You're like the Bob Ross of music theory. I've tried learning music theory from different people and places. You're the first guy I can actually listen too. You sir, just won yourself a new patron.
I have never figured out where to start when it comes to music theory and the guitar. I have been listening to tons and tons of people trying to explain what it is and how to use it. So I have picked up a little knowledge here and there. I have been driving down the road with no clue of how to get to where I want to go. Then you Chris show up. You actually having a true starting place and you pointed me in the direction I want to go. Thank you for all your knowledge and your communication skills as an instructor. I need structure in order to progress and this is what you are offering. Excellent!!!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC CHRIS! Mastery is taking something complex and being able to break it down into simple building blocks that others can use effectively to follow the path you are explaining to them!
Sure wish that lesson was my first exposure to theory. I started the hard way. With the hard knocks I've learned to appreciate you and unravel some of the confusion. Thanks Chris.
I think it's a fantastic lesson telling people you don't need to know everything. To focus on what interests you. I for one know that sometimes I get hung up learning something that is not a priority for what I want to do at all. Also, I bloody love your surf green strat! I've my eye on a surf green one too. Thanks for this lesson
Great stuff Timothy, thanks for the comment. Focusing on what you "like, love, want, need", brings far better results than "should" ever will. Tally ho!
Realizing after a year or so of following your lessons how much more comes to me intuitively. I go to learn a song and as individual notes are taught I immediately start to guess at triad and scale relationships. You've really changed my understanding and enjoyment of guitar
He’s back!! Fridays are just not same without a new video from Chris. I’m curious Chris. Was everything in Nashville numbered in uppercase and lowercase Roman numerals?
I love this stuff.i learned all this theory the last few years.wrote it all down in notebooks.still practice it daily.never thought it would help so much,but it truly does,this guy is spot on..gold
Hey Chris! Great lesson as always. Question for you. When you are going through the formula, how do you know when to go up or down a string. For example on the A major scale. You start on the 6 string for the first two notes (frets 5 and 7), and then move to the 5th string (4th fret) for the third interval in the scale. What makes that determination and how do you know when and where to go? Thanks!
That's all preference. try this: Play an A major scale, starting on the E string 5th fret. Use the constraint of 3 notes per string and see where it takes you. Now repeat with 2 notes per string, totally different result, same notes.
Thank you once again Chris for a fantastic lesson. By pure rote, I managed to learn a pretty large number of scale patterns, but that’s all they were: PATTERNS. Beyond the scale shapes, I really didn’t know very much about what to do with them. But now, learning how to play arpeggios, I am literally seeing and hearing the triads sequence in I ii iii IV V vi vii(dim), and it’s so fascinating to watch the arpeggios that span a 3-string set literally form playable chords! Those patterns were simply a scaffolding for scales and chords! Thank you sooo much for helping me to “see-and-hear” inside these patterns. 🙏
Chris, your lessons have been invaluable. I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. As an intermediate player, all of your concepts are ones that I have struggled to wrap my head around for so long, but you break it down in ways I can understand.
so is there only one major chord in a major scale since the starting note is always at the root ? and every note on the guitar has a major chord and a major scale attached to it. Meaning A major, F, D , D# major ext. And if so to not get too complex as far as major and minor chords are concern would that mean there's only 12 distinctive major and minor chords that can be played in different positions on the neck of the guitar. I'm asking this to figure out if I can train my ear to learn how major and minor chords sounds and just quickly find it using the major and minor scales.
Every key is built from a scale, let's use C as an example: C major scale = C D E F G A B Chords in the key of C = Cmajor, DMinor, Eminor, Fmajor, Gmajor, AMinor, Bdiminished Every key has these types of chords in this order EVERY time. The only thing that changes is the root notes. This is a good starting point.
Teaching them basics! I'm glad that you're happy making others happy. I'd love to teach this stuff, as you may have noticed. It's hard to not type essays of info on every video that I watch. Thank you my good man!
