Ukulele Music Theory Part 2 - Keys & Chord Families

[@touchthesky15]

you have thought so much in 15 mins that I didnt learn from the teacher nextdoor who has been charging for these lessons for the past 1 year! God bless you

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks!

[@marcboas14]

I simply don't understand how your videos don't have tons of more views than they do now. They are so clear and easy to follow for someone who has never had music theory! thank you for making these:D

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Marc!

[@restlesswheel]

RIght. Very clearly explained.

[@YogeshJadhav-qm2zb]

Hi Pete, I picked up Uke 2nd time to learn, and this time, I saw your music theory videos. I am happy to share that I am picking up pace and learning and discovering new chords by myself. Your videos should have had millions of views by now, to be honest. Thank you so much for your videos. I MUST SAY THAT YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER❤

[@marilynbainbridge2788]

Very good lesson. I will study with you with pleasure and gratitude.👍

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks!

[@mopercival]

These lessons are just great! Thank you so much for making them available, especially with the downloadable PDFs - that is very generous of you!

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks very much!

[@gcruik]

I don't see the PDF source.

[@PeteFGuitar]

@@gcruik I do. The link is in the usual place, the description below the video. For your convenience, here it is again. www.pfmusic.co/Docs/UkeTheory2KeysChordFamilies.pdf

[@ahimsa3334]

Hey man!! Much appreciated for your generosity in sharing all these episodes.

[@PeteFGuitar]

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[@CryptoRootz]

thank you, these are the most helpful ukulele videos on youtube.

[@PeteFGuitar]

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[@billfourie8734]

Another outstanding tutorial. Clear and professionally presented. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks’

[@trevorhargreaves7171]

Excellent Pete! The art of teaching any subject is to start with the simple and progress to the more complicated and at the same time make this seem less difficult. You have done this brilliantly! Many thanks.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Trevor, that's very kind of you.

[@suzannedesmarais7773]

Fantastic course! Thanks so much for offering this.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks! You’re very welcome.

[@RegularBiscuit]

following this and i have played piano for a few years, never understood chords this well

[@PeteFGuitar]

@@RegularBiscuit I’m happy if my video helped you.

[@alishamehra8146]

I'm a beginner and have a background in singing. Your videos are the perfect mix of basics and all the 'you must know this' points. You deserve a million views and more. You are a great teacher. I hope to learn much more. I'll let you know of my progress.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks!

[@adrijasengupta7254]

Hey Pete! Hope you are doin good. Thanks for these classical knowledge. helped me a lot which was otherwise difficult for me to understand. Thanks a lot. with love from India

[@PeteFGuitar]

Glad it helped!

[@pianolady19]

This is fantastic! I haven't studied music theory since my teenage years, when I was taking RCM piano lessons. This is similar, but different enough that I was struggling to understand. Your explanation is so clear, and I learned some things about chords that I never knew before. Thanks!

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks! I'm happy that my video helped you.

[@themotiondoctor]

Thank you for your clear and concise explanations. I’m not a musician and never studied music theory, so all the Yadda Major Yadda talk always made me wonder what the heck was going on. Now at least I gave a clue!

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks!

[@vilramos]

Very thoughtful and insightful! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Vil!

[@rakshanabala5062]

These lessons are wonderful ! I have been trying to understand these concepts for years now but yours is the first video that helped. I can't express in words how grateful I am ! Thanks for the lessons !

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Rakshana!

[@banjaragayak6961]

Hey rakshana ,can you just help me out understanding the making of chords, Although he tried his best to make understand, but there are some doubts and things i wants to clear.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Aloha and merci beaucoup.

[@2112mmmmmm]

You're awesome! ❤️ Thank you!

[@PeteFGuitar]

That's very kind of you, thanks!

[@Steve-vb8gd]

Simply amazing method of yours. Very understandable and relatable. Thank you sir.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks!

[@YogeshJadhav-qm2zb]

The video is a great learning tutorial to identify chords and learn music theory. My question is why do we call chords as Dminor, E minor, but F major in a C major scale?

[@PeteFGuitar]

Major and minor chords are both built from a triad of three notes. The difference between them is the note in the middle (called the third). In a major chord, the third is four semitones higher than the first note. In minor chords, the third is three semitones higher than the first note.

[@TheBluebird78]

All of your lessons are outstanding! Simple, clear, understandable. Thank you so much!!!!

[@joannashrigley1120]

Thank you so much pete. This is exactly what I was after, and will give me the perfect prep for the music theory summer paper im taking at vic uni.

[@PeteFGuitar]

You're very welcome Joanna, good luck for your exam.

[@mickaelahawkley1641]

Hey there, just wanted to say thank you thank you thank you!! I’ve tried MANY times to learn theory and got lost as soon as the instructor got to the whole step half step stuff. So frustrating!! But I have found huge value in taking notes, pausing often to write out the chords and everything I need to remember this. I’ll be printing the pdf’s to do some homework ☺️. Thanks again!!

