Understanding Diatonic Chord Progressions - Triads and 7th Chords

[@zombieguitar]

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You are like the best guitar teacher on KZbin. Thorough, actually going over entire concepts in depth to make sure people understand, not just nuggets on random topics for the sake of getting views.

[@teddyrock1740]

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[@zombieguitar]

Hey thanks a lot. Glad you like these lessons. Check out my site too. I include written lessons and all the diagrams and stuff along with the videos!

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[@wadea6839]

Thanks for explaining how the rules were made for figuring this part of therory out. Great teaching!!

[@neilrobinson7615]

Thanks Brian, by far the best lesson on this subject on YT. The onscreen diagrams are essential for these types of lessons. Much appreciated.

[@marioahu]

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[@woozihae]

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[@isaacsacramento4166]

ow man, helped me a lot! finally understood the tríad and 7th cords. I was able to play some of the keys, but never had understood where they came from. loved it Thanks so much.

[@downhill240]

Absolutely essential to have an understanding of this to be able to grow your guitar skills. Well explained here! I'll share this on my Google+ page too.

[@zombieguitar]

downhill2400 Awesome...thank you!

[@SalvvOrtiz]

The way you explain is not boring , thank you, I learn a lot today!

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Brian! Keep revealing man! You make it seem simple...I know there’s work, but now there’s a fire to try! AWESOMENESS again!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for this. I started the piano one month ago, so this isn't really what I needed. But I found this interesting.

[@johnflynn556]

Best explanation I have seen. Thanks!

[@Will-sh8kl]

Nobody but Brian goes into this much detail in breaking it down. Especially for beginners.

[@aplsap]

big UP for you Brian. Eye opener after eye opener. Been checking out guys like Marty Swartz, Rick Beato, Paul Davids for a while which I also respect a lot. But no one nailed the essentials so hard for me. Thanks ~(from The Netherlands)

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[@zombieguitar]

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[@nagy-one4212]

Put perfectly in the Brien Kelly style of teaching. Bravo !

[@RickMcDanielMusic]

Thanks so much. I've been looking for a lesson like this for a while. I love the way you teach.

[@SatnamSingh-mn4rk]

Very well explained. Thank you sir

[@MikefromAlabama]

This is great! Thanks so much. One of the best series on the internet on theory. So clear.

[@fredburnham793]

Long winded but NOT boring. Really interesting topic. Thank you

[@jrvisions]

Another awesome lesson Brian! So glad I found your channel. Absolutely love your no B.S. all business very well detailed explanations. Bottom line, all the important real world things we need to know! If I wasn't clear on any of this before watching, I'm definitely clear about it all now that's sure! Also still can't believe no one but you talks about how useful that circle of 5ths wheel is! Still blown away about that as well! Talk about a light bulb moment! Ha lol Much respect and thank you for all you do!

[@tonakkie635]

Great explanation Brian, you're the best👍Thanks a lot!

[@kiarangreen487]

Great explanation thanks!!

[@patconnelify]

Many thanks man that's cleared up a lot of stuff I didn't fully grasp for ever

[@udaysangtvs6919]

Nice lessons Duatonic perfect illustration...thanks

[@melodicman3032]

Great Video Brian. This video connected some dots for me in my guitar theory journey.

[@zombieguitar]

Awesome!

[@mkamelt]

Thankxxxxxxxxxxxx man. you are the one, every thing easily explained and so easily understood.

[@zombieguitar]

mkamelt glad to help!

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brian that was sweet and simple.......thank you.

[@josephdalessandro9724]

Cool, have learned and have more insight due to the way you break all down. 😎👍🎸Thanks

[@zombieguitar]

Joseph D'Alessandro glad to help...thanks for watching!

[@tedfcii]

Awesome job bro! Very simple explanation, thanks a lot!

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@@keanureverse3501 hey no worries. I just upgraded you. Enjoy 😎

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Hey Brian! Thanks a very good job very well explained keep Ummm coming!

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Thank you very much I love ❤️ it

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this was great, thank you

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thanks a lot Brian Kelly

[@zombieguitar]

No problem bud...thanks for checkin out my vids!

[@mms-melodymusicalstudio2300]

Your lessons are very useful. So pleas make some lessons over diminished and agument chords progression and solo.

[@zombieguitar]

www.zombieguitar.com/how-to-use-diminished-chords-in-a-song-or-chord-progression/ www.zombieguitar.com/using-augmented-chords-to-spice-up-your-chord-progressions/ www.zombieguitar.com/what-are-diminished-arpeggios-and-4-ways-to-use-them/ 😎

[@michaelbalamuth93]

Great presentation as usual, but I'm curious why you chose to present the triads in terms of 3rd and 5th instead of pointing out that they are simply a stack of 3rds (including the 7ths as well) So: Major Triad = Maj 3rd s with Minor 3rd next and Minor Triad = Minor 3rd with Major 3rd next... then a 7th is a stack of 3 3rds example for Maj 7th = Maj 3rd, Minor 3rd and Maj 3rd...

