7th Chords Solved: The Secret Trick You’ve Been Missing!

[@thekeyscoach]

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[@edgarsnake2857]

Your explanation of why major sounds minor and vice versa was ear opening. Thanks Adam.

[@JamesBond-zd5jx]

Look forward to your book.

[@richardbrown9760]

As a guitarist you have given me a better understanding of how 7ths work. Thank you.

[@thekeyscoach]

Glad to help! Thanks Richard!

[@christinaivett9340]

I now understand the different 7th chords and found this very helpful and interesting thank you

[@thekeyscoach]

You're very welcome!

[@geralynpalacol3764]

🎹Adam This is an EXCELLENT Lesson!!! Thank you Adam!🙏🙏🙏

[@StratsRUs]

The major 7 always gives me " Moon River " vibes ..My Huck-leberry friend !

[@thekeyscoach]

Absolutely!

[@luismayol3145]

Thanks so much simple easy and great lesson. I´m a guitar player it´s good for me too

[@thekeyscoach]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@Ralstro]

That was very enlightening about the minor triad in a major seventh. Whenever I hear Dancing Queen by Abba I am always struck by a feeling of melancholy. I have long wondered why this should be as it is written in A major. I think this may be the answer I was looking for. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with the world.

[@thekeyscoach]

Totally! Glad you found it useful!

[@jameslifetimelearner]

Thanks for making Theory simple and fun. Be play ful with muse ic!

[@stuartdickson6251]

Much thanks. wow, retired guy, have learned some basic diatonic theory over the years playing guitar, you are showing me how to make all work together with taste and choice. Buying an electric piano for my 65th Bday was some of the best money i've ever spent. Have i been playing the wrong instrument for 50 years? Why, yes, quite possibly. Been looking for a guy like you. Please carry on Good Sir💙

[@thekeyscoach]

That’s awesome Stuart! I may be biased… but I do believe piano is the best instrument! 😉 Thanks for all your support with the channel!

[@firstbazemmet6813]

Love the insight into how the 7th introduces a minor tone to the major triad and a major tone to the minor triad. Also, I really appreciated the clarity into how or when to apply the flattened 7th. If it's not written, maj7 (🔼7), then its flattened 7th helps my understanding.

[@thekeyscoach]

Thanks! So glad you found it useful. Will keep the theory vids coming!

[@kenbagwell8551]

Very useful. Your lessons are hitting the sweet spot with me. I know basic theory, basic NNS, major scales, triads, octaves. But now (from a theory perspective) I need to advance with the circle of fifths (working through some of your content here) sevenths, minor chords, diminished, half-diminished ect. Thank you for your content! I think your really helping us who know some theory, know how to play a little, but really want to sound good. Thanks again, you have a real talent for music pedagogy. Great channel!

[@thekeyscoach]

Thank you so much Ken! That's made my day!

[@marcgattuso6129]

To the 7th and beyond. Thanks Adam. A great theory lesson broken down in an easy to follow manner. Well done.

[@thekeyscoach]

Thanks Marc! 😊

[@dazza42UK]

Great video. More approachable theory would be great. Something on passing chords or secondary dominants or anything Neo-soul would be fab.

[@foshizy]

Great song example.. have always been fascinated with the intro

[@jameslifetimelearner]

“Loving you has made my life so beautiful…sung by Minnie Ripperton

[@richardblocher599]

Wow! What an Amazing sound. I never thought about this method before, I just believed I could never build this with my hands. I am truly grateful, for you, and for sharing this kindness with us. At least now I have hope! Dick Blocher

[@kenbagwell8551]

Thanks!

[@geralynpalacol3764]

🎹🙏🙏🙏THANK YOU ADAM!!! Really Appreciate your BEAUTIFUL Handouts!!!❤️🎉🎉🎉

[@thekeyscoach]

My pleasure!!

[@Schembre]

Love the theory. It’s been decades since I seriously studied so i welcome the recaps. Recognizing the triads burried inside a “poly chord” (so to say) is important for arrangements. Depending bass is so much nicer to listen to and your lesson makes it obvious how to examine the chord structure to devise such arrangements. I say keep the theory coming! I too am a bass player and guitar player, and unfortunately I only see these things in my head as a keyboard player.

