![]() ![]() That’s D flat major, where’s the 6th? 6th note of the D flat scale is there, but we can find it also by going up a whole step from the 5th, okay? That’s D flat 6th, D flat 7th, D flat major 7th. It gets kind of confusing because the chord is major whether you’re playing it dominant 7th or a major 7th. Here’s A major, A major 6th, A major 7th, I’m sorry. E major, E major 6th is not there, is it? Why? Because I have to go up a whole step from the 5th to find the 6th. A 6th is like that, a 7th is like that, and a major 7th is like that. You’ve got to remember it’s black note in the middle, black key in the middle. There’s the dominant 7th, which is a half step above that, and there’s the major 7th. Here’s a G major triad, if I add a 6th I’d add the 6th note of the G scale. A 7th is a half step above that, so that’s F 7th. It’s easier to just think a whole step above the 5th. That’s F major, the 6th would be the whole step above the 5th, or it could count up the scale to 6. Let’s go through the 12 major chords and add both a 6th and a dominant 7th and a 7th to see what they look like, okay? We’ve done C, now let’s go onto F. The 7th is technically a dominant 7th, but it’s in common usage is just called a 7th, and then the major 7th is the 7th degree of the scale. ![]() There’s a difference between the 7th and a major 7th. If the composer or the arranger wanted you to play that chord, he would say MAJ 7th chord. It’s the flat 7th degree of the scale, okay? If you see a notation of C 7th, that’s what it means. That is not the 7th note of the scale, it’s not that one. Then there’s a kind of 7th called a dominant 7th chord. If the major chord say is C, and you add the 6th note of the scale, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, that’s called C 6th, okay? If you add the 6th to a minor chord, that’s called C minor 6th, okay? It’s still a 6th, whether it’s major or minor, in other words. ![]() That sounds like two types of chords, but it’s actually three types of chords, because a 6th is formed by adding the 6th note of the scale to the major chord. Today I’d like to take up 6th chords and 7th chords. Good morning, this is Duane and we’ve been doing a series of reviews of major and minor chords and yesterday we did augmented and diminished chords. In this video we cover how to form 6th and 7th piano chords. ![]() 6th And 7th Piano Chords: Three Different Types Of Chords ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |