Chord Scales, Chord Progressions and How They Work

http://www.ShutUpNPlayYerGuitar.com Video guitar lesson teaching the concept of chord scales and how understanding chord scales will help you learn all your favorite songs faster, and more accurately. This video clip is a sample from the DVD guitar course Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar, by Adam St. James, author of "Logical Lead Guitar," "101 Guitar Tips: Stuff All the Pros Know And Use," "101 Singing Tips," "101 Recording Tips," "Incredible Scale Finder," "Picture Chord Encyclopedia," and many more. For more information visit http://ShutUpNPlayYerGuitar.com or get free book downloads, an informative free lesson newsletter, and access to a jam-packed members-only lesson blog when you join the mailing list at http://LogicalLeadGuitar.com

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[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.

[klutz94306]

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

[CookieDee11]

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

[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.

[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!!!!