding Major chord. However, the final note of
the Seventh chord adds a beautiful harmony and richness to these
chords. For the carol, O Christmas Tree, we need to use both the C
Major chord and the C Seventh chord. The actual notes in these two
piano chords and the chord symbol for each chord are given below: C
Major-- Notes: C E G-- Chord Symbol: C C Seventh-- Notes: C E G Bb--
Chord Symbol: C7 Play the C7 chord with the fifth, third, second and
first (thumb) fingers of the left hand. O Christmas Tree: Two Major
Chords, One Minor Chord and One Seventh Chord To play this Christmas
carol we will need the following piano chords: C Major:-- Notes: C E
G-- Chord Symbol: C F Major: -- Notes: F A C-- Chord Symbol: F D
Minor:-- Notes: D F A-- Chord Symbol: Dm C Seventh-- Notes: C E G Bb--
Chord Symbol: C7 Practice these chords in the two octaves below Middle
C on your keyboard. Lyrics and Tune of O Christmas Tree Play the tune
of O Christmas Tree with your right hand, starting on Middle C. There
are three quarter-note or crotchet beats in every bar in this carol.
In my notation, the ][C7----F---- Don't the seventh chords give a
glorious sound to the fifth and sixth lines of this carol? All the
chords that you will find in books of beginner piano music can be
played easily by learning a set of simple patterns! There is no need
to memorize dozens of individual chords or read complicated sheet
music scores. However, for all but the simplest songs, it is a great
advantage to be able to read music notes so that you can accurately
read the tune and rhythm of the melody from sheet music. Playing piano
chords and learning to read music notes can be done with ease by using
the correct techniques. Then you can progress to playing your favorite
popular piano music with your own unique accompaniments -- with ease!



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