| You hear a song you like. | | | | you will be able to play on the piano! |
| You can pick out the melody line using your right hand. | | | | Another chord progression is the minor progression |
| You don't know what chords to play on the right hand. | | | | I-III-VII-IV, or 1-3-7-4. It's the minor scale, take note. |
| Usually, if you know it, you'll know the whole sequence | | | | Songs which use this include Boulevard of Broken |
| of chords to play. If you don't know, you'll be picking the | | | | Dreams by Green Day, What Goes Around... Comes |
| chords by trial-and-error, right? | | | | Around by Justin Timberlake, and Wonderwall from |
| What you need to know now, is you need to be | | | | Oasis. Play the progression on the piano first, then |
| familiar with many chord progressions. You need to | | | | include the right hand melody while your left hand plays |
| know the songs that use those progressions. | | | | the chords. |
| For example, many theme songs from Japanese | | | | After playing a few times around different keys, with |
| animation as well as live dramas use the progression | | | | different songs, you will be used to the chord |
| IV-V-iii-vi. That's 4-5-3-6 of the major scale. You can | | | | progression, and subsequently, able to recognize it in |
| play Yui's Rolling Star, or TM Revolution's Heart of | | | | songs. |
| Sword, and so many more. | | | | The more progressions you know, the better. |
| The key is to know the chord progressions for a few | | | | The more familiar you are with all 12 keys, the better. |
| songs, and you will have it wired inside your head | | | | The more familiar you are with all kinds of chords, the |
| already. You will be delighted and surprised to find | | | | better. |
| those progressions readily identifiable in subsequent | | | | The key is to keep playing. |
| songs that you happen to listen to, and immediately, | | | | |