[@carmeladams9566]

Thanks Pete for these great tutorials. So clearly explained. I love them. Greetings from Australia.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Glad you like them!

[@trinsiali7227]

Thanks very much for your explanation that makes me understand the music theory easily.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Trinsia!

[@sahilmehra9779]

Thank you sir Your lessons are top notch 🙂 Gained lot of knowledge from your videos . Looking forward to more

[@PeteFGuitar]

Glad to hear that.

[@vanmarx1171]

Thank you Sir. Im sitting here for about 30 mins and I learned so much.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thank you.

[@vanmarx1171]

@@PeteFGuitar you're always welcome Sir😊

[@miacabanting9262]

Pete! Thanks! You're the MVP.

[@shalindeval8746]

Man! you're amazing! I'm grateful!

[@jacobaremark8053]

Thanks Pete - most helpful and clear!

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Jacob!

[@shengdongzhao3664]

wonderful lesson. thx so much for sharing

[@PeteFGuitar]

You're welcome, thanks!

[@sunidhisharma1385]

Thankyou so much sir!!! It was much needed ✌🏻😄

[@PeteFGuitar]

Most welcome 😊

[@iansolly5684]

Well Explained just brilliant (Complete Newbie)

[@PeteFGuitar]

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[@tiffanytemplonuevo6815]

Thanks man!

[@PeteFGuitar]

No problem!

[@catherinefalconburg6834]

You are a good teacher! Thanks!

[@PeteFGuitar]

That's kind of you Catherine, many thanks!

[@mikemonks9497]

I just found these and wish to thank you for this great brush-up set of lessons on stuff I learned years (too many to count!) ago. There seems to be one minor typo in lesson 2, though: So chord 2 (ii) in the key of D is D Minor. Should that not read "... in the key of C is D Minor"?

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Mike, I've corrected the document, and uploaded a new PDF. The old one will probably still be in your cache memory, so refresh the page, and you should see the new version.

[@erikrodriguez8721]

You’re awesome

[@PeteFGuitar]

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[@DD-br6gl]

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[@PeteFGuitar]

Happy to help!

[@wafflethelab4433]

I have a doubt, While building the chords, why did it become D minor and not Dmajor? Great lesson! Thank you

[@PeteFGuitar]

Both major and minor chords consist of three notes, let's call them the root, third and fifth. The only difference between a major and minor chord with the same root note, is the third. If it is four semitones higher than the root, then it's major. If it's three semitones higher than the root, then it's minor. So, D major is D, F# and A. D minor is D, F and A. The key of C major has no sharps or flats, so the correct chord in this case is D minor. I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.

[@1032godofwar]

Great lessons!

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Josh!

[@catherinehill7916]

Thank you Pete this was a brilliant lesson. Unfortunately the link in the description is showing a server error. Please could you repost again like you did in your theory 1 video as this worked.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks Catherine Hill. Here you are: www.pfmusic.co/Docs/UkeTheory2KeysChordFamilies.pdf

[@catherinehill7916]

You're very welcome Pete. Thank you.

[@scottyJSON]

really good video man helped me alot, just a quick question though. why would it be considered a minor chord if it were in the major scale? 4:35 and suddenly its not a minor anymore for the f chord in 5:45

[@PeteFGuitar]

Major/minor is determined but the number of semitones between the root and the third. 4=major, 3=minor.

[@thedisgustd]

I’m a total beginner, I know learning this would take a lot of time, I appreciate all the effort you put into making this video. But I had a question, While playing C major its G C E C And D major is A D F A also E minor is G E G B Why are we playing these G A G A G A B on the fourth string? Is there any calculation behind it?

[@PeteFGuitar]

There’s no calculation, that’s just a consequence of the way that the ukulele is tuned. With only four strings, we don’t get much choice as to which notes we play on the fourth string. You should try the guitar. The two extra strings and the linear tuning give you more control over the lower notes of chords. I hope that helps.

[@thedisgustd]

@@PeteFGuitar thank you so much for clarifying 🩵

[@bodobanali]

Hey. Love your Videos! It is always cool to also have a theoretical approach. And it just makes fun to potter around … (I am a total beginner) But one thing makes me wonder: Why do i get D minor, E minor, A minor and Bdim when using the major-scale? Logically i would think if i use a major scale i would get major sounds. I can „calculate“ the E minor with the major-scale (f.E. Em = E + (E+2) + (E+4) = E + G + B I calculate that within that major scale (full, full, half, full, full, full, half) brings me that sweet c, d, ef, g, a, bc So it makes sense … but why is it minor and nor major. I mean … it's the major scale i use. So idk … it kind of makes me dizzy. E major on the other hand is made of E + Gsharp + B, right? So its „calculated“ throug the minor scale (full, half, full, full, half, full, full)? When i check the C-minor scale i don't even have a proper E. There is only Dsharp/Eflat hm … does someone has a video or link or videolink which can clear this up a bit?

