Subject: A Major as the VI Chord
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 ...
Happy Mother’s Day
May 14th, 2017 at 10:13 am EDTHey Friend, It’s Mother’s Day here in the States, so make sure you remember your mom. You wouldn’t be here except for her! I won’t keep you long. I just saw a cool video from Tyler Larson where he talks about the getting through the times o ...
The Pick MattersThe Pick Matters
May 13th, 2017 at 10:17 am EDTHey Friend, I didn’t forget about you - I’ve just been entertaining. My sister is here I’m trying to be a halfway decent host. I don’t want to leave you hanging, so check out this little video from Kirk Hammett (of Metallica). He’s talkin ...
C#m as the Im Chord
May 12th, 2017 at 8:38 am EDTHey Friend, I just noticed a typo in yesterday’s message - I said “rating” instead of “starting” point. Did you notice that? Do you zero in on editing disasters, or does your brain do an autocorrect and just move on? I either have to fire ...
The C# Minor Key
May 11th, 2017 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, There is one more minor key we haven’t looked at yet to compliment the major keys we’ve studied so far, and that is C# minor. C# minor is the relative minor key to the key of E major. If you remember, the relative keys have the sam ...
Clearing the Fog?
May 10th, 2017 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, I don’t know about you, but I feel a little like Alice emerging from the rabbit hole… Maybe looking at the intervals as they relate to chord construction was too aggressive, or just convoluted, or maybe it was me… I have been know ...