A good guess for the first chord would be the I chord (one chord) which is the chord that corresponds to the key. Once I have a key, I know what chords I have to work with that are common to that key. Most of the time, any chords used in a song will be comprised of the notes used in the song. Once I know the key the sheet music was written in - I can transpose all the notes into my guitar friendly key so I can have a set of notes to work from.
Transcribe music notes how to#
This Link will describe how to use the Key Signature together with other elements in the sheet music to determine if the key is major or minor. Other clues will allow me to determine if it's major or minor.
The key signature will narrow things down to one minor and one major key. Many piano based songs are written in keys that are not commonly used in guitar playing (because they contain few open chords or chords that are more difficult to play) so I might have to transpose everything to a guitar friendly key for the chord set and then use a capo if I want to play in the same key the piano music is written in. If piano sheet music or standard notation music is available for the song, I start with the key signature. When I want to learn to play a piano based song on guitar and there are no decent guitar tabs or guitar chord charts available online, I create my own arrangement.
For more detail on why this is true check out the answers to This Question on Stake Exchange Music. I can play enough keyboard to understand that the instrument lends itself to creating arrangements that sound very different than what the guitar leads a composer to produce. I have found that many popular songs that were written on piano (or keyboard) where the keyboard arrangement is the backbone of the recording - the guitar charts (guitar chords or tab) available online - often do not sound correct at all.Īs a composer and songwriter myself (who can't sight read standard music notation) I create almost all of my music using a guitar.
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