You bet Timmy! The secret to teaching well is to control the information flow and tie it directly to the audience's contextual state. Not too much, and not too little. Harder to do in a video I confess, but too much information causes intake paralysis.
That's not about memory, it's about repetition and consistency. You're suffering from a shallow knowledge transfer. Just pick a single idea and drill the bejeebus out of it for a week :) THEN you'll retain it.
Write it all out,and keep going back to it.youll get it.im a slow learner also,never thought I could do it either.i started out learning scales and chords as shapes and patterns,boxes.had no idea what I was actually playing.what this guy is saying is the best way to go about it
@@RedErin I hear you. I have been playing for a long time now. I understand many of the principles.But it’s sort of like reciting poetry or the Gettysburg Address. You remember parts but then it just fades . . . The muscle memory hangs in there once I recall, but the recall is the hard part.
@@curiousguitarist Unfortunately I think a lot of people like myself who don’t learn at a young age is simply because of a lack of patience Now that I’m old I have patience but not the time I had when I was a kid. Cruel irony
You’re welcome Dave! It’s amazing to me that music theory isn’t taught like geometry by everyone. Just seems sort of obvious once you look at it like that.
As Uncle Ben would say, "Another slab of fried gold". For whatever reason (for me at least) the explanations and examples become very clear, I do not understand down votes for these works, thank you sir! Oh, also the m11 Sean Daniel reference PRICELESS.
This episode is the hack! At least for me. When he put up those chord formulas I grabbed a pen a paper so fast lol. Just what I needed. Thanks for another helpful video Chris!
Wow talking about making things click in your head your lessons make things that I couldn't work out before suddenly make sense great videos you are a great teacher!
To be able to simplify things you need to know complexity of it. And it takes time. Another great stuff Chris. BTW I like a lot video about new John Mayer you did together with Marty and Rhett. Peace
I'm guessing I did not explain it clearly enough. I'm sorry if it is confusing. Try watching it a few times and try playing along to see if it clicks. Here is another explanation though: The numbers are simply the notes of a major scale in the order the occur. R = "Root" the first note of the scale, also the "name" of the scale (as in "A Major") 2 = The second note in the scale 3 = The third note in the scale 4 = The fourth note in the scale 5 = The fifth note in the scale 6 = The sixth note in the scale 7 = The seventh note in the scale R = The "Root" again, up an octave, as we complete the scale I hope this helps!!
Chris, just another comment to join the others about your teaching. This channel is truly underated and unlike other channels you explain things in a thorough and focused manner rather than focusing on click baity 'top 5' lists or anything of the sort. Please keep doing what you are doing how you are doing it and I'm sure this channel will blow up. It has helped me massively.
@@jeffharper2661 Ah ha! Ok, well that's the first step. Start on any note and play the following notes using only "distance" R (the first note) 2 (up a whole step or two frets from the first note) 3 (same, up a whole step from the 2) 4 (only a half step away from the 3, one fret) 5 (whole step from the 4) 6 (whole step from the 5) 7 (whole step from the 6) R (half step up from the 7, which is the same note you started on, an octave up) Hope that helps Jeff!
Glad you enjoyed this one. These little knowledge nuggets are powerful magnets that you will attach more and more information to as you move through your musical education.
@@curiousguitarist Thank you very much. I've been studying theory but the knowledge I've gained is spread out, scattered. Your lessons are giving me the missing pieces and helping connect the dots. As I do all this it fuels the creativity for writing. Take care, rock on and talk to ya later @curiousguitarist
@Scales-n-Arpeggios really? Is this you’re marketing strategy? You just cut and paste into the comments of someone else’s videos? Not even a nod the the creator you’re riding on. Classy.
