Diatonic triads are insanely useful, but most musicians don't know why. This video explains. This is Lesson 8 in a course that teaches Music Theory visually, using spreadsheets. Good for anyone trying to brush up on the basics.
Super insightful thanks again for making this series - was wondering how you recommend going about learning each of these chords? ie sit down and go one scale at a time or just pick randomly from the chart and start building finger position memory? When you add in 7th's, 9th's, inversions in each key the variations build up. Best could be to do like your easy chords series for 7th in each key until you memorise it. Have seen a few techniques for relationships between chord positions so will start there also.
Thanks! I'd honestly just start learning tunes. Playing the chords in context is way more fun than exercises. But if you want to make an exercise out of it, then go up and down the scale of a given key and play the chord corresponding to the scale degree. That's a good one to start.
That's the basic..You're not breaking any rules...you just need to learn more scales. It's still Every other note ..No matter what scale you use. The so call accidental notes or borrowed chords/modes will make more sense to you...if you simply learn other scales aside the MAJOR scale...which is ONLY ONE OUT 10-ea 7 notes scales. ( diatonic) ALL 12 notes WORK...even if you dont change keys and use the various scales together or borrow Modes/chords from the other 9 scales. It's actually EASY to see it on the Key board. In C MAJOR/Amin. The circle of 5th simply will help you play the Major scale in 12 different pitch..that is all. Mixolydian with a LEADING TONE ( maj7)..is the method. You can shift one at a time to obtain the intervals to the other scales. They simply gave it terms to help IDENTIFY the various 7 notes INTERVALS variations. Mode's Terms will also help you identify various interval quicker The 5 BLACK KEYS b2, b3.........b5, b6, b7 ( Db, Eb, Gb, Ab, Bb) YOu can push down from C MAJOR towards C min AND/or Push UP from A min towards A MAJOR....it's still be the same 5 black keys G#, F#, D#, C#,A# Pushing down from C MAJOR towards C min The Basic...b3, b6, b7 are the SECOND arpeggios of the 1 , 4, 5 chords. I'll use memphsis instead of romans...to help identify note/chord degree cleaer such as the b6 note/chord...vs maj6 note/chord degree. Becuase you can stack whatever above or below that note degree. Anyways....The basic TRIADS b6 = Harmonic MAJOR............C Maj F min G Maj/G7 b3 = melodic min C min F7 G7 b3, b6 = harmonic min C min F min G7 b2, b3 = melodic min b2 = Db, Eb b2, b3, b6 = harmonic min b2 = Db, Eb, Ab b3, #4 = melodic min #4 = Eb, F# ( Lydian b3) b3, #4, b6 = Harmonic min #4 = Eb, F#, Ab ( Double Harmonic min or Hungarian minor) b3, b5 = melodic min b5 = Eb, Gb b3, b5, b6 = Harmonic min b5 = Eb, Gb, Ab Then b3, b6, b7 = NATURAL min = Eb, Ab, Bb ( Eb MAJOR/ C min) #6 = Ion #6 = A# You can reverse the process...PUSH UP from A min towards A MAJOR G#....F#, G#, .......D#, F#, G#...........Bb, G#........Bb, F#, G#........Eb, G#.....Eb, F#, G# C#, F#, G# = A MAJOR/F#min A min D min E min A min Dmin E7 Amin D7 E7 Amin B7 E maj7 A MAJ D min E7 The 2, 4, b6, 7......note/chord degree are all possible FULL diminished D, F, Ab B......counting from C Harmonic MAJOR or min B, D, F, G#.....counting from A harmonic MAJOR or min Any of these notes/chords can be use as a leading tone/chord into a chord or tonic.....such as F dim into F# min/A MAJOR C,E,Ab or C, E, G#...are also possible AUGMENTED or C# augmented into C# min/E Major ( B7 into E maj7) G#7 ( phrygian b4 ) into C# min Those are the TRIADS Mode's TERM. #4 = lydian b7 = Mix if you learn the relative min or Natural min ( b3, b6, b7) maj6 = dorian b2 = phrgian b2, b5 = locrian so you can do this....put them in families..ect play different modes...via simply shifting a note or two. mix mix #2 mix #4 mix #2, #4 mix b2 mix b6 mix b2, b6 mix b2, #4 phy b4 loc b4 ion #5 Ion #4, #5 Ion #5, b7 Ion #4, #5, b7 or like this aeo maj7 = Harmonic min dor maj7 = melodic min phy maj7 = Harmonic min b2 mix maj7 = ionian loc maj7 = ion #6 dor b2 maj7 dor b5 maj7 dor #4 maj7 aeo b2 maj7 aeo b5 maj7 aeo #4 maj7 mix b6, maj7 = Harmonic MAJOR.....mix b6 is just the V of Melodic min aeo b5 is the VI ( Maj6 mode/note ) degree F# aeo b5 The Basic play G7 into C MAJOR or Cmin E7 into A MAJOR or A min B7 into E MAJOR or E min D7 into G MAJOR or G min The (N6) A harmonic min b2 or melodic min b2 the Bb note....you can play it as Bb maj , Bb7, Augmented, or dim cycle down to the 4th Bb lydian. Bb ion or Bb mix.......F, Bb, Eb...ect Bb7 into Eb MAJOR/C min G7 into C MAJOR or C min Bb dim into B min/D MAJOR Simply play B harmonic min b2....whalla back to C Maj7/A min You can basically SHIFT to ANY KEYS to want..SMOOTHly Comprehend it or SEE it in C MAJOR/Amin....at first. How the different scales are slowing shifting towards it's PARALLEL MAJOR or min.
