Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Chord Nucleus Concept Part III

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In the earlier blog: Music Chord Theory Part I though IV
I discussed some of the most important chords and there number formulas. By memorizing
the most common chords you can create your own unique chord voicings and any chord.
Every note position in a major scale is assigned a coinciding number position.


Example given in key of C major. Number positions are the same for all fifteen keys.

C major note names = C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C

C major scale numbers = 1/R, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/R, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15/R



Buy taking a basic form or shape then adding, sharping or flattening specific tones you can create any chord.


Major = R, 3rd 5th (in the key of C or C as the starting or root note the notes are C, E, G).
Minor = R, b3rd, 5th (by flatting or lowering the 3rd scale degree of the C major scale to Eb you create C minor = C, Eb, G. b means flat or one half step lower in tone on guitar one fret distance towards head).
Augmented = R, 3rd, #5 (in the key of C the notes are C, E, G#. # means sharp or one half step higher in tone towards body. Also + is sometimes used instead of #5.
Diminished = R, b3rd, b5th (in the key of C the notes are C, Eb, Gb).


Augmented chords:
Major 7th+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 7th in C = C, E, G#, B.
Major 9th+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 7th, 9th in C = C, E, G#, B, D.
Major/9th+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 9th in C = C, E, G#, D.
Major 11th+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 7th, 9th, 11th in C = C, E, G#, B, D, F.
Major 13th+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th in C = C, E, G#, B, D, F, A.
Major sus 2+ = R, 2nd, #5th in C = C, D, G#.
Major 6th+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 6th in C = C, E, G#, A. (also called Am maj7 1st inversion)
Major 6/9+ = R, 3rd, #5th, 6th, 9th in C = C, E, G#, A, D.








Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

For guitar learn above chord forms on all four string groups: EAD, ADG, DGB, GBE.
















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