Choosing the Right Chords in Minor Keys - Music Composition
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Date: 2022-03-28
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Fu
it'll make more sense..if you learn more scales..aside from the MAJOR/minor scale..
It's just easier to COUNT from B min,...as B Harmonic min b2 ( C lyd #6 or C lyd #5, #6)
vi...ii ..iii has the same intervals as I, IV, %...it's just visually easier to see and play
on the fretboard becuase the lower strings are tune to perfect 4th...
it' just depends....rather then play B min G Maj7 F#7 into B minor all the time
I'll play B min C maj7 F# min B min...Then E7 A# dim into B min...
Rather then B min E min A7 into D Maj
The E7 ( lyd domintnat) is the IV of B melodic min
There's other options/ways/sounds to play back to the B min chord.
Use the C chord as a PIVOT ( reference PIVOT chord)
C Maj7 F min F# min B min..
or
I can even alter the C Maj7 to C min or min/maj7..or C dim ( C ly #2, #6)
C min F min F#7 into B min
Cdim C# min F#7 into B min
C Maj G min F min A# dim into B min
or
C min G min F min A# dim into B min
or
C #4 8, #9..the 5th ( G note) is stack below and octave above
slide down 2 frets....( same fingering) A# note as the ROOT
Then play C Maj F# min B min.....
Becuase I dont want to play F#7 into B min all the time ..
or I dont want to play dominant chords all the time.
It'll even do this ..it's just different sounds to me.
C aug E maj7 F# min A Maj or A7 into D MAJOR...
if you,,,rack your brain too much...you'll notice..the notes of E Maj7
as has B , maj 3, 6...in it.
somtimes..it'll even play B7 into E min F# min B min
or B7 into E min A7 into D MAJOR
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it'll make more sense..if you learn more scales..aside from the MAJOR/minor scale..
It's just easier to COUNT from B min,...as B Harmonic min b2 ( C lyd #6 or C lyd #5, #6)
vi...ii ..iii has the same intervals as I, IV, %...it's just visually easier to see and play
on the fretboard becuase the lower strings are tune to perfect 4th...
it' just depends....rather then play B min G Maj7 F#7 into B minor all the time
I'll play B min C maj7 F# min B min...Then E7 A# dim into B min...
Rather then B min E min A7 into D Maj
The E7 ( lyd domintnat) is the IV of B melodic min
There's other options/ways/sounds to play back to the B min chord.
Use the C chord as a PIVOT ( reference PIVOT chord)
C Maj7 F min F# min B min..
or
I can even alter the C Maj7 to C min or min/maj7..or C dim ( C ly #2, #6)
C min F min F#7 into B min
Cdim C# min F#7 into B min
C Maj G min F min A# dim into B min
or
C min G min F min A# dim into B min
or
C #4 8, #9..the 5th ( G note) is stack below and octave above
slide down 2 frets....( same fingering) A# note as the ROOT
Then play C Maj F# min B min.....
Becuase I dont want to play F#7 into B min all the time ..
or I dont want to play dominant chords all the time.
It'll even do this ..it's just different sounds to me.
C aug E maj7 F# min A Maj or A7 into D MAJOR...
if you,,,rack your brain too much...you'll notice..the notes of E Maj7
as has B , maj 3, 6...in it.
somtimes..it'll even play B7 into E min F# min B min
or B7 into E min A7 into D MAJOR
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Will
Like all your video's, very clear and informative. I am currently trying to undertand harmony and how it is constructed and this video goes a long way in helping that. But whenever I pick up an existing score (simpler the better) I can get so far in understanding what they have done then hit a chord progression or harmonisation that does not make sense. Ok it's an art not a science so I have to allow for that, but do you have any videos that take an existing score and analyse what the author has done to produce the harmony. I'm talking simple beginner harmony here. Many thanks.
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Like all your video's, very clear and informative. I am currently trying to undertand harmony and how it is constructed and this video goes a long way in helping that. But whenever I pick up an existing score (simpler the better) I can get so far in understanding what they have done then hit a chord progression or harmonisation that does not make sense. Ok it's an art not a science so I have to allow for that, but do you have any videos that take an existing score and analyse what the author has done to produce the harmony. I'm talking simple beginner harmony here. Many thanks.
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littlejOwnsU
I don-t know if you already have a video on this, but it would help me to have a video on what notes sound good to play in the harmony. For example, in the first measure you choose to use an octave with an a on the top instead of D F# A. Or in the last measure you use F# D for chord Ic, instead of all three chord tones, F# B D. It seems like there are rules of thumb to what sounds good besides using the exact tri-tone chord.
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I don-t know if you already have a video on this, but it would help me to have a video on what notes sound good to play in the harmony. For example, in the first measure you choose to use an octave with an a on the top instead of D F# A. Or in the last measure you use F# D for chord Ic, instead of all three chord tones, F# B D. It seems like there are rules of thumb to what sounds good besides using the exact tri-tone chord.
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This
So wonderfully Socratic. Your teaching method is a refreshing, and yet challenging, change of pace from the exposition and didactic speeches I've been encountering in videos on this topic. I suddenly realized I'm best served by pausing and actually trying to answer your questions before plodding on.
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So wonderfully Socratic. Your teaching method is a refreshing, and yet challenging, change of pace from the exposition and didactic speeches I've been encountering in videos on this topic. I suddenly realized I'm best served by pausing and actually trying to answer your questions before plodding on.
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Fat
Mr. Music Matters, would it be possible for you to devise a series in which you take a melody (or melodic basis) and harmonise it simply to begin with (e.g. using I, IV & V only) and then, with each new video, introduce a new aspect of CPP harmony with increasingly advanced techniques?
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Mr. Music Matters, would it be possible for you to devise a series in which you take a melody (or melodic basis) and harmonise it simply to begin with (e.g. using I, IV & V only) and then, with each new video, introduce a new aspect of CPP harmony with increasingly advanced techniques?
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John
I-m seeing all uppercase Roman numerals. In D major an E minor chord would be shown as ii. I-m seeing II, which is an uppercase Roman numeral which normally indicates major, not minor which is what you are implying is to be played. Is this a European thing?
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I-m seeing all uppercase Roman numerals. In D major an E minor chord would be shown as ii. I-m seeing II, which is an uppercase Roman numeral which normally indicates major, not minor which is what you are implying is to be played. Is this a European thing?
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Lars
Pretty good tutorial. I used to be really familiar with major keys, but minor keys were always a little painful to write.
I'm at the moment trying to write and experience fugal writing. Do you have courses about fugues?
Greetings from Germany
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Pretty good tutorial. I used to be really familiar with major keys, but minor keys were always a little painful to write.
I'm at the moment trying to write and experience fugal writing. Do you have courses about fugues?
Greetings from Germany
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David
Another wonderful lesson.
I like very much the practice of designating inversions root, B and C, rather than root, 6, and 6/4.
It-s more concise, which means one can think more quickly when composing or improvising
Thank you!
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Another wonderful lesson.
I like very much the practice of designating inversions root, B and C, rather than root, 6, and 6/4.
It-s more concise, which means one can think more quickly when composing or improvising
Thank you!
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Ed
This was 23 minutes of non-stop insights and -aha- moments. I got more out of this video in that time than hours of others on similar musical topics. Just about perfect in every way. Thanks so much!
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This was 23 minutes of non-stop insights and -aha- moments. I got more out of this video in that time than hours of others on similar musical topics. Just about perfect in every way. Thanks so much!
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Selmer
Great video... I have played piano, saxophone, organ for decades, but never had a theory class. I basically learn this stuff by myself, but I have listened to a lecture like this. Thx
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Great video... I have played piano, saxophone, organ for decades, but never had a theory class. I basically learn this stuff by myself, but I have listened to a lecture like this. Thx
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