How to Harmonize the Major Scale

Let's all learn how to create some of that nature beauty of musical harmony by adding notes together from the major scale. We're going to make chord scales by adding power chords to a root note in the key of G, then stepping it up into triads, and finally up into 7th chord. Easy music theory at its finest!
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[@saywhatyouwill405]

Rare combo of great teaching and being genuinely funny and entertaining.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Jim!

[@jessiej1746]

I feel like this may be one of the more important things a player can learn. To be able to go through these progressions without having to think much about it can open the guitar up like nothing else.

[@anthonyarellano388]

you are a wizard my friend.

[@phillipharris1835]

He is, and he actually responds to people too! Totally tops.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much guys!

[@rrothen]

Thank you for explaining the “theory” and making it understandable. I am definitely going to check out your other videos. I am a 63 year old wannabe guitarist. I am going back to it!

[@mykiisubtle]

I found a video that taught where to find the 1-7 positions and their maj min qualities a little differently, but without a doubt this is one of the most important and fulfilling things I've learned in guitar theory and lessons. I wish more tube tutors would teach this. After learning this I was able to play most of the songs my church plays without looking up the chords. I listened to or remembered how it goes. Listened for the key. Tested out the 145 and got the jist of the song. By the next week I filled in the other straggler chords and boom. The rest is history. Thank you.

[@seandaniel23]

So cool to hear! Totally agree with you, it's probably the most important thing to understand music theory wise. Glad it helped!

[@seanenglish3002]

Great Lesson. I have wondered about why songs use major 7 versus dom 7 chords for so long. Thank you for this articulate explanation.

[@seandaniel23]

happy to help!

[@johnnewman3221]

awesome lesson, the major seventh chords are really smooth, it makes you pick guitar and play even when you are lazy.

[@RANDOG1951]

I cannot express enough how beneficial showing the diagrams with finger placements helps me. Great lesson Southern man.

[@dougpelkey1199]

Nicely put together, Sean. Its the "icing" on the cake. Thanks!!

[@joshpaulus18]

Best explanation I have heard yet! Well done and thanks.

[@buyisizwedlamini]

Thank you bro this explains everything so simply

[@seandaniel23]

happy to help

[@rajdutta6600]

Literally the best KZbinr. Serving the world of guitarist.

[@TaylorCobb]

Hey Sean, this was a great presentation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, and have a good one!

[@frederikwitte9406]

This was amazing... I've been making music for 18 years on and off but I never cared about music theory, now I'm getting into writing songs and you just made this thing so easy to understand for "already"-musicians but I think also for people who do not have a lot of knowledge about music.

[@eds5756]

Another fantastic lesson. Thank you good sir. This can take my basic chord playing to the next level.

[@gemaf]

Excellent excellent lesson. You the man

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

Always get the most important breakthroughs from you

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for saying so!

[@Privacy-LOST]

7 precious minutes every guitarist/musician should know about. Thanks for sharing and giving, Sean.

[@christianzelaya6361]

Best guitar channel ever. I wish I had found it years ago.

[@deanz9161]

You’re a really good teacher Sean. Even though I’ve been playing guitar a while I still always learn something!

[@saviofurtado700]

Sean you are Awesome... stay Blessed....

[@arthurdavidson9954]

Thanks, great lesson for going forward.

[@thomasschweitzer3368]

Great lesson ! I really enjoy your way of teaching ...

[@bryanleclerc]

This was very helpful. Between this lesson and my guitar teacher, things are starting to make more sense. Thanks again.

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!!

[@Lofausto66]

Best guitar harmony tutorials in here... Thanks for it!

[@emorydelacruz5169]

Love this lesson 😊

[@wowowiiwaa1337]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thank you so much, time to watch this for the next two months every day

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for checking it out! Glad it was helpful!

[@nickgivent3157]

!!!!! Wow! Great instruction!!! Wow

[@natecol9322]

Been looking for ages for someone to finally explain this properly. Awesome job & great channel!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much! I'll keep em coming!

[@t3601f]

Sean you hit a home run with this lesson! Taking me to the next level

[@fredrikstorm944]

Mind BLOWN! Best tutorial on KZbin!

[@abhijhala7784]

I am out of words to express how grateful I am to you for this lesson❣️❣️❣️ Thank you sooooo much Sean!!

[@seandaniel23]

You're so welcome!

[@BoidyB]

I know this is an oldie, but Im just discovering your videos and this is my favourite by far. Love your work

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much! I'll keep em coming!

[@inderjitsingh2341]

one word. excellent. i am blown away brother. nothing tops your videos. so freakin helpful. thank you so much sean.

[@seandaniel23]

Man thanks so much for saying so.

[@noelmcmahon4566]

Great lesson loved it Just what I need to focus on atm

[@sportssteverino]

Excellent, really well explained. I finally get it . It's been a chunk of my musical knowledge filled in. Thank youGreat informative lessons

[@seandaniel23]

+Steve Hall so great to hear Steve!