[@thekeyscoach]

Will keep the theory vids coming! So glad you enjoyed it and found it useful. Lots more on the way!!

[@nickmorley1159]

I really like this lesson, Adam. It's helped me think about 7ths differently.

[@juanenrique8]

As usual, tremendous lesson. Thanks a lot

[@thekeyscoach]

My pleasure! Thanks 🙌

[@pdlawson100]

Another great video, I’m learning loads and enjoying playing around with the ideas on piano. I actually like both the theory content and the more practical stuff equally

[@thekeyscoach]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@pdlawson100]

@@thekeyscoach Really enjoying the podcast too by the way!

[@thekeyscoach]

Brilliant! 👌 🙌

[@rajanvijayudu1337]

Every lesson i enjoy. Your teaching is amazing

[@thekeyscoach]

Thank you! 😃

[@judahroused1168]

Your right bro...

[@superjonz9958]

I can definitely hear the “majorness” in minor 7 chords 😮

[@dailyprophecywithlisa7]

I like the theory!!

[@Antonio-ti2he]

Would like to know how to use 7th, 9, and 11 chords in chording with rhythms to accompany a singer and sound like a pro while playing the chord for rhythm.

[@thekeyscoach]

Great idea! Thanks Antonio!

[@wedgeproductions]

Great Video - thanks Adam

[@thekeyscoach]

Glad you found it useful! Thanks!

[@micksart]

Great lesson, thank you. I made the same discovery a few weeks back (Pink Floyd’s The great gig in the sky has some great maj7 rhs) and it was a eureka moment. I haven’t been playing long so always looking for any shortcuts to help progress. I also worked out the diminished chord business. Love a bit of music theory to get the old grey matter working.

[@thekeyscoach]

Hi Mick - will check that out, it’s amazing when you see that link isn’t it! For me, sevenths add ambiguity - the combination of major and minor, or minor and major creates an added layer of depth and richness. Thanks for the support with the channel!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci

[@ScarletteFiesci]

Wow Adam another great video. Seriously wish you had been my teacher. Although I understand and have knowledge of these chords, Your tips on how to recognise them without labouring over the keyboard is so simple and would have been so very welcome when I started in the 70's. Also you always surprise me when you just hit the nail on the head and make the penny drop when you say there is a minor in the major chord and vice versa hence why you're hearing the opposite potentially. For years I just accepted that I couldn't always tell the difference between the major and or minor and how to identify them by ear. You are a genius man! You never cease to amaze me when you come up with these little gems and the light bulb just comes on and it's like Oh yeah - that is so obvious lol! I love music theory and I confess I am a theory nerd so always interested and eager to learn more quick tips and patterns. You just have to look at the circle of fifths and fourths to see that music is made up of just patterns which really helps with improvisation. I certainly will be purchasing your books Adam. Please let us know when they are released on sale. Keep the theory lessons coming, along with more improv vids. Thank you so so so much Adam. Really looking forward to the next one.

[@tubbytommy11]

Great video thanks

[@thekeyscoach]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@perfect237]

Can you please take a look at Jacob Collier's "Bridge over troubled waters"? Listen to it and you'll know what I mean I need to know the music theory behind Tori's voice runs and riffs...*don't know if that's what they're called* Thanks 🎉

[@thekeyscoach]

Great shout! 🙌

[@richarddechau4200]

Thanks a million,

[@ernestoroma5157]

Grazie maestro

[@thekeyscoach]

🙌 🎉

[@KB-py6jd]

Another great lesson. Thanks.

[@clairebedard4872]

Thank you so much !!! 🙏

[@thekeyscoach]

You're so welcome!

[@frankc3834]

This was great, thanks

[@thekeyscoach]

Glad you enjoyed! 🎉

[@jamesthompson5872]

Awesome!

[@thekeyscoach]

Thanks James!