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks, but you need to watch this video again, the answers are all there. The chords you mention are all derived from the notes of the C major scale (no sharps or flats). So in the case of E minor, the notes are E, G and B. As you rightly pointed out, E, G# and B are E major, but that comes from the E major scale, not the C major scale. I hope that helps.

[@bodobanali]

@@PeteFGuitar ah. I thougt Emajor comes from C minor scale. Makes kind of sense though. Anyway it still kind of irritates me, that minor chords comes from a major scale … but maybe it is just like that. Thanks for your great videos non the less!

[@JohnCaudrey]

Hi Pete, I've just found your theory videos and they are very useful and well explained. One correction in this one though. Bdim is a 'diminished triad' not a 'half diminished' chord. The Bm7b5 when you get to the 4 note chords, is what can also be known as a 'half diminished' or 'half diminished 7th' chord.'

[@PeteFGuitar]

Thanks John, yes, what you say is correct. This has caused much confusion over the years to many players. What I say in the video is how I was taught way back in the '70s. Luckily we can all now easily look this sort of information up.

[@richay1]

so i can just choose one key and learn all of the chords in it to get me started?

[@MrSojek]

When playing the C chord which includes notes C-E-G why to press the A string on the 3rd fret? The notes C-E-G are available without it (strings 4th, 3rd and 2nd).

[@PeteFGuitar]

Because the note A is not part of the C major chord. You said yourself quite rightly that the notes included are C, E and G. So by fretting the A string at the third fret, it plays the note C. In this way, you can consistently strum all four strings of the ukulele, to make a four note chord. Of course, if you only strum strings 2, 3 and 4, then you don't need the A string. I hope that helps.

[@odontomatix]

I believe there is a small error in your explanation about diminished chords. What you have called a half-diminished chord is actually the diminished triad plus the octave above the root. Technically the diminished chord is the triad 1 b3 b5. What you called the minor 7 flat 5 chord, consisting of 1 b3 b5 7 is the proper half-diminished chord. Jazz musicians prefer to call it by the more descriptive name of minor 7 flat 5. The chord 1 b3 b5 b7 is the diminished 7 chord.

[@PeteFGuitar]

Your right, except for some errors with your chord spellings. I was wrong to call the diminished triad 1 b3 b5 half diminished, that is more properly used for the 1 b3 b5 b7 chord (m7b5). The harmonically unstable dim7 chord is 1 b3 b5 bb7. These are quite old videos now, and I was just passing on the terminology that I had been taught way back in the 70s. Remember there was no Wikipedia in those days, information was hard to come by, and things were passed on from musician to musician by word of mouth, and sometime the tale got mangled in the telling. This is an exciting time to learn music, because there's so much easily accessible information. Thanks for watching, and for prompting me to explain this. If KZbin allowed videos to be replaced without losing the view statistics, I'd upload a correction.

[@odontomatix]

@@PeteFGuitar Thanks for correcting my flatted 7ths and for your further explanation. Even though you can't correct the video, at least we have this explanation in your comment. I enjoy this series of ukulele music theory videos. Thanks for doing them. I also appreciate that you articulate your explanations so clearly.

[@shannons.5476]

Question. The chord Em is played by using the third fret of the second string. However, because the fourth string is already a G, if you played the second string open, youd have the same chord. Why bother using the third fret of the second string? What is the reason for playing certain notes on certain strings?

[@PeteFGuitar]

Hi Shannon, that's a good question. The E minor chord should contain the notes E, G and B. As we have four strings on the ukulele, one of those notes is going to get doubled. If we don't put a finger on the third fret of the second string, the open note is E, so that's (0402) also a perfectly legitimate way of playing E minor. But try them both, and see which one has the sound that you prefer. The 0402 version has two adjacent strings both playing the same note (E). I think that most people would say the "normal" 0432 shape sounds the best, but each to their own!

[@shannons.5476]

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[@ujjwal362]

Hello. I have a question I would like to ask. I was following your instructions on finding the chords for the different major scales using the same method and I went on to D Major scale to find the chords associated with it. So far I am able to find all the chords with three keys. With regards to 4 key chords of D Major Scale, I am unable to find how the third chord works. The keys that come in positions are F#, A, C#, E. How do you play this chord and what do you call this chord? Please share your knowledge on this. Thank you in advance

[@PeteFGuitar]

Chord 3 in the key of D major is F#m7. It can be played like this 2 4 2 2 2 2.

[@ujjwal362]

@@PeteFGuitar what about playing the chord with 4 keys like F# minor 7?

[@PeteFGuitar]

@@ujjwal362 I think you mean "notes" not "keys". The 2 4 2 2 2 2 shape I gave you is actually F#m7, I was in a hurry when I wrote my previous reply. The note on the 4th string at the second fret is E, so the whole chord is F# C# E A# C# F#.

[@ideaanne]

Great video but need to repeat videos a few times. Scales and notes useful

[@PeteFGuitar]

Many thanks Anne. These concepts don't usually sink in the first time you hear them, but that's why I've put them on KZbin, so that you can keep watching until the penny drops.

[@JVJF7]

The Beatles chords sound like that la bamba song lol