The Difference Between Major and Minor

[@geofixated]

Sad songs are played slower which means they are easier to learn and that makes me happy..

[@seandaniel23]

So many emotions!

[@abhishekmankotia1669]

Easy=sad😅

[@reezek3956]

@@abhishekmankotia1669 BUT! Easy=sad so sad=easy ! Then sad=happy (universe proceeds to collapse)

[@abhishekmankotia1669]

@@reezek3956 yea true

[@zsaxeshed5743]

You've never heard Chuck Sholdiner

[@samratws]

Been playing for 12 yrs.. no one explained the basics this way.. great stuff 👍

[@BaepseMan]

Holy crap !!!! I’m a bassist for a thrash band and am the only one really focusing on learning music theory and I can’t tell you how much this helped solidify my understanding and cleared up ALOT that was still confusing me ! 8yrs later and you are still helping people !

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear! I appreciate you saying so!

[@frankie_18]

"In a lot of songs you don't see the same note having a minor and a major chord" John Frusciante: "Hold my heroin... "

[@seandaniel23]

Comment of the month.

[@whapeepoo]

Lmfao

[@spy6ter]

That Amaj to Amin proggresion exists in under the bridge :p

[@JakeBoldtPoursPaint]

Lol

[@MF-vu9hb]

John🙌😂

[@scarfacen8459]

This is extremely hard to understand when you have no grasp of the concept where the notes are on the guitar. To me it just seems like your playing frets together

[@seandaniel23]

Just keep at it! It'll all come together eventually.

[@readyaimfire3454]

you gotta learn your notes! don't just rely on frets and finger shapes/numbers otherwise it'll all keep being this confusing lol

[@jumbo4billion]

@@TheGael128 No need to be a dick about it. It's confusing when you're new to a subject and there's a ton of information but you don't know where to start.

[@shashankrao23]

there is no need to apply too much thought initially, just treat it like a formula and try on the keys.

[@لالهوةإلالهوتي]

@@seandaniel23 I think for a beginner they might be expecting to learn the difference between a C major and C minor scale not C major and A minor.

[@yuma_ng]

minor is more sad major is more happy

[@seandaniel23]

That's the gist of it!

[@matthewgilkison7615]

Nico Göbel that’s what my friend said to me

[@SquidkidMega]

a minor... the saddest of all keys

[@keyiyou7753]

well, if you really get into it, it's more the context of the rest of the song too

[@samirmaroc3259]

Exact answer that I was looking for!

[@motorheadbanger90]

Been playing guitar for 13 years. Never knew any of this shit...jaw dropping...love it when everything makes sense and the pieces to the puzzle fit.

[@stuffedtoylover]

five years later, this video is still amazing! thank you so much

[@justindcombs6685]

I'm entering my fifth year of being able to play a guitar I'm in a band and write my own music. But in the past year I've recently tried to intake theory and this video and another I found today have helped me understand scales and keys far better than any others I've found yet so thank you sean

[@clunkclink9484]

“Where there is a sophisticated well mannered gentleman, there will be a drummer” I feel personally attacked

[@Lesscoelectronics]

Where were you 25 years ago?

[@russride]

I really like how efficient you are in explaining these concepts. Clear and concise.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@mondoeamon360]

right so major is always WWHWWWH and minor is always WHWWHWW right?

[@seandaniel23]

you got it!

[@mondoeamon360]

+Sean Daniel thanks man, means a lot getting a reply

[@seandaniel23]

No prob, never hesitate if you have more questions!

[@chudapatil]

That was a very good tutorial. Thanks

[@zekayman]

Actually, it depends on which minor scale you are using. There are three different minor scales, each with their own intervals. There's the natural minor scale (what was used in this video), the harmonic minor, and the melodic minor.

[@louloucooke1]

Thank you so very much Sean for explaining this so well. You are the best! 🙏 Happy New Year to you 🌸

[@odindali-r9b]

Best most concise explanation I’ve come across. Thank you!

[@tylermcay6676]

I play drums... Why do I need to learn this, I just hit shit with sticks!!!!

[@seandaniel23]

Definitely not drum necessary.

[@tylermcay6676]

For my course it is essential to learn about this stuff

[@DirdyBirdy]

Mr. Daniel, you are absolutely the best guitar instructor on KZbin second to none!!! 😊

[@christianwhite764]

As a drummer I must say your assessment of my people is.... 100% correct

[@seandaniel23]

haha, we know too well

[@macpuppyman]

I can play pretty well all by ear over the years. I really don't know the notes I just know where I need to be at any given time on the neck. But I fully got what you were just saying without knowing the notes. Nicely put man I'm trying to learn the names of the notes this helped me a lot thanks brother.

