Chord Scales, Chord Progressions and How They Work

[klutz94306]

first guy on you tube that actually made some sense. Thank you.

[CookieDee11]

Say the chord you are playing is a CMaj7, is your ii Chord going to be DM7?

[adamsj2007]

@CookieDee11 Your ii chord would be D minor 7, is that what you meant? Lower case Roman numerals mean minor chords, uppercase major chords. The complete chord scale for any major key is I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, vii (minor 7 flat 5 to be exact), and I. In C: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bm7b5, C.

[CookieDee11]

@adamsj2007 Thanks, u hit the nail on the head with that!!

[Chimpaliciousness]

my mom took my guitar away... missing assignments in school. i dont like high school

[tatowesselo]

ShutUpNPlayYerGuitar xD

[briandickson1965]

I know this video was uploaded a few years ago but....... thanks, I thought the explanation was very clear and helpful (pertly because I was already familiar with what was being said - LOL)

[deeeirl]

remember that the difference between a minor or major chord (a triad) is the 3rd note.

If its flattened or a minor 3rd as they say, then it is minor.

Hope that helps, just remember that its all a repeating pattern, its basically maths :D

[deeeirl]

since the Dmajor scale is D,E,F#,G,A,B,C#,D...

So the 1st,3rd and 5th is D,F# and A.

But, theres a problem.. For our purposes of using this chord in the key of Cmaj... there is no such note as F#... it doesn't exist in the scale of Cmajor. So we "flatten" the 3rd which results in D,F and A. We did this to make it follow the rules within the C major scale, but the funny thing is that since we "flattened" the 3rd (lowered it half a tone) it is now a minor chord!!!!

[deeeirl]

MrSEOtips: you are correct in what you said. You build the chords from notes that are only available in the scale. You are forgetting what scale you are playing in though.

You are playing in Cmaj, not Dmaj. I will try to explain it as best I can:

If you try and build a D chord using the good ol triad formula of 1st,3rd and 5th note of the scale (the scale being Dmajor since D is the chord we are building here), You would end up with 3 notes ( D + F# +A)......

[MrSEOtips]

Question: Around time 3:08 Adam talks about building chords off the notes in the Cmajor scale.. So the first chord in the Cmajor scale would be Cmajor and the second chord would be Dminor. Why is a Dminor and not a Dmajor chord? The same goes for Eminor... Why is the Eminor chord an Eminor and not an Emajor chord in the Cmajor scale? Adam mentions around 5:00 that you only use the notes that are in the scale to make the chords. I see no flats in this scale to make minor chords.. Help...

[meadish]

@MrSEOtips To build the chords in the scale, skip every other note. For a C major scale, the first chord is C major because the tones you get by starting on 1 and skipping every other note is:

1 (C), 3 (E), 5 (G) ... right? Then, the 2nd chord starts on the 2nd tone of the scale - D in this case. Then, skip every other note again, so we get:

2 (D), 4 (F), 6 (A) ... = D minor. Use the same method for each following scale tone. Result: Cmaj, Dmin, Emin, Fmaj, Gmaj, Amin, Bdim.

[jims3666]

question. in a I-IV-V. are the 1 4 5 major chords? are the 2 3 6 minor chords?

[PunksDontDie]

@jims3666

In a Major Key yer, it would be I ii iii IV V vi vii°

vii being diminished.

[jims3666]

@PunksDontDie Thanks

[animator96]

SHUT UP N PLAY YER GUITAR YE DUMBASS!

[KennyKenMasters]

great, this explained alot, thank you very much sir

[piratatrillo]

 cristal clear! thanks.

[iamarock09]

i've got the same guitar this guy's holding o.o

[mflying2themoon]

great video.thanks a lot, and like the site name,shut up and play your guitar LOL

[legalrule]

Fantastic lesson you explained this subject very well, thank you!!

[puppetmetal]

I actually learned a lot, thanks dude!!

[MikeAdozen]

He is a good teacher, he makes sense.

[wkriski]

nice lesson. the vii chord is just Bdim (B,D,F) if you stick to 3 notes per chord as you did for the others.

[executionair]

@wkriski so if you're playing a chord scale there wouldnt be any accidentals? cause i mean if you play a d chord on a c scale , it should just be D F A right? cause you are not in the key of d major.... if you were id be D Fsharp A .... can you call this a cmajor dorian chord? modes are relaly confusing me sorry

[wkriski]

yes depends on the key for c major no sharps/flats. d major has F and C sharp.

you don't use mode names for chords so just d minor not c major dorian chord. this is why i hate teaching modes too confusing!

[executionair]

ahhh but the mode of the song can change throughout the song probably .... ionion being the root key signature

[wkriski]

some people look at it that way, a certain mode can be played over each chord but this is too complicated and doesn't usually result in music. For a I-vi-ii-V progression in C we have C Am Dm G which means ionian over C, aeolian, dorian and mixolydian modes. Or just play in the key of C using c major scale over the whole progression.

[dsouzand]

what if a chord progression is like C,G,F,Am? how do they mix togeather?

[kulitsRose]

wtf is he talkin about

[TheToxicVoid]

Look it's simple.

You take a scale. E.g. ..B mayor.

Then you take the 1st, 4th and 5th note of that scale, and play them as chords. That's the general meaning of a chord progression; take scale notes and play them as chords. Though I don't know the more detailed theory yet.

[thispagesux]

im stuck on where to move to for a chorus.

lets say i was playing in D and my scale is

D Ds Fs G A As, can i pick any one of those notes to move my chorus to or are there rules.

all this talk about 3rds and 5ths confuses me. i write metal so everthing i do is in minor scales, in fact i dont know any major scales lol.

[TheToxicVoid]

I only write metal too :P

But that doesn't mean you cannnot use mayor scales. Not at all o.o

But I guess ur missing lots of basic theory.

[JoelCharron1991]

lmao im lost...

[billysfender]

this was so good. really learned alot/ thanks.,billy

[bhavsar2083]

his teaching is awesome

sir pls comeout with more videos

which book he's talking about,

[piratatrillo]

wow this guy is an exellent teacher!!! I really like the way he teaches, btw what book is he talking about? I'm really interested in buying it>cheers.

[beatshack]

this is probably the best explanation of chord scales i've seen on youtube. this guys a great guitar teacher!

[maple742]

Adam, Thanks for the lesson. I'll try to work it out. btw - Happy New Year and Cheers! All my Best! Catalina Blues Jim