[@hificomics]

great lesson ❤

[@thekeyscoach]

Thank you! 🙌

[@Ozgurs_piano_journey]

Hi Adam, great video as always alhtough I knew all of that!:) Could I propose that you create a video (or 2) on the usages of these 3 7th chords; I would even add the half dim7 & dim7 chords to that maybe? Sort of like song examples going into improvisation the same way you have been doing in the Elton John and Lionel Richie videos? That would really be great because although I know all of this, I`m really having difficulty using them when it comes to improvisation...Thanks so much and please keep it coming; I really enjoy your channel and have saved at least 80% of your videos to practice them regularly:)

[@thekeyscoach]

Great idea! Thanks! So glad you're finding these videos useful!

[@TheVtester]

I like it ❤

[@thekeyscoach]

🙌

[@superjonz9958]

Let’s goooooo🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@thekeyscoach]

🚀 🙌

[@superjonz9958]

Yet another informative and mind-expanding lesson. Thanks,Adam! 🫶🏻

[@urielstud]

The B is one of the strongest leading tones for C major. That’s probably why it sounds good even tho it Un-resolves the C chord.

[@GonzaloAgote]

Yahoo!!!!

[@uravghuman]

You didn't point out a very simple formula to form 7th chords: they are just Major and Minor chords stacked on top of each other! 1) MAJOR 7 chord = Major Triad of the root note + Minor Triad of the 3rd For example: Cmaj7 = C major triad (C E G) + E minor triad (E G B) The reverse is also true. 2) MINOR 7 chord = Minor Triad of the root note + Major Triad of the 3rd. E.g. Cm7 = C minor triad (C Eb G) + E major triad (E G# B)

[@crobinso2010]

Make more sense if a TRI-ad were represented by the TRI-angle instead, and the 7th could be a 7 or a square or something.

[@jameslifetimelearner]

Great idea,make your own chord key and write a book on the subject!

[@Ladyduchess313]

❤❤❤❤

[@briang5586]

Very good thank you. Does that mean you can never have a minor 7 where the 7th is the major 7th. May be stating the ******* obvious but it will put my mind at rest.

[@thekeyscoach]

Hi Brian - you can! It’s called a minor major7 - so in C that would be C, Eb, G and B and the formula is 1 b3 5 and 7. The chord symbol is Cm△. Hope that helps!

[@briang5586]

Thank you.

[@ret01101]

​@@thekeyscoachI watched your presentation and downloaded the cheat sheet. It was so smooth, clear, easy to understand. Thank you. Practice and experimenting follows. But wait a minute, I think I am not done with all the 7 chords and this is bothering me. There is the forementioned minor major7, then half and diminished7 and searching on the net I can see there exists augmented major7 and augmented7. Am I missing something? Of course I cam make some research on the net, but how nice would be having all in a place in your brilliant presentation with your explanations. Thank you for reading this.

[@briang5586]

Been thinking more about minor major 7s. Logically I'd have thought these would have been the chords when you play diatonically up the major 7th scale....but you went to the the flatted 7. That's hard to get your mind round!

[@JamesRuga]

Give me the keyboard at the back please! 🤗

[@larryspringer2251]

Should put a (b) sign next to the 7 i think

[@401Blues]

Does this mean E=mc2 ?

[@thekeyscoach]

😂

[@sligon00]

It sounds like he says C E flattend G , but I see it printed out as flatted E , am I hearing it wrong ?

[@thekeyscoach]

Ah interesting - what time code is this? Will check it out.

[@tombuur]

“Unless you see a triangle, it is a flattened 7” Really? I don’t see a triangle in Cmaj7. In fact that’s the way it is usually written in guitar music. Anyway, you make great videos.

[@stuartdickson6251]

Me thinks he ain't from around our parts, ...and ya he makes good vids. and ya Studio One Rules🙂

[@liamonconlocha4898]

@@stuartdickson6251small triangle also is symbolic for a major chord dudes

[@garyking4032]

... As he said at 3.42...

[@lisafrisbie8950]

Thanks!

[@thekeyscoach]

Thank you Lisa!