Music Theory Series Part 2- Chords, by Dogukan Ozturk |
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Mar 3 2011, 05:47 PM
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Hey all.Dogukan Ozturk here.Welcome to my Music Theory Series part 2.In todays lesson we will take a look at how to
construct a chord.So lets get started. We can build a chord from a scale.We can build 7 basic chords from a given scale. The formula is: (b=flat,#=sharp) -We take 1,3 and 5th notes of the scale to build a Major Chord -We take 1,b3 and 5th notes of the scale to build a Minor Chord There are many other chords but these to are two most common chords.I will give the other chord formulas at the end of the lesson. So lets continue with an example.Take C Major scale: C D E F G A B C The first(root) note is:C The third note is:E The fifth note is:G If we put them together we have a C Major Chord.Lets take the other notes of the scale since i mentioned before that we can build 7 basic chords from a given scale.Everytime we will make the 1,3,5 combination within the scale eventually we will get 7 chords from 1 given scale. If we start with D in the C Major Scale: The first note is:D The third note is:F The fifth note is:A C D E F G A B C If we put them together we have a D minor Chord.If you are confused about;we take 1,3 and 5th notes.Why is this a minor chord instead of major chord?-It's because,actually this is still C Major scale not D.We only started from a different note in the C Major scale.Since, between D and F we have minor3 interval we have a minor chord.(1,b3,5) If we start with E in the C Major Scale: The first note is:E The third note is:G The fifth note is:B C D E F G A B C If we put them together we have a E minor Chord. There is a easy way for this.In a Major Scale;We can build Major,Minor,Minor,Major,Major,Minor,Diminished Meaning; We can build C Major,D Minor,E Minor,F Major,G Major,A minor,B Diminished chords from the C Major Scale. This order is same for every Major scales. Lets take D Major Scale: D major scale = D E F# G A B C# D Then the chords are in D are should be like that; D Major,E Minor,F# Minor,G Major,A Major,B Minor,C# Diminished You can see see the difference between a major and minor chord. -A D major chord is made up of the notes D, F#, and A.(1,3,5 rule) -A D minor chord has the notes D, F and A.(1,b3,5 rule) Finally here are the some other basic chords formulas: CODE major = 1 3 5 minor = 1 b3 5 augmented = 1 3 #5 diminished = 1 b3 b5 sus2 = 1 2 5 sus4 = 1 4 5 major 7 = 1 3 5 7 7 = 1 3 5 b7 minor 7 = 1 b3 5 b7 minor 7b5 = 1 b3 b5 b7 diminished 7 = 1 b3 b5 bb7(6)* 6 = 1 3 5 6 minor 6 = 1 b3 5 6 *bb=double flat,means to lower a note by 2 half steps(2 frets) Hope you enjoy lesson.See you in another lesson of the Music Theory Series.Keep rocking  --------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPOTIFY PAGE YOUTUBE CHANNEL |
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Mar 3 2011, 06:01 PM
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To the point. Nice work!
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Mar 3 2011, 06:23 PM
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QUOTE (dark dude @ Mar 3 2011, 05:01 PM)  To the point. Nice work! Thanks man 
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Mar 4 2011, 12:21 AM
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Very good article. Bookmarked!
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Mar 4 2011, 06:48 AM
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QUOTE (Ivan Milenkovic @ Mar 3 2011, 11:21 PM) Very good article. Bookmarked! Thanks Ivan
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Mar 5 2011, 05:19 PM
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Great, I added this one to the wiki too
https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...hords_SI_Lesson Keep them coming!
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Mar 5 2011, 09:14 PM
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QUOTE (Fran @ Mar 5 2011, 04:19 PM) Great, I added this one to the wiki too https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/inde...hords_SI_Lesson Keep them coming! Thanks Fran I'm prepairing another lesson.I will publish it soon
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Mar 5 2011, 11:22 PM
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Nice job. Keep up the good work
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