When you harmonize the major scale in thirds you are playing the 7 chords that go with the major scale. Does the same apply for the harmonic minor scale if you play every third note do you end up with the chords that fit the harmonic minor scale?
it's the SAME no matter the scale...EVERY OTHER NOTE. Different scales has different intervals .They ARE what they ARE. You get what you get. If you want something different. Use combinations of different scales....Hence BORROW Chords. A, C , E, G , B , D, F , A, C, E...ect A, C, E, G#, B, D, F,.........Harmonic min A, C, E, G#, B, D, F#.......Melodic min or C, E, G, B, D, F, Ab.....Harmonic MAJOR ( ion b6) or like this..... b3, b6, b7 = SECOND ARPEGGIO of 1, 4, 5 chords. b6 = Harmonic MAJOR.....C Maj F min G7 into C Maj b3 = Melodic min b3, b6 = Harmonic min b3, b6, b7 = NATURAL min reverse the process...( PUSH UP from A min towards A MAJOR) b3, b6, b7 b3, b6.......Harmonic b3...........melodic melodic min is just DORIAN , maj7 You can continue PUSHING UP Harmonic min #4 ( double harmonic min) or Melodic min #4 ( aka Lyd b3 or Lydian diminished) You can also play Harmonic min b2...or Harmonic min b5 It's EASIER if I list then like this... becuase Aeolydian has b6......dorian has Maj6 Harmonic min..........Melodic min Harmonic min b2.....melodic min b2 Harmonic min #4....Melodic min #4 Harmonic min b5....Melodic min b5 Those so call N6 chords. b2....b3......b5......b6.......b7 ( NOTE/CHORD degree) I DONT CARE..if Keyboard players Can or CAN NOT mimic what I play... but I have KNOWLEGE to back me up. Lets say....I play A min F Maj G Maj C Maj.... I wish to make sound DIFFERENT..for Cadence or just for KICKS. A min F min G Maj C Maj.........F min could be lydian #2 or Lydian b3 or I'm going play the F min slightly different Im simply going make Db maj7 ( barr shape)...with the open high E so...it's Db maj7 add #9 it's SIMPLE COUNTING... or i can say I used the Db Lyd #2, #6 MODE as a GUIDE.... Some people call that a TRITONE sub....variation of SORTS. Other...call it the N6 chord after the MAJOR's tonic. A min...( barr at the 5th fret) Db maj7 #9....( barr shape at 4 th fret) F# min ( or Gb minor...if you want) G7 into C MAJOR... F min Bb maj7...against open high E...( I guess that's LYDIAN ish from Bb ) The other N6 chord....A phrygain, maj7 = Bb lyd #6 A harmonic min b2 then...a simple E7 into A min
Thanks! If you really think about it, these concepts can get you a long way down the road to understanding this magnificent instrument. Glad you found this helpful.
@@curiousguitarist Hi Chris, they're three note grips that are movable and become different chords at different locations on the same string set as in A6 becomes A9 on the DGB string set as used by T-bone so often. Great for jump blues and for us arthritically challenged old guys. Thanks.
That would be a cool lesson. It’s amazing that one triad shape can give you a G6 (1 3 6), an A9 (5 7 9) and an Em (1 b3 5) and probably some others as well. I love how they sound as you slide them around. Great lesson as always Chris!
You're like the Bob Ross of music theory. I've tried learning music theory from different people and places. You're the first guy I can actually listen too. You sir, just won yourself a new patron.
I cannot thank you enough for your trust and support Keto Soldier! I’ll see you in there!
@@curiousguitarist i'm Christoph on the platform.
@@IndyRockStar got it, I'll see you in The Studio!
I want it all!!!
I have never figured out where to start when it comes to music theory and the guitar. I have been listening to tons and tons of people trying to explain what it is and how to use it. So I have picked up a little knowledge here and there. I have been driving down the road with no clue of how to get to where I want to go. Then you Chris show up. You actually having a true starting place and you pointed me in the direction I want to go. Thank you for all your knowledge and your communication skills as an instructor. I need structure in order to progress and this is what you are offering. Excellent!!!
So very glad you enjoyed this one...now the road is paved well and smooth for the rest of the journey! Happy to help!
ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC CHRIS! Mastery is taking something complex and being able to break it down into simple building blocks that others can use effectively to follow the path you are explaining to them!
