Augmented scales Augmented scales are a pattern of minor thirds and half steps, and where a diminished scale can be thought of as two overlapping diminished chords, augmented scales can be thought of as two overlapping augmented chords: C C E F G A C C Eb E G G B C There is another scale which can be thought of as two overlapping augmented chords: the whole-tone scale, which comprises only whole steps.
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Minor chords too because they could create some contrast to the major chords to make the major chords stand out a little bit. A triumphant feel also is connected to the rhythm and melody of the lyric. When I think of triumphant, I think of almost a driving rhythm, with a melody that is staccato and boldly proclaimed.
What makes you asked? Are you writing some music? Thanks, Brett! This lesson is really helpful because it helped me dive deeper into my knowledge of the fret board and ukulele chords! Music theory can become immediately overwhelming. Thanks for buttoning up the explanation of major, minor, diminished, and augmented chords in three easy to understand sentences.
For me, it was helpful to plink out each chord variation on my keyboard. I came to the site to better understand my guitar, now I want to take on the Uke.
To make a G major chord into G minor, you need to lower the 3rd in the chord. A G major chord is spelled G-B-D. In a G major chord the 3rd the B is located on the 2nd fret of the first or bottom string. This means you would move down a half step to the Bb note on the 1st fret of the first string to make a G minor chord Could you please identify name that chord?
Thank you. Gb or F is a diminished seventh. A major seventh interval away from A is G. A minor seventh interval away from A is G. A diminished seventh interval away from A is Gb.
Thank you so much!! This made it super simple. You made everything SO clear for me! Thank you soo much! A dominant seventh chord is a major triad with a minor 7th scale degree added to the chord. For example, a C major triad would be C-E-G. In a C major scale, the 7th scale degree is B.
Flat this scale degree lower it a half step and add it to your major triad and you get a C dominant 7th chord: C-E-G-Bb. In this way, the formula to make a dominant 7th chord would be b7. Best explanation I have come across. Thanks for putting the how and the why into tout explanation. Thank you for this explanation. Trying to learn how to improvise after years of reading music, which is a lot tougher than I expected.
This will definitely help and cannot wait to jam with my brother unfettered! I just started to learn music and thank you for this explanation Brett!! Finally got it!! You make it easy to understand. Could u tell me where I can get the complete chart of these four triad to easy memorize them?? Hi Jan, such excellent questions. Kind of a technical nuisance, but it helps provide clarity as things get more complex in the world of music theory.
As a short answer, there is no interval of a minor 5th because that is just referred to as diminished interval. There is also no minor 6th interval, because that would be known as an augmented interval. Check out that lesson for a bit more explanation. I learned how to read music 25 years ago on the piano — but was struggling to just memorize the uke chords.
In a dominant seventh chord like C7, the 7th needs to be flatted, thus b7. What you described as would be a maj7 chord. I have been trying to figure out if the chord is an Fdim, or an Fdim7. Some chord charts have dim chords and no dim7s!
I have seen called both Fdim and Fdim7. Are they the same thing? So here goes. F is ACFC. Where does the D come from? And to make Fdim an Fdim7…..
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