I want to understand how you're supposed to play songs on piano. From what I've seen so far, you play the melody with one hand and with the other hand you play the chords, either as full chords or arpeggios. But how do you know which chords you have to play to fit a certain melody?
I already know a bit of music theory so I tried figuring it out on my own. I looked up Katyusha on piano to see which chords are played.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gMx_Yiut9wThe song is in D minor, and they play the chords in this order:
Dmin x3
Amaj 2nd inversion x4 (Db E A)
Dmin x 2
Fmaj 1st inv. (C F A)
Gmin 1st inv. (D G Bb)
Dmin, Gmin 1st inv. , Dmin, Amaj inv. , Dmin.
I assume that some chords are inverted so that the transition between them is smoother.
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