Subject: With 7ths, Barre is King
With 7ths, Barre is King
May 24th, 2017 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, You’re probably not going to be excited about this, but probably the easiest way to play 7th chords in all their forms in one place is by barre chord. You best just resign yourself to the fact that barre chords are an essential tool fo ...
7th Chord Harmonic Progressions
May 23rd, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, Yesterday, we talked about 7 (7th) chords in their various forms. There’s the dominant 7, which is the most commonly used form of 7th chords. I also briefly introduced you to major and minor 7 chords. Like harmonic scales built from m ...
What is a 7 Chord?
May 22nd, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, I’m sure you’ve seen them before. You find some tabs online that show a simple chord chart, and in that chart you see chords listed like this: A7 D7 E7… What the heck are those? These are known as “7” chords - those specific ...
Let’s Review…
May 21st, 2017 at 10:44 am EDTHey Friend, It was nearly one year ago that we started looking at triads in relation to the keys that they occupy. It’s a little hard for me to believe that it’s been that long! Even harder to believe is that we haven’t covered more ground, ...
B Major as the VII Chord
May 20th, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, We made it! B major is the last chord in the C# minor key. In the harmonic scale, it is the VII chord in the minor key pattern. Im II° III IVm Vm VI VII C#m D#° E F#m G#m A B B major is constructed by combining the B, D# and F# notes ...
A Major as the VI Chord
May 19th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, We’re coming down to the wire - only two more chords in the C# minor harmonic scale. And it’s Friday! The VI chord is A major in the key of C# minor. Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII C#m D#dim E F#m G#m A B A major is made up of the ...
G# Minor as the Vm Chord
May 18th, 2017 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, The G# minor triad is the next up in the key of C# minor. It takes its place as the Vm chord in the harmonic progression. Im IIº III IVm Vm VI VII C#m D#º E F#m G#m A B Because the C# minor scale contains the notes to build any of ...
F# Minor as the IVm Chord
May 17th, 2017 at 8:28 am EDTHey Friend, After E major comes F# minor chord in the key of C# minor. It is the fourth chord in the C# minor progression. Im IIdim III IVm Vm VI VII C#m D#dim E F#m G#m A B You simply need to move the root note up two frets from E to F# and make ...
E Major as the III Chord
May 16th, 2017 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, Next up on the tour of the chords in the key of C# minor is E major. This is only natural since C# minor is the relative minor key of E major. Remember, three semitones (frets) lower than the major key is the start of the relative minor ...
D# Diminished as the II° Chord
May 15th, 2017 at 8:36 am EDTHey Friend, We started looking at the chords in the key of C# minor last week, so let’s get back to that. Next up, D# diminished. Diminished chords are interesting because you basically take a minor chord and then flatten the fifth note, making i ...