Learn Simple Piano Music to Play with Your Poetry

Why not use your quarantine time to write some poetry?  And if you would like to make your poem into a song, here are some chords to help you.  I chose the key of C because it is fairly simple to play in.  It uses all white keys, so no sharps or flats.  Also, to be clear, I am not a music teacher and do not really know music theory.  All of this is just simple, self-taught easiness.  The major scale is played by playing this pattern:  Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Half Step.  A half step is the next possible note to play, whether it is a white or black key.  So the major scale in the key of C is C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.  A very common progression in American music is to use some form of the first, fourth, fifth, and minor sixth chords.  In C, the first is C, the fourth is F, the fifth is G, and the sixth minor is A minor.  Here is a picture of how to play the chords:

To get the placement, look at the grouping of the black keys.  For instance, C is the white key just before the group of two black keys.  F is the white key just before the group of three black keys.  The red indicates where to place your fingers.  So you basically leave your hand configured in the same position and move your hand so that your thumb is on the note of the chord you want, while your middle finger is on two white keys above that, and pinky is two white keys above that.  You are playing every other white key starting with your thumb.  It is simpler to video than to write, but there you go.  Play around with these chords,  Start of by just using two chords and get comfortable with that.  Then add in a third and a fourth.  Then play around with the order.  Have fun with it!

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