[@seandaniel23]

Great to hear David! Keep on rocking!

[@sromrahlan6480]

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[@Gay3lephant]

As someone who doesnt know shit about music and just decided to look this up, this video really cleared things up. You were able to simplify it to someone completely ignorant. Great job.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much man!

[@jackh577]

Great lesson Sean, I love the graphics! You don't use graphics as much in your more recent videos. Graphics are great for visual learners.

[@darja1069]

As a drummer interested in learning guitar, I've made myself a "mnemonic" to remember those whole and half step patterns. Just imagine H is a snare and W is a bass drum and you've got yourself a nice beat.

[@DrumAdrian16]

Wow, that was an amazing explanation of dense information in a way I could understand. Thank you for sharing this video. The feedback I would offer is displaying the note animation on a fret board background instead of a notepad background because it would be more helpful in explaining which note in the pattern is flattened and what the change is made in the corresponding pattern.

[@skydemon02]

What a perfectly planned and executed instructional video. Well done.

[@seandaniel23]

+skydemon02 Thanks so much!

[@jimwedeking]

This is gold. Complete. I was going to say complete and succinct, but I don't know how to spell succinct. Well done sir.

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!

[@chrizly2836]

This is the best and most simplified lesson ive watched so far for that topic. Great job and thanks a lot :)

[@seandaniel23]

Glad you liked it!

[@sgt_waddle]

Just the opening alone helped me understand the difference of minor and major. Nevermind. I continued watching. It's not that simple

[@216kingDavid1]

still lost..

[@orekihoutarou730]

well, i still lost. enlighten me please

[@orekihoutarou730]

everything with the scales except whole and half stuff. the pattern from major to minor, what are the advantages of knowing it.

[@orekihoutarou730]

i see. what does he mean by "flatten the third" for minor keys? and i know the A A# B C C# D D# E F F# G G# up on the fret, but where are the minors?

[@orekihoutarou730]

thats really helpful. thanks a bunch, dude.

[@grenng6574]

Chris Zano I'm lost. Can you help me? It's driving me crazy

[@mjtrace8391]

What helped me with this topic was just thinking of them in modes. Ionian and Aeolian. If the key of the song is in C, you most likely will not use the A aeolian but the C aeolian. Once I realized that I progressed much quicker.

[@seandaniel23]

Definitely works!

[@steveruston]

WELL DONE! this is the best explanation I have seen anywhere.

[@seandaniel23]

Glad it was helpful!

[@robertojenno]

I'm a fairly beginner player and this video helped me more than you can imagine! Thank you!

[@seandaniel23]

No problem :)

[@stevemurrayphotos]

It makes sense now that I've watched it twice ! Thanks Sean !!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for this. Just started learning the piano, and I understand it well except for A flat Major and it's relative minor C minor. Every other scale on the circle of fifths makes sense for me except for that one.

[@skater9221100]

Really well explained. Definitely worth subscribing

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Arthur!

[@TheCavalryPK]

This is a great video. I would be completely lost if i did not take music theory begginer course. I highly recommend to get the basics down. And you will find this video 1000 more helpfull

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@nicuc726]

4:52 If we make chord out of this we would take the 1st, 3rd and the 5th note of that, so C, E and G and if we out them on a shape the notes are C, E, C.... please help 😔😔😔

[@seandaniel23]

You're forgetting about the open strings you're playing, including that g string

[@nicuc726]

Sean Daniel thanks dude u enlightened me hahahh

[@wisedyes]

Sometimes a whole step is just one fret away. B-C and E-F

[@HigherPlanes]

Love your way of explaining music theory, so easy to digest! You're great teacher.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much :)

[@LeslieAB30]

As a relative newcomer I find it difficult to remember the whole / half steps in a scale so I just remember 221 2221 and 212 212 2 ... its much easier to remember!

[@KarlBonner1982]

Major and minor are just two different modes. Specifically, minor is the 6th mode of the major scale - or alternatively, major is the 3rd mode of the natural minor scale.

[@Flguy34698]

Great information thanks for making this video one of the best explanations of the difference between them major and minor scales

[@seandaniel23]

So glad to hear it was helpful!