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[@BrandonClapp]

I had to rewatch the 7th chord explanation a few times to finally understand it. The "maj7" applies to the 7th and isn't an indicator of the chord actually being major. That was confusing to me because the "minor" in something like "Em7" applies to the actual E chord being minor (the minor 3rd in the triad) and not to the 7.

[@WhoCares_Official]

Could you please do a video on rythmn and timing on guitar like techniques of strumming etc

[@zombieguitar]

Definitely! 😀

[@WhoCares_Official]

@@zombieguitar legend, I swear your vids have helped me out Soo much but there were some basics I missed on my learning with guitar like basic palm muting, muting top strings when doing shapes like d minor bar chords and keeping timing so it's been hard to go back and brush it all up

[@zombieguitar]

@@WhoCares_Official glad to help!!

[@channakasvideos8002]

Simple but solid music theory, every beginner student should watch. Wish you were around when I started on piano and guitar. Absolutely awesome lesson! Thank you. I got one follow up question. On the guitar, what are the E and A Bar Chord shapes for maj7, min7, dom7, dim, and dim7? Thanks heaps.

[@zombieguitar]

Hey thanks for the comment...check out these 2 lessons: 1.) www.zombieguitar.com/dominant-7th-major-7th-and-minor-7th-barre-chords/ 2.) www.zombieguitar.com/how-to-use-diminished-chords-in-a-song-or-chord-progression/

[@petertaubuso5612]

Tnx . It's so helpful..

[@99Jaapie]

Well I certainly learned a bunch of stuff here. Where the hell were you when I first picked up a guitar!

[@darcyshae4966]

Brian I have a good question for you that’s had me perplexed,,, let’s use Dorian mode as an example- that scale has a 1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7,,,,,,,do each of those have a diatonic chord progression like Ionian mode?

[@kcs3811]

Thanks for your course. Anyway, can you tell me with Am key, why there is G# which is E chord? how the G# exist and how it form a E chord? Thanks

[@zombieguitar]

In A natural minor there is no G#. There are no sharps or flats in A natural minor. If you take the G, which is the 7th scale degree of A natural minor, and make it into a G#, the result is the A harmonic minor scale. This causes the minor 'v chord' (Em) become a major 'V chord' (E). Make sense?

[@ren7ee]

Thank you for another great lesson. You explained it very clearly, but I can be slow to understand and will be watching this over again. So these chords are used as substitution chords? For instance, we can play a G7 instead of a G major?

[@zombieguitar]

Well, when you are playing chords that are all "in key" (aka. Diationic chords), you can either play them in their triad form, or their 7th form. Triads contain 3 notes - the root, 3rd and 5th. 7th chords contain 4 notes - root, 3rd, 5th and 7th. As long as the chords you form contain notes only from the overall key-scale, then they would be considered "diatonic chords". So in the key of C major, you have a G major chord, which is the V chord. The 7th variation of the V chord in any key is a dominant 7th chord. So yes, G7 would work as a perfect substitute for the G major chord if you were wanting to remain 100% in key. Now, if you are in the key of C major and you look at the F major chord, which is the IV chord in that key...an F7 would not be diatonic to the key. An Fmaj7 chord would be though. It's a lot to take in, but check out the written lesson that goes along with this lesson (link in description). It should help ya out a bit!

[@Michael-bt6ht]

Looking for PDF or tabs of diatonic chords for triads and 7th chords at the least

[@zombieguitar]

Link in description 😉

[@petertaubuso5612]

How about transposing?

[@minggamratan8921]

Brian what type of song does diatonic chords mostly create??

[@StarDarkAshes]

Why doesn’t the circle of fifths just utilize the center to make a pie of the Diminished chords?

[@amandateoh1164]

Why is it a D7 instead of calling it Dmaj7 😮

[@zombieguitar]

A "7" is the note that is 1 whole step below the root. a "maj7" is the note that falls 1/2 step below the root. Check out this lesson here. It explains all of this: www.zombieguitar.com/dominant-7th-major-7th-and-minor-7th-barre-chords/

[@amandateoh1164]

@@zombieguitar ahh... great work you're doing here btw! this has helped me grasp and understand so much clearer and you expressed it in such a way that is easy to comprehend, youre a gem brian! Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🥺💓

[@stateofmind2668]

If you take 34min to explain something.. don't bother. Lol.