[@camerongrose9590]

This man deserves all the views. ALL OF THEM

[@muh2k4]

Perfect lesson

[@Stroppel48]

love the video and all the information. it's impressive watching myself get better. keep up the good work!

[@seandaniel23]

So awesome to hear!

[@petercardoz6187]

Great job

[@maham593]

Your lessons are great man! Thanks for sharing

[@seandaniel23]

Always happy to help!

[@Obeliskeyes]

Great teach! one for all...easy to understand and useable

[@seandaniel23]

Always happy to help!

[@drearceneaux9895]

your videos are awesome thank you!!!!!

[@budandbean1]

Enjoyed this Sean, really love the jazz chords!

[@seandaniel23]

I'm all about those 7th chords.

[@voronOsphere]

Thanks, Sean. Yes, I know this, but the way you present it here is very helpful for me!

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!

[@GJHamann]

Another great lesson and can be used to harmonize any melody.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@justinjex1]

Cool thanks for another great lesson

[@seandaniel23]

Always happy to help my man!

[@wuba556]

I'm a lead player and I often forget that jazz chords are a thing even though I love them! Definitely want to see more jazzy chord progression stuff from you as this was insanely helpful! :D

[@seandaniel23]

Right on man, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

[@rblyle382]

Owen556 for real. 7 chords are the best. When I picked up a 7 string guitar and was messing around with chords shapes I just naturally gravitated to some big 7th chords without thinking about it.

[@waynepoore4260]

Hey' Sean Awesome Lesson! Thanks so much theis is the good stuff!!

[@seandaniel23]

+wayne poore Thanks Wayne! I'll keep em coming!

[@nancyrow7888]

Opened up musical vista !,

[@iannefai]

I love this guy!

[@seandaniel23]

Love you too!

[@rigfish-theguitarplayersge7342]

late to this one but this is awesome. You're taking years of misunderstanding the guitar and explaining all these concepts in simple, easy to follow detail. Thanks for your help with this!

[@seandaniel23]

Always happy to help!

[@rosscalvin1491]

Thank you, sir. This really helps.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching Ross.

[@thegreatestdao]

Bro, the first 2 minutes is worth 100 time revisiting this awesome video.!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@itsbread4922]

This is all blowing my mind. I've been playing open position for years with little to no improvement... And this... Goodness....

[@WahooRock]

Fantastic!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@OliverHardy65]

I am playing classical for year, but your method is simply tremendous! Thanks.

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear and thank you for watching!

[@OliverHardy65]

Thanks, I actually wanted to write "for years":-)

[@seandaniel23]

Very cool! Hit me up when you get something recorded :)

[@xxiamfreexx]

Great video Sean!! Thank you. Greetings from Italy. :D

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much! Cheers from the US!

[@guitarhacks99]

it is very very helpfull sir thankyou soooomuch

[@ChristianNally]

About the dots... I just noticed that if you stay on the E string for the 3 chord, you keep to the dots for that chord too. This whole video was a great way to recognize the 1/4/5 inherent in 12 bar blues bar chords. All hail the dots! (Thanks Sean!)

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you! Glad you liked it :)

[@richardhill8715]

BRO I HAVE TO SAY IT ONCE AGAIN YOUR A BEAST !!! This video has done Wonders for me in my playing and my newly Song writing project....By the way meeting with the teacher I decided to go with I'll let you know how it goes thanks for the tips on picking one again

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks Richard! And for sure let me know how it goes. Good luck!

[@starchild4627]

Man is a legend

[@ubda1]

You da man Sean !

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@verandi3882]

great lesson , i always wondered how to come up with jazzy progressions

[@seandaniel23]

There you go Omar, jazz away!

[@verandi3882]

Sean Daniel while my guitar jazz away!!

[@daithiod]

I can’t wait to be in a place quiet enough to practice this!

[@susadilmin6247]

Thanks man.

[@yuqiyang5788]

Enlightening~

[@redsparks13]

Sean I have a question. If you use a major7 chord in a progression should the rest of the chords in the progression be major7 voicings too?

[@vincentiusjovin1336]

First time coming here. I took a glimp of this video thumbnail and thought "hei pewdiepie started a guitar tutorial video 😅"

[@JosephLachh]

What a story at the beginning.

[@mthandazonxele2264]

Thanks, l find it so helpful

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear! Thanks for watching!

[@FrankieHiltz]

Best way to learn harmonizing. Learn modern metalcore music like Bullet for my Valentine or Killswitch Engage. Nothing but constant harmonies in 3rds and 5ths :p That's how I picked it up. Now it just comes naturally for using those harmonies with any lead and rhythm :p

[@seandaniel23]

Great tip Frankie, thanks for sharing :)

[@mezzuna]

Any particular song by them?