[@jumbo4billion]

I got the patterns of whole and half notes down by thinking of them as a beat: kick drum is whole, snare is half. I play the minor or Major beat pattern in my head and use it to find where the notes are.

[@jiujiu]

Ok so... major and minor are the same but minor is played starting at the 6th note of the scale instead of the 1st. a major chord is the 1st 3rd and 5th notes of a scale played at the same time. a minor chord is the 1st and 5th notes of the scale played at the same time and the 3rd note string is left open...??????

[@seandaniel23]

Soo close! A minor chord is the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes IF you start on the 6th note of the scale and think of that as the 1. OR The 1st and 5th notes of a scale with a 'flat' 3rd.

[@msmliars908]

Great for basic guitar theory understanding, in under 7 minutes. 👏 😎

[@emfusionTV]

I haven't even watched this yet but I know it's gonna be a great and actually helpful video compared to most so thanks!! Keep rockin

[@carloborja]

Very well explained, Sean. Great work. All the more fantastic because you are responding to every comment! You are going to be big.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Carlo!!

[@daverenick4782]

Finally...after centuries of waiting....This critical principle explained coherently without making it unnecessarily complex to scare away people. Best of all, besides the drummer jest, was the fact your first example of WWHWWWH starts with something besides damn C major. It does NOT simplify the process to always introduce this idea in a scale with no sharps ...it only confuses people later on and adds another layer of confusion and intimidation when that mysterious notion of the sharp or flat comes in. Get used to it people immediately! Something exists besides a natural half-step!.....At least that's my experience when I first got curious, at a very late age, about scales and "what is the theoretical basis of a minor or 13th or diminished" etc....and then when I actually had a few of my own students...I really tried to simplify it and found everyone expected a guitar was like a (contemporary?) player piano with some kind of built in chip that would play the song if you brought your hand in a horse-hoof shape near the neck and put some sort of grimace on your face.....and by contorting your face more, in all too genuine pain and confusion because the dreaded notion of WORK was now entering the mystic equation........more complex ideas would automatically magically play themselves....Big Thanks!

[@amanmahendroo1784]

If A# is the same as Bb, why do you use flats in minors and sharps in majors? Is it because of the relative positions of A#/Bb? (For eg, A# when we move up from A and Bb when we move down from B)

[@seandaniel23]

flats and sharps are totally separate from majors and minors. It just depends on their position relative to the intervals of the scale used.

[@amanmahendroo1784]

Sean Daniel Thanks 👍

[@rahimo01]

if you are in a key which contain a Bb you can't name the note or the chord A#

[@marcovargas5186]

Thanks for sharing the formula between the major and minor scale brother.

[@seandaniel23]

+Marco Vargas Happy to help Marco!

[@tusharseth2539]

when I was playing C major and A minor in G key, I always found these 2 chords sounding almost same.. but now I know the reason .. thanks man you explain everything to the point with clarity :)

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help Tushar!

[@markomarkovic1]

That drummer joke at the beginning made me laugh for 10 minutes straight

[@seandaniel23]

:)

[@chordstrummer3410]

Well explained. Thank you. It never ceases to amaze... the logic of music and how it is expressed through the guitar.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@robdy2k]

Flattened 3rd, 6th note. An easy way to figure the relative minor. Nice work Sean, good one brother. Music theory made cool.

[@seandaniel23]

My man!

[@akshatshinde1288]

Best basics video ever found in youtube. Thank you. From india

[@flipperdale51]

Well explained and very helpful, thank you.

[@pratikkhobragade2870]

You are a gem, seriously! Never found such a great lesson before! Thank you soo much 😊 cheers🥃

[@seandaniel23]

So glad to hear you're enjoying the vids!

[@pratikkhobragade2870]

Sean Daniel I just made a new playlist by your name! You rock, Sean 😊

[@urbanothepopeofdeath]

best explanation yet! helped clear out the confusion. awesome stuff. thank you.

[@seandaniel23]

Always happy to help!

[@biblicalfaithchurch-pakist4084]

Best guide on youtube all around... love ya

[@juankeegano8690]

Thanks. That actually made sense to me.

[@greghillmusic]

Great vid. Was able to see the minor scale within the major the way you explained.

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear Greg!

[@rickybgoode9078]

Your graphics were great even in 2015. Thanks Sean

[@jonniewadd56]

Clear as mud!!