Wow, thanks Dave, I really appreciate that. Thanks for being here on the channel.
Good day from Bonnie Scotland 🏴
G'day!
Wow Chris this is awesome. I like harmony. And I really like Southern Rock
Sure wish that lesson was my first exposure to theory. I started the hard way. With the hard knocks I've learned to appreciate you and unravel some of the confusion. Thanks Chris.
You bet Kevin!
I have been enjoying the Patreon Chris, wonderful lessons
Thanks so much for your support Salil! I really appreciate it and glad you're enjoying it!
I think it's a fantastic lesson telling people you don't need to know everything. To focus on what interests you. I for one know that sometimes I get hung up learning something that is not a priority for what I want to do at all. Also, I bloody love your surf green strat! I've my eye on a surf green one too. Thanks for this lesson
Great stuff Timothy, thanks for the comment.
Focusing on what you "like, love, want, need", brings far better results than "should" ever will.
Tally ho!
Realizing after a year or so of following your lessons how much more comes to me intuitively. I go to learn a song and as individual notes are taught I immediately start to guess at triad and scale relationships. You've really changed my understanding and enjoyment of guitar
Wow Jake, that is so cool! Of course you're welcome, and I'm glad you're here.
He’s back!! Fridays are just not same without a new video from Chris. I’m curious Chris. Was everything in Nashville numbered in uppercase and lowercase Roman numerals?
Ha! I would have loved that!
It's good to be back Darren.
I love this stuff.i learned all this theory the last few years.wrote it all down in notebooks.still practice it daily.never thought it would help so much,but it truly does,this guy is spot on..gold
Hey Chris! Great lesson as always. Question for you. When you are going through the formula, how do you know when to go up or down a string. For example on the A major scale. You start on the 6 string for the first two notes (frets 5 and 7), and then move to the 5th string (4th fret) for the third interval in the scale. What makes that determination and how do you know when and where to go? Thanks!
That's all preference.
try this: Play an A major scale, starting on the E string 5th fret. Use the constraint of 3 notes per string and see where it takes you. Now repeat with 2 notes per string, totally different result, same notes.
Thank you once again Chris for a fantastic lesson. By pure rote, I managed to learn a pretty large number of scale patterns, but that’s all they were: PATTERNS. Beyond the scale shapes, I really didn’t know very much about what to do with them.
But now, learning how to play arpeggios, I am literally seeing and hearing the triads sequence in I ii iii IV V vi vii(dim), and it’s so fascinating to watch the arpeggios that span a 3-string set literally form playable chords! Those patterns were simply a scaffolding for scales and chords!
Thank you sooo much for helping me to “see-and-hear” inside these patterns. 🙏
Dude, you are transforming, right here. I recall that same set of realizations. Welcome to fretboard freedom friend!
Morning from Kankakee Illinois.
Morning!
This is great. It's exactly what I emphasize. Master the formulas and it makes everything so much easier!
Totally agree Daly Dose!!!
Another great lesson Chris! I always like how you simplify a complex subject. Thanks for this lesson!
You bet Tim!
Great lesson
Why didn't my first piano teacher show me chords this way? Thanks! Back to the keyboard!!! See you in a week!!
I'll be here Mr. Greene!
Chris, your lessons have been invaluable. I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. As an intermediate player, all of your concepts are ones that I have struggled to wrap my head around for so long, but you break it down in ways I can understand.
Wow, thanks, Mal. I'm so glad these are helpful. Thanks for the sub!
thank you
so is there only one major chord in a major scale since the starting note is always at the root ? and every note on the guitar has a major chord and a major scale attached to it. Meaning A major, F, D , D# major ext. And if so to not get too complex as far as major and minor chords are concern would that mean there's only 12 distinctive major and minor chords that can be played in different positions on the neck of the guitar. I'm asking this to figure out if I can train my ear to learn how major and minor chords sounds and just quickly find it using the major and minor scales.
