Beginner question

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Hey guys.  I am a beginner musician.  and I have a question that I need clarification on.    I am a singer but I thought learning how to play would help me out with my singing.  So that is how I got into trying to play.

For my question:  I understand theory to some extent.  I mean I know my scales and I know how to build chords with the left hand and right.  So I can sit down and play some nice chords.  (Well to me they are nice)

I am struggling with learning the 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 left and right hand chords in each key.

Is there a formula for this or a place where I can learn this??

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Here are some links that can help you out:

Scale Degree Chords:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,53951.0.html

Scale Degree Chords Part 2:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,53958.0.html

Scale Degree Chords Chart/Practice (3-note chords): http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,54353.0.html

Basic Progressions:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,15720.0.html

More Advanced Progressions:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,15731.0.html

Progressions Practice Routine:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,18903.0.html

Progressions Practice Routine #2:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,31384.0.html

Progressions Practice Routine #3:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,36503.0.html

Explaining Progressions:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,18550.0.html

Explaining Progressions part 2:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,31163.0.html

Explaining Progressions part 3:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,33036.0.html

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Here are some links that can help you out:

Scale Degree Chords:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,53951.0.html

Scale Degree Chords Part 2:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,53958.0.html

Scale Degree Chords Chart/Practice (3-note chords): http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,54353.0.html

Basic Progressions:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,15720.0.html

More Advanced Progressions:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,15731.0.html

Progressions Practice Routine:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,18903.0.html

Progressions Practice Routine #2:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,31384.0.html

Progressions Practice Routine #3:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,36503.0.html

Explaining Progressions:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,18550.0.html

Explaining Progressions part 2:  http://forums.learngospelmusic.com/index.php/topic,31163.0.html

Explaining Progressions part 3:  http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,33036.0.html

T Block thank you a million man.  This is exactly what i wa slooking for and didn't even know how to search for it.

QUick question for you.

If you are in a specific key and you are playinng a song.  If you know all the chord progressions in that key 1-7 you can play the song or atleast figure out how to play the song?? 

Does that make sense??

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QUick question for you.

If you are in a specific key and you are playinng a song.  If you know all the chord progressions in that key 1-7 you can play the song or atleast figure out how to play the song?? 

Does that make sense??

Essentially, that's correct.  The problem will be recognizing the various chords in the song by ear and playing them at the right time.  Knowing about progressions can help you think ahead and anticipate what's coming up next.

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Essentially, that's correct.  The problem will be recognizing the various chords in the song by ear and playing them at the right time.  Knowing about progressions can help you think ahead and anticipate what's coming up next.

Excellent!  I just want to make sure I am approaching learning the keyboard correctly.  I am not only learning progressions but understanding why.  Why play this chord here and why play this chord there.

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i was wondering what he meant by that, but i assume it is progressions. basically learning all the chords in each key will help you. For example, if you know the chords of the 5 note in the key of C (which is G), playing the G chord would be correct.

the most commonly used progression is 1-4-5 or 5-4-1

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I have just taken out the time to study theory for a few weeks ans not just playing songs and I am surprised at how quickly it is for me to pick up songs now and play them in any key.  Not perfect but good enough.  Teh videos I have I can pick up what they are talking about so easily.  I can now play a song just by getting the first 5 chords by know the progressions and where they normally go. 

Theory is the best and if you don't know theory learn it.  I love theory. 

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lol, I started a post almost exactly like this one a couple weeks ago.  Learning the scales and progressions have helped me out tremendously also. It used to take me days/weeks to learn a song when I was playing by ear. Now I can do it in a matter of minutes. Most church songs follow the same patterns. I never understood this before but LGM has helped me understand. And they did it for FREE!!