[@zaz4667]

Very helpful. I am glad you stayed away from using the " modes " term when explaining this. The video is definitely worth memorizing! Thanks!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@zepvalue]

So super quick question Sean. If I apply the pattern WHWWHWW to a C major scale in the key of C (CDEFGABC) than I have a C minor scale right ? So did you just made the example of Am since they share some notes ? Thanks for your videos man you really helping me learn some theory finally ! Hope ya get to 1M soon! :D @zepvalue

[@seandaniel23]

Yup exactly man. I think one way I'd like you to think differently about it is that you're not applying 'WHWWHWW' to a C major scale, you're just starting that sequence off on a C note, thus giving you the C minor scale. The reason I picked A minor to go with C major is that every major scale has a minor scale that matches up with it. So like the major scale is WWHWWWH, now if you started reading those letters on the 6th note (the last W in that string of letters) you'd get WHWWHWW, which is the minor scale. So the minor scale is really just the major scale staring on the 6th note, and the 6th note in C major, is A, so A minor. Hopefully that helps my man!

[@rahimo01]

you missed up

[@halloeriksson]

Great video, super easy to follow thanks!!

[@sainikhil5165]

thank you for clearing my doubts in a great way!

[@draggin]

Where there is a sophisticated well mannered gentleman. There will be a drummer. *i see what you did there*

[@mmaaiissee1]

Thank you for your explanations. I am a beginner keyboard player. I got to look at the keyboard and count a bit.

[@seandaniel23]

Very cool, keyboard is a perfect complement to guitar!

[@joeldacruz6152]

What is confusing to me is what notes are in the minor scale! The major we know that is : Major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished and the octave. I would like to know how to spread it in the minor scale, knowing when there are minors ou majors.

[@seandaniel23]

Great question! So the minor scale is just the major scale starting on the 6th note believe it or not. So if you take that same sequence, but start on the 6th chord you get minor diminished major minor minor major major

[@joeldacruz6152]

Thank you for your answer, i get it now! I love the stuff you post, Thanks a lot!!

[@bibeksarmah9536]

In C major sclae Their is a Relative minor scale A min.....I Figur out that...But how it comes i had no idea ...but from this lesson...I understd all...Main thing is The 6th note in the major scale is minor scale root note....

[@seandaniel23]

You've got it Vivek. Keep rocking!

[@StarDarkAshes]

I’m glad that the couch is in focus because that’s the important thing in this video . LOL

[@johntchibukdjian2901]

I think as good an answer as can be given.the clarity of the mud improves.

[@jezlawrence720]

This video is nearly perfect - I have one question, left over from your excellent "what key am I in" video - how do you work out the chords for a minor key? Are they all minor? Is there a diminished? I can look that stuff up but what you're saying is sticking more than others have so far in my life - can you do one on reverse engineering minor keys from chords please?

[@seandaniel23]

Well everything is basically the same but the chords start on the 6th note of the major scale. So in A minor, the 2nd chord would the diminished one.

[@jezlawrence720]

Sean Daniel oh it literally just maps exactly the same for the chords also?! I'll never be able to work that out quickly but that was an incredibly helpful reply.

[@dimitreze]

you are explaining a very basic concept as fast as you can how this help anyone? you should also teach on a piano much easier to understand visually

[@disciple678]

If we find both major and minor third in a song, then what would be the key? Will it be a major or minor key?

[@seandaniel23]

Well every key has 3 major chords and 3 minor chords that belong to it. So just try and figure out where the song 'resolves' (sounds best to end on) and that's your key!

[@MusicManFernando]

Excellent Lesson.

[@minthuko8871]

I only notice relative minor scale of major counterpart start from vi note of it. Thanks Daniel 👍👍

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!

[@sergeantcrow]

Thank you Sean.... Well I am just going to keep playing that 'G' scale over and over. backwards and forwards... I have also just worked out.. The 'G' Chord 1, 3, 5 results in G B D G D G When you play the whole set of strings ... I think that's correct ?

[@seandaniel23]

You got it!

[@harmony318]

So, in indian classical. Major scale is like bilwal thaat and minor scale is like asavari thaat.

[@reezek3956]

Line up to say the same thing mean basically that when in minor scale you start from WWHWW-WH

[@charliejamz.]

Amazing thank you

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!

[@Ba_A]

Three years later....just to say that probably half of your viewers were instantly confused from the moment you compared each scale by ending your G Major scale on the G note (back to the root note) while unnecessarily ending your G Minor scale on the F# note (the 7th note).

[@tritontr21]

Please give us access to those graphics. The blank 7 chord listing would be what I'm looking for. I'd like to print it for my folder.