Every key is built from a scale, let's use C as an example:
C major scale = C D E F G A B
Chords in the key of C = Cmajor, DMinor, Eminor, Fmajor, Gmajor, AMinor, Bdiminished
Every key has these types of chords in this order EVERY time. The only thing that changes is the root notes. This is a good starting point.
2nd video and I'm hooked. Looking forward to a long journey with you!
So good to have you here!
I have found my favorite guitar teacher. Look out Rick Beato!
Ha! Thanks for your trust Udi!
I can’t get enough of this stuff. Thank you, Chris.
Of course, Mark!
Very helpful, thanks!
@@stevegunn9971 of course!!
Sonic geometry is my new favorite phrase!
Yeah I've been tossing that one around for a while :) Fits doesn't it?
Thanks for your support Chris!
Teaching them basics! I'm glad that you're happy making others happy. I'd love to teach this stuff, as you may have noticed. It's hard to not type essays of info on every video that I watch.
Thank you my good man!
You bet Timmy!
The secret to teaching well is to control the information flow and tie it directly to the audience's contextual state. Not too much, and not too little. Harder to do in a video I confess, but too much information causes intake paralysis.
@@curiousguitarist Yes. That's the hard bit for me; I'm obsessive and love information overload...most don't. Thanks for this wisdom too!
Really appreciate your way of teaching
Thank you, Dylan, I appreciate that.
Brilliant lesson. Thanks Chris
You bet!
If only I had the memory to retain all these relatively simple ideas (along with all the solos I have learned and totally forgotten).
That's not about memory, it's about repetition and consistency. You're suffering from a shallow knowledge transfer. Just pick a single idea and drill the bejeebus out of it for a week :) THEN you'll retain it.
Write it all out,and keep going back to it.youll get it.im a slow learner also,never thought I could do it either.i started out learning scales and chords as shapes and patterns,boxes.had no idea what I was actually playing.what this guy is saying is the best way to go about it
@@michaeldematteis3409 thanks Michael!
@@RedErin I hear you. I have been playing for a long time now. I understand many of the principles.But it’s sort of like reciting poetry or the Gettysburg Address. You remember parts but then it just fades . . . The muscle memory hangs in there once I recall, but the recall is the hard part.
@@RedErin truth.
Thank you for your lessons Chris 🙏. God bless you always
Cris where is the link for the pdf ?
www.curiousguitarist.com/
Thank you, Chris!
My pleasure, Scott.
Why couldn’t public school teach music like this?
I know right? Glad you found the channel!
@@curiousguitarist
Unfortunately I think a lot of people like myself who don’t learn at a young age is simply because of a lack of patience
Now that I’m old I have patience but not the time I had when I was a kid.
Cruel irony
This guy is a great teacher
Thank you Douglas, I appreciate that!
Great stuff. I love music theory. Can't get enough. Never get tired of music theory. Well done.
Thanks Donnie!
Stopping at 29 seconds in to say: “Sound Geometry”!!! This helps me SO much! OK…I’ll watch the rest…
You’re welcome Dave! It’s amazing to me that music theory isn’t taught like geometry by everyone. Just seems sort of obvious once you look at it like that.
Third time I've watched this video. Mind blown 🤯. The fret board opens up a little more everytime I digest one of your lessons. Thank you!
You are so welcome my friend. This is why I’m here
As Uncle Ben would say, "Another slab of fried gold". For whatever reason (for me at least) the explanations and examples become very clear, I do not understand down votes for these works, thank you sir!
Oh, also the m11 Sean Daniel reference PRICELESS.
I was hoping someone would catch that :)
Thanks for the comment Jay, good to have you here!
This episode is the hack! At least for me. When he put up those chord formulas I grabbed a pen a paper so fast lol. Just what I needed. Thanks for another helpful video Chris!
So glad you enjoyed this one! It's all gravy after this :)
Wow talking about making things click in your head your lessons make things that I couldn't work out before suddenly make sense great videos you are a great teacher!
Thank you, Robert! I’m glad these are clicking for you!
7:32
Wait, what?
