Chord Families & Diatonic Substitution

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This video explains the various families of the harmonized major scale. After building chords upon each step of the major scale and naming the family name given to each step, the chords can then be grouped together. The groups represent an effect of common emotional effects. These chords present similar sounds due to the number of tones they share. The act of mixing one chord for and with others in a common family is the application of "Diatonic Substitution."

The complete lesson article for this video, (along with audio examples of Diatonic Substitution), is available on the Creative Guitar Studio website. Just follow the link below:
http://www.creativeguitarstudio.com/lessons/music_theory/chord_families/chord...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZEw2ApNhyk

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[thermalegoogle]

Hey Andrew, awesome lesson

I was wondering : when you showed us which chords could be substituted to one another, using the degrees (eg : IV- II)

Does that work for every scale ? If I take let's say a D scale, could it's 4th degree be substituted to the chord based on the second degree of said scale ?

Thanks in advance, and keep up the great lessons =D

[creativeguitarstudio]

Reply to Question: thermalegoogle,

Yes, every key is the same in Major.

Thanks for watching,

Andrew W.

[taylorsashawood]

great lesson, tasty outro track!

[cintric]

awesome information... funny how theory actualy can be translated to feelings like this... or the other way around... thx! makes me wanne go deeper realy.

[EvaSlash]

does this apply to the natural minor scale as well and its chord family?

[MrMgnet]

dude this shit is to legit to quit!!!!!!!

[AXELGRIZ]

great lesson. but can anyone tell me what are the chordfamilies for a minor scale? or are they all the same families? Like the dorian scale and the Aeolian scale have the same chord families or are they different? Thanks again.

[oneandonlyful]

Thank you so much!

[drazenradovanac]

Thanks for this lesson its very educational.

[vascu2]

I am not a classical guitarist, but regarding Family Chords, I am VERY VERY strict to my students. So to those who disliked the video, c'mon! Where did you left your brain?

[kirdook]

THANK YOU so much, this is PERFECTLY my skill level.

[FunknGrvn]

How can you have 4 dislikes? heres a wakeup call folks they guy just took the time to give you a free music theroy lesson, what's the problem is he supposed to come to your house and play the damn thing for ya to? Thanks for the hard work Andrew much appreciated.

[philnoll]

Okay, so lets see if I got this. The V chord resolves to the tonic because it uses the 7th and the 2nd of the tonic scale. But the IV chord moves Away from the tonic, because it still uses the tonic tone. Is that right?

[wassabilly]

Hi Andrew

I am just learning this stuff and I'm fascinated by it, although it hasn't all sunk in yet. A question I have been wondering about is: How do these majors work if a song begin in say Am? Would it still belong to say the C-E-G Major Triad?