Using Piano to work out Theory for Guitar PART FOUR: Minor keys and extra chords

[@edzielinski]

Excellent series. I know some of this stuff, but your lucid and fun presentation opened my eyes to some new subtleties. Thanks!

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

Very insightful, thanks - (Especially relevant for me, I've recently been doing a lot of tracks where I play guitar and keys) Thanks Dan

[@kierenmoore3236]

Isn’t Phrygian a minor scale? If so, aren’t the chords of Phrygian, chords that one can have in a minor key? 🤔. Thanks

[@DanBakerMusic]

Yes it is and yes the chords can work. They’re a bit more off the beaten track however. The locrian mode can also be argued as a minor tonality because of the b3, but the chords get a bit madder still.. The reason I stopped at natural minor (Aeolian) is that the chords up to that point are most likely found in rock and pop music…

[@kierenmoore3236]

@@DanBakerMusic Thanks. Yeah, the ones you covered are definitely more common in rock & pop, as you say … I thought Locrian wasn’t ‘minor’, but rather, ‘diminished’ … you can pull a Tonic Minor Triad from all the others we’ve discussed, but Locrian gives you a Diminished Tonic (which is unstable, which is why it is largely ignored as ‘the crappy remainder one’, lol). Cheers!

[@edzielinski]

@@DanBakerMusic @kierenmoore3236 - If you're interested in hearing different how different scales sound, and how crazy they can get, and you're not afraid of a little more theory, I highly recommend a video called "ALL ABOUT MUSICAL SCALES - A COMPLETE GUIDE!!!" by Oliver Prehn over at New Jazz. The majority of scales (and there are hundreds) have a very alien and spooky sound to them, so they aren't used much.