harmonizing the major scale

John creates a harmonized scale in the key of C major, starting with the C major7 chord.

5th in series of major scale (diatonic) lessons.

link: http://www.johnhguitar.com/john-heussenstamm/GuitarLessons-MajorScales01.php

Category:

Music

Tags:

• guitar
• lesson
• harmonize
• major
• diatonic
• scale
• CMaj7
• tablature
• music
• John
• Heussenstamm

[icespeckledhens]

thanks a great video, one thing the top Cmaj7 is not a full bar chord is it?

[johnhguitar]

Could be if you want it to be.

[metachozoite]

im having a melody I am having trouble finding chords to put over ...it is remenicent of joe satrians crushing day.....how can I figure out what chords can go ove rit? just fiddle with it? get a chord book? also Im having trouble figuring out what chords go over what scales...so far my mode of thinking is if I have a dorian I can use a minor g major b minor ect...is this the right mode of thinking on this?

[johnhguitar]

When I think of music I come at it from every direction. However, it's easier for me to write lines over chords.

If you're in the key of C major, Dmin Emin Fmaj G7 Amin Bminb5, would be standard chords people might use simply because of the correct use of theory. In truth any thing that sound good is OK. You have to decide at any point.

[gnr2391]

what gibson model guitar is this guy playing? sounds great!

[johnhguitar]

ES 335

[rawhemi]

hi please send me your guitar thanks

[jonathan1994yee]

ok im confused ill stick to tamborine haha

[janmurph]

Now your just showin off.....

[Tapiola2007]

Hi, that's a great lesson. I found it useful as a kicking off point for playing modes of the C major scale with each harmonised chord. I'm not great with theory but the C major is a good scale to work with as there are no sharps or flats, making it easy to work out the intervals (whole step/half step). Thanks for the inspiration!

[mentalproductions1]

@johnhguitar he man that's Lucille's big brother :) right on

[TheodoreKalantzakos]

Nice video!

[metachozoite]

@johnhguitar hummm...understood...and i now also umnderstand why it takes satriani years to come up with new songs...it really does take quite a while to compose something yrou happy about....quite a while...