Chords for Intro to Music Theory

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_ _ _ _ Alright guys, so today we're going to do a basic introduction to music theory.
We're going to use the key of C.
[E] So I'm going to start just by playing the scale [C] for you.
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[C] _ _ _ _ So I'm going to use what's called the Nashville Number System.
You do that by calling out the scale degree _ of the scale.
So for instance, C would be the 1.
_ The [D] 2 would be D. _
There is [E] E.
_ F is [F] 4.
_ 5 is G.
[G] _ _ A is [A] 6.
And B, [B] the 7, and back [C] to C.
_ _ _ _ _ So the first degree of the scale is always major.
_ Well, when you're using a major scale.
So this is the C we're going to use.
_ _ _ _ _ _ The 2 is [D] minor.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ The 3 [E] is minor.
_ [Em] _ _ _ 4 is [F] major.
_ _ _ [G] 5 is major. _
_ _ [Am] 6 is minor. _ _ _
The 7 is diminished, but in contemporary music we're going to [Em] use the 5.
And we're just going to play the first inversion of that.
_ _ _ So it's a 5 with a 7 in the bass.
[C] And then back to the 1C. _ _
_ [E] _ So [C] we can use a couple of shapes to actually make that faster.
Especially when we are playing with a band, such as keyboard player and bass player.
And they're doing those bass notes for us.
So we can use quick shapes to comp.
So if I were just starting with my C. _ _ _ _ _
We could use a [Dm] 2 minor 7.
And _ _
[C] that's actually the same as the 4.
So if we just change that root note [D] from D [F] to F, _ that becomes the 4.
_ _ _ _ So [Dm] 2, _ _ _ [F] 4. _ _ _
_ Same thing for the [Em] 3.
_ So that's an E minor 7.
[G] _ _ Now it's a G.
[E] So when that's the root, it's the E.
[G] When this is the root, it's the G.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Here's your A [Am] minor. _ _
That's the full shape, but we can play the top part of it.
Start on the D string. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ 5.
So if we want to make that a 7, we take the root note off.
We [B] start there.
[G] _ _ Back to the 1.
[C] _ _ _
_ Or we can do that [G] 5 here. _ _ _
_ _ Put the 7 as the root. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ So the whole scale goes like this.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] So let's make a quick [N] progression.
We're going to start on 2.
We're going to go 2, 3, 4, _ _ 6, 7, 1. _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ Alright, so it sounds pretty good.
So how do I solo over this?
So I'm going to show you a couple of quick tips.
We're going to use the pentatonic scale.
And so the cool way to do this is to start _ _ _ _ over the A minor, the 6th degree of the scale.
So if I start [A] with that A, I'm actually playing an A minor pentatonic.
[C] If I start with the C, _ I'm playing a C major pentatonic.
So it's the same [N] shape, it's just that the root note you highlight.
So it [Am] just looks like this. _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
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[C] Alright, so I'll do a couple of demonstrations of how we highlight the C major _ _ [Ab] versus the A [A] minor.
_ _ _ _ [B] So if I played [Am] A minor, _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ I can do the same thing over C.
[C] _ Highlight the C.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So let's put that progression back in and we'll solo over it.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Alright, that's the lesson for today.
I hope you learned a lot. _ _
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