This lesson will teach you how to use your knowledge of a single minor scale, and use it to get at least 7 chords out of it. Simple and easy indeed.
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Have you ever run into a chart and instead of chords, they write Roman numerals? And worse yet — do you wonder what the heck those things mean?
Some call it “The Nashville System” — although the Roman Empire is slightly older than the Grand Ole Opry.
You can get a guide to how the Roman Numeral System relates to the major scale at Lessons @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com
WADE
Although I knew about and occasionally used the Major 7th chords while playing rock and country, I really didn’t get into them deeply until I started studying jazz guitar.
Here is a terrific introductory article by Chris at The Guitar Lesson Review Blog — and I couldn’t improve on it, so I’m sharing it with you in total.
WADE
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In a previous post on the topic of guitar chord theory, I talked about how regular major chords are created from the 1, 3 & 5th notes of the major scale.
To recap, here are the C Major scale notes, with the 1, 3, 5 notes highlighted:
which leads to the regular C Major chord as played in open position on the guitar: Read more on Guitar Chord Theory – Seventh Chords…