Perfectly explained Chris. Thanks. 🙏🏼
You bet, Tim
More excellent stuff! The tools you need to go 'theory-bucket diving'! Once again, you cut to the chase. Thanks. {:>
You bet SB! Thanks for the views and comments!
To be able to simplify things you need to know complexity of it. And it takes time. Another great stuff Chris. BTW I like a lot video about new John Mayer you did together with Marty and Rhett. Peace
Thanks Lukasz, we had a blast doing that video in Nashville.
Great! lesson! Chris! Thanks for your continued un-selfish! insight! that you share with us!
My pleasure, Tone!
Thanks! All clear!
So I can stop reviewing the line segment length of every triangle? What a relief. Nice lesson. Thanks.
Hahaha! Yes, indeed, we don't need all that info.
This comment made me laugh vltjd, thanks 😝
Thank you Sir for all the valuable theory information. I am adding all of this to my notebook. Have a great day and please keep these lessons going.
Glad these are helpful Anthony! More coming for sure!!
Chris I'm not understanding the numbers and what they relate to
I'm guessing I did not explain it clearly enough. I'm sorry if it is confusing. Try watching it a few times and try playing along to see if it clicks. Here is another explanation though:
The numbers are simply the notes of a major scale in the order the occur.
R = "Root" the first note of the scale, also the "name" of the scale (as in "A Major")
2 = The second note in the scale
3 = The third note in the scale
4 = The fourth note in the scale
5 = The fifth note in the scale
6 = The sixth note in the scale
7 = The seventh note in the scale
R = The "Root" again, up an octave, as we complete the scale
I hope this helps!!
@@curiousguitarist ohhhh ok hahaha the light bulb went off
@@curiousguitarist thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
@@johnrisher3007 yes!!!!!!
A great primer to introduce folks to what this is all about! Cheers Chris! :)
Thanks Joyce!
Thank you for your lessons Chris 🙏. God bless you always 🙏
Thanks much, John. I’m glad you enjoyed this one.
Well explained. Thank you \m/
You’re welcome Fabrice!
You are greatly appreciated, Chris.
Thank you, very much, Franco.
Thank you for the 🐟lesson Chris.
You bet Christopher!
Chris, just another comment to join the others about your teaching. This channel is truly underated and unlike other channels you explain things in a thorough and focused manner rather than focusing on click baity 'top 5' lists or anything of the sort. Please keep doing what you are doing how you are doing it and I'm sure this channel will blow up. It has helped me massively.
I’m so glad the channel holds value for you, that’s more important to me than how many subs the channel has.
Thanks for being here
@@curiousguitarist Nothing but respect for you mate.
more confused now and can not get DL tabs because I can not afford you Pateron.
What is the most confusing part?
@@curiousguitarist I need it from the begining and in smaller bites.
@@jeffharper2661 do you know how to play a major scale?
@@curiousguitarist no
@@jeffharper2661 Ah ha! Ok, well that's the first step.
Start on any note and play the following notes using only "distance"
R (the first note)
2 (up a whole step or two frets from the first note)
3 (same, up a whole step from the 2)
4 (only a half step away from the 3, one fret)
5 (whole step from the 4)
6 (whole step from the 5)
7 (whole step from the 6)
R (half step up from the 7, which is the same note you started on, an octave up)
Hope that helps Jeff!
Nice one Chris! Thanks man!
You bet Thomas!
Your vids are really helpfull!
Happy to hear that!
Another awesome lesson.
Thanks!
Just logging the fact that a minor third is a step and a half away from the root is invaluable. Your teachings are the best. Have a good day!
Glad you enjoyed this one. These little knowledge nuggets are powerful magnets that you will attach more and more information to as you move through your musical education.
@@curiousguitarist Thank you very much. I've been studying theory but the knowledge I've gained is spread out, scattered. Your lessons are giving me the missing pieces and helping connect the dots. As I do all this it fuels the creativity for writing. Take care, rock on and talk to ya later @curiousguitarist
@Scales-n-Arpeggios really? Is this you’re marketing strategy? You just cut and paste into the comments of someone else’s videos?
