The Minimal Theory Video 

Wow, I randomly got this video in my feed as I'm sitting here jamming to some lazy blues. You have such an effortless, low-stress way of explaining things. Even though I've been playing for a long time, I'll still be checking in on your channel from now on. Thanks for the video!

Thank you Andy. This helps to ease my confusion! Be safe and well.

Thank you for putting this together. Excellent video. Would love to have one on bass runs between cord progressions.

Never thought to do Blue Moon like that! 2 chords? What about Happy Trails to You? Whoops! 4 chords. Thanks Andy!

As al2ways, I am impressed with your musical knowledge. George in Montana

If you still are looking for any new ideas, I’d enjoy hearing your guitar/music journey centered on the types of music you’ve been drawn to, prefer to play, and if that’s different solo or when playing with a group.

As an amateur noodler at home playing accompaniments on your own, you don’t actually need any of this. I’ve been playing for fifty years as that & for the first fifteen years or so I knew no theory at all but simply thought of guitar chords as shapes, which I sometimes modified by moving a finger here or there. It was only when I started dabbling in keyboards that I began to understand how chords and scales are constructed. You can look at getting by without theory on guitar as either a blessing or a curse. It makes the instrument more accessible and less ‘dry’ but it limits to some extent your ability to play with others or construct arrangements if you get into multi-track recording. I think you need it too if you want to get into jazz. These days although I used to neglect it, I find theory really interesting and getting to grips with it has helped me a lot to develop.

Always great to review fundamentals. Thanks. One question, wasn’t familiar with the phrase “half diminished” although I think I know what a diminished and a diminished seventh are.

Would be nice to follow up on why some of the chord progressions (scale of each key) are minor etc.

In short this is the Nashville Number System 1.4.5 is usually Major. The 5 Chord half the time will be a Dom7. 2.3.6 musically is Minor. Why ? ok No #'s or b's (sharp or flat) in the key of C. To make a Chord it takes 3 notes (not power chord) the First 3rd and 5th degree of that notes Major Scale D=D,F#,A E=E,G#,B A=A,C#,E . Flatten those sharps a half step and you get D,F,A. E,G,B A,C,E. Making those Minor chords. Unless you are going to be a Classical Pianist using I,ii,iii,IV,V,vi..... is confusing and archaic. Simply use 1,2-,3-,4,5.6-. Yes 2,3,6 can and in some forms of music be a Major. Any of these Chords can be any kind of Chord Maj Min, Sus, Aug, Maj7 Dom7. Whatever works for the piece of music your playing. To change Keys the 1 is ALWAYS THE KEY. And the other numbers will fall into place making Transposing very simple. In most Studio's they do not use Chord names only #'s 1's 4's 5's 6-'s..... Need to change Key's they just say "Ok let's try G" .... New to music 1,4,5 / 1,6-5,4 or1,5,6-4 / 1,6-2-5 even 2-,5,1. Will always sound good in any Key on any Instrument that plays Chords Remember the 5 chord can and usually is Played as a Dom7. You can also figure out songs 3 chords 90% it's a 1,4,5/5'7 4 chords 1,6-,4,5.... it's like the "Circle of 5ths" Only an NNS Chart is much easier to understand.

Very interesting it’s just remembering it all😂

Something it took me far too long to realise, but I find helpful to know, is that in most Western scales, there are 7 notes - one each (and only one) of A, B, C and so on to G, obviously starting on whatever your root note is. BUT: the character of the scale will dictate whether the space between those notes should be a tone (two steps on the fretboard) or semi-tone (one fret). And in order to achieve that, those notes may be sharpened or flattened. So yeah, there are 12 notes, but a single scale isn’t going to have a Gb, G and G# in it; it’ll just have one of them. Which is why we double name some of the notes (it isn’t in fact related to moving up or down). It’s because if your scale already has a C in it, and you also want it to have a note that is one semi-tone up from a C, you’re gonna call it Db, not C#. And it’s also why when we talk about chord structure, we sometimes even talk about double flats. Musically of course, that note is way down impinging on the space of the note below! But if you’ve already got a Cb, then if you want what musically is a C, you’re gonna call it a Dbb! For years I didn’t know why my friends with better music theory knowledge would insist “no, it’s not an F#, it’s a Gb!” - and that’s why.

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I have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. 😵‍💫

Be-Cause Everything's Fu-Fine 😂