CHORD AND ITS FINGERING

Good day friend; how was your day? How has been the exercise? I believe you are catching up? It’s all about believing that you can do it. Join me this week again as we explain chords and his fingering.
Chord is a combination of notes. Examples are d: m: s, d: r: s, d: f: s etc It might be melodic or harmonic. Melodic is playing the notes one after the other while harmonic is playing or striking the notes together.
Triad is a chord that comprises of 3 notes. Primary chords are triads. We have 7 of them.
1st chord d: m: s (Major chord)
2nd chord r: m: s (Minor Chord)
3rd chord m: s: t (Minor Chord)
4th chord f: l: d (Major Chord)
5th chord s: t: r (Major Chord)
6th chord l: d: m (Minor Chord)
7th chord t: r: f (Diminished)

PLAYING CHORDS ON THE KEYBOARD
Your right hand presses the 3 notes (triad) together while left hand only presses the 1st note i.e. to play 1st chord; right hand presses d: m: s while left hand press d.
CHORD RIGHT HAND LEFT HAND
1st d: m: s D
2nd r: f: l R
3rd m: s: t M
4th f: l: d F
5th s: t: r S
6th l: d: m L

FINGERING FOR PLAYING CHORDS
Right hand
Your thumb plays the 1st note of the triad; your 2nd finger plays the 2nd note while your 4th finger plays the 3rd note of the triad.
Left hand
Your 4th finger plays the lower note while your thumb plays the upper note i.e. d: d
ASSIGNMENT 2: (to be done for a week)
1. Learn how to strike the primary chords (triads) with the correct fingers. Don’t forget primary chords are d; m: s, r: f: l, m: s: t, f: l d, etc
Join me next week as we learn some movement of these chords.