[@WARDISWARD]

best you tube intro evaah

[@seandaniel23]

:)

[@vishmonster]

You're a genius.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@TRANGNGUYEN-fe6lo]

Thank you

[@wayup5042]

God bless you G0AT🙇🏿‍♂️🔥

[@howdareu7529]

that was poetic dude

[@Robert-ew4jk]

Best intro ever!!!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@redwalrustmnc5256]

Awesome lesson!! Could you explain "borrowed chords" in one of your videos.

[@seandaniel23]

Great idea man, stay tuned!

[@rblyle382]

Red Walrus NC 52 picardy fourth!

[@easthillskendall]

He literally just made the video!

[@AjinkyaGajbhiye10]

I fucking love your Intros.

[@whocares6611]

I love your videos, the work you're doing is amazing. I'm learning a lot with your lessons but I started teaching myself how to play guitar just a few months ago and I'm having a hard time with the right technique to play scales, I mean a can play scales the same way you did with G major at 0:40, but I've seen that blues players use a different technique much faster to play the pentatonic scales, I didn't find any video explaining the right technique on youtube. Could you do a video about it?

[@seandaniel23]

That's a great idea for a video stay tuned. I don't think there is any right technique, everybody kind of sees it a little differently but I'll try and break it down :)

[@emollme]

Thank you for sharing your skills, weeks later I can remember the stuff you taught. , for instance modal playing . What about a course about inverted chords, --I like smooth transitions, Kind Regards Thomas

[@seandaniel23]

Oh great idea Thomas, I'll put that on the video list!

[@OldScholDeath666]

Hey Sean, thanks for your great lesson. Maybe I didn't understand that in your video, but why are especially the first, the fourth and the fifth notes turn into major chords and the second, the third and the sixth notes turn into minor chords?

[@sohampathak344]

Sean do you do online lessons? Man you're tutorials are so helpful it's actually helping me songwriting grow!

[@seandaniel23]

Sadly I don't do any online lessons at the moment but thanks so much for watching!

[@Requnium]

Thanks for the lesson Sean! Could we perhaps get a video for those just starting out on improvising on backing tracks like me? I feel that most of the time there is a lack of feel in my playing as I apply the scales and I feel 'lost?'. Thanks!

[@seandaniel23]

Great idea Aman, I'll try and work something up.

[@denzelccoga7267]

that intro hit different

[@jamesdickinson4186]

Great lesson, how about a lesson on harmonizing the minor scale. Thank you

[@jamespalmer9990]

Could to explain how to play the Am7 chord that you play in this video?

[@nmchugh1]

Can you harmonise a major scale then used the caged system to practise chord progressions? Not seen that anywhere before? Great lesson again!!

[@aerowise1321]

How come you so suPerFly? HuH!? Such a huggyBoots kinda teacher! Fun, informative, and so harmoniously thorough! Thanks for the lessons, I'm getting so good learnin from you.

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear Matt! Keep it electroshizzle.

[@HoldinCoffeeReturns]

Would you recommend an indica or saliva whilst harmonizing the major scale?

[@Matt_Burns]

You take each melody note and fit it into the definitive chords; the chords that define the scale, being the I IV & V. Everything in the major scale fits into the I IV or V. In C Maj------- C belongs to the I or IV with C With the root of C or 5th of F as melody note.----- D belongs to G major (V) using the 5th of G Maj------ E belongs to the C (I) with the 3rd of C------- F belongs to F (IV) with the Root as melody note----- G belongs to C (I) or G (V) with the 5th of C or root of G---- A belongs to F (IV) with 3rd as melody note----- B belongs to G (V) with the 3rd as melody note. That is how you actually harmonize the maj scale. Plural substitutes are used to control the bass and add a slightly different contour to the melody note.

[@leebraly3904]

Thanks.

[@seandaniel23]

No prob Lee

[@ronalddump5004]

So , am I starting to understand something ? if we just even learn these shapes and the spaces / intervals between them , we can apply this to any key ?

[@seandaniel23]

YUP!

[@Godspeed961]

That was i need for today ! thx ! anyone knows how to harmonize altered chords - dominant blues chords - augment and all this weird stuff??? we have to learn them !

[@scribblertheband]

So would starting in the m7b5 make it in locrian? Like a 751 for instance

[@seandaniel23]

Yup! you got it!

[@jellyman323]

This is like a crash course for guitar

[@andrewbannout9056]

What note in the A minor 7 chord is the 7?

[@raagrewind1603]

Which guitar is this?

[@brunoalexandrogarciatejada5611]

Cool video man, what is that thing you do with your right hand? Do you have a lesson for that?

[@seandaniel23]

Working on it!

[@brunoalexandrogarciatejada5611]

Sean Daniel cool like that, thanks for sharing the knowledge