Not even a nod the the creator you’re riding on.
Classy.
Morning Chris! :)
Morning!
When you harmonize the major scale in thirds you are playing the 7 chords that go with the major scale. Does the same apply for the harmonic minor scale if you play every third note do you end up with the chords that fit the harmonic minor scale?
That is correct! In fact there’s a video here on the channel that focuses on Harmonic minor specifically and I harmonize that scale in the video.
@@curiousguitarist thank you Chris I must go and work them out now 👍
it's the SAME no matter the scale...EVERY OTHER NOTE.
Different scales has different intervals .They ARE what they ARE.
You get what you get. If you want something different. Use combinations
of different scales....Hence BORROW Chords.
A, C , E, G , B , D, F , A, C, E...ect
A, C, E, G#, B, D, F,.........Harmonic min
A, C, E, G#, B, D, F#.......Melodic min
or
C, E, G, B, D, F, Ab.....Harmonic MAJOR ( ion b6)
or like this..... b3, b6, b7 = SECOND ARPEGGIO of 1, 4, 5 chords.
b6 = Harmonic MAJOR.....C Maj F min G7 into C Maj
b3 = Melodic min
b3, b6 = Harmonic min
b3, b6, b7 = NATURAL min
reverse the process...( PUSH UP from A min towards A MAJOR)
b3, b6, b7
b3, b6.......Harmonic
b3...........melodic
melodic min is just DORIAN , maj7
You can continue PUSHING UP
Harmonic min #4 ( double harmonic min)
or
Melodic min #4 ( aka Lyd b3 or Lydian diminished)
You can also play Harmonic min b2...or Harmonic min b5
It's EASIER if I list then like this...
becuase Aeolydian has b6......dorian has Maj6
Harmonic min..........Melodic min
Harmonic min b2.....melodic min b2
Harmonic min #4....Melodic min #4
Harmonic min b5....Melodic min b5
Those so call N6 chords.
b2....b3......b5......b6.......b7 ( NOTE/CHORD degree)
I DONT CARE..if Keyboard players Can or CAN NOT mimic what I play...
but I have KNOWLEGE to back me up.
Lets say....I play
A min F Maj G Maj C Maj....
I wish to make sound DIFFERENT..for Cadence or just for KICKS.
A min F min G Maj C Maj.........F min could be lydian #2 or Lydian b3
or I'm going play the F min slightly different
Im simply going make Db maj7 ( barr shape)...with the open high E
so...it's Db maj7 add #9 it's SIMPLE COUNTING...
or i can say I used the Db Lyd #2, #6 MODE as a GUIDE....
Some people call that a TRITONE sub....variation of SORTS.
Other...call it the N6 chord after the MAJOR's tonic.
A min...( barr at the 5th fret)
Db maj7 #9....( barr shape at 4 th fret)
F# min ( or Gb minor...if you want)
G7 into C MAJOR...
F min Bb maj7...against open high E...( I guess that's LYDIAN ish from Bb )
The other N6 chord....A phrygain, maj7 = Bb lyd #6
A harmonic min b2
then...a simple E7 into A min
Great content
Thanks Philippe, glad you like it.
Love this
Thanks! If you really think about it, these concepts can get you a long way down the road to understanding this magnificent instrument. Glad you found this helpful.
Great lesson as usual... could you do a lesson on redundant chord grips?
I totally would...if I knew what that was!! :D
Can you explain that a touch more Robert?
@@curiousguitarist Hi Chris, they're three note grips that are movable and become different chords at different locations on the same string set as in A6 becomes A9 on the DGB string set as used by T-bone so often. Great for jump blues and for us arthritically challenged old guys. Thanks.
That would be a cool lesson. It’s amazing that one triad shape can give you a G6 (1 3 6), an A9 (5 7 9) and an Em (1 b3 5) and probably some others as well. I love how they sound as you slide them around. Great lesson as always Chris!
@@RBZ3 You said it better than I could...