[@seandaniel23]

Man I think I already deleted the video file :( You could always take a screenshot!

[@basselkharsa5690]

best guitar teacher on da interwebz

[@seandaniel23]

Man thanks so much!

[@hershgrunblatt6043]

I'm very thankful for your lessons, but somehow I cannot comprehend the meaning of scales. I know how to apply a C major chord and a few others but can't get My head passed that.Can you help me understanding the meaning of a scale?Tx so much

[@seandaniel23]

For sure. A scale is just a group of notes that sound good together. You can play them one at a time and maybe make a solo out of scale, or you can combine those notes in different ways to make chords. (like the C major chord can be built from the C major scale). Hope that helps!

[@omthapa3789]

U better only only explain what situation u play those major or minor chords. Meaning ; happy time or sad situation . I mostly play major chords while i am happy or motivated situation Or i play minor chord when I really lost or sad .

[@seandaniel23]

That's a good way to look at it, but mixing them up can be great too.

[@Kid871]

Great video mate so well explained

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@iSon3tv]

I have some questions. How do you count whole step and half step up and down the neck? I dont mean horizontally , I mean vertically , from string to string?And also , if you're doing the Major C scale ,like you do in the video ,how do you form a chord out of that? You're showing us scales on the middle of the neck but then you go to form the basic E major chord at the second fret,I am a bit confused

[@seandaniel23]

+Cristi iSon From string to string (for the lowest 4 strings anyway) going a whole step higher is the same as going a string higher and back 3 frets. So a whole step higher than the 5th fret low e string is either the 7th fret of the same string or the 2nd fret of the a string. Building a chord out of a scale shape is all about learning arpeggios and then translating them into chord voicings. Definitely check out some of the arpeggio vids.

[@davidsingleton1072]

Good god, i swear, after watching this video, i actually heard the light bulb turn on in my head, and tumblers click into place! Thank you so much for this lesson. The thought of finding scales make so much more sense to me now.

[@seandaniel23]

So cool to hear!

[@jakeassassin223]

The best explanation for beginners

[@MrHandyfrank]

I say it depends on where you are in lessons to declare this lesson as easy to understand or very confusing.

[@rickybgoode9078]

Great Explanation Sean! Thanks!

[@BonesDT]

Great explanation!

[@LeedsHypnotherapist]

Hi Sean. One thing I was wanting to know regarding minor scale is the chords that come out of it. for example, major scale gives you maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, diminished. Which chords come from the 7 steps in minor?

[@JohnDAvery-tf4td]

Since minor scales have the same notes as their relative majors but start on the 6th of the major, by stacking the notes in 3rds at every step, the order of minor chords is Maj, dim, Maj, min, min, Maj, Maj.

[@Charlie19501]

???? QUESTION: If you play A minor scale, am I supposed to play a key of C major? Now I know that key of C major equals Key of A minor. ????? If you play a key of A major, I have to play A minor? Or key of C major? Thanks for your teaching very much. Su

[@domingo2977]

Is there a mathematical way to grasp the concept of playing music?

[@seandaniel23]

+DeRon Burton Yeah of course. A lot of people study the classical music of Bach to get into the mathematics of it. A lot of it deals with frequencies and stuff, but it's not something I've personally looked into.

[@despairthewumbo9804]

Music is math in a way, although you don't have to be a math wizard to play, music and math are two separate languages, although it won't hurt being bilingual .

[@filobloomz]

String Theory?...or is that physics?

[@rosskeskin7563]

@@filobloomz Totally different thing mate. Still pretty cool to look into if you are into physics. Basically the theory that the entire universe is made up of tiny strings (I mean like these strings would be like what the size of an atom is to us to an atom) and their vibrations somehow make the universe tick. So actually not too unlike an instrument when you think about it.

[@zeyy84]

That has nothing to do with music. String theory is physics. Music is music. Music is a category by itself.

[@dr5674]

Great Explanation!!! Very Clear. Thanks!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@miauna78]

Great explanation!! Thank you so much! 🎉

[@jeopardybehrens3047]

Press F to show your respect for drummers, RIP drummers

[@seandaniel23]

Never!

[@jeopardybehrens3047]

@@seandaniel23 I guess you cant beat that answer, its about Rythme somebody throws them under the bus😉😉......ok ill leave now **leaves room**

[@charlieriffs478]

Thanks! Finally visualized it from another perspective 👍🔥