Rubik's Cube | 01: D Shape (7 Chords)
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This is the start of something cool. A way to start recognizing chord shapes in all their various forms:
- Major
- Minor
- Diminished
- Major7
- Minor7
- Dominant7
- Half Diminished
- Fully Diminished
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In playing through the 7 chords, I like the sound of the fully diminished on that C# better than the half I think. Is there a fundamental reason to use half or is it a situational/taste thing?
Mark Fletcher
2023-10-14 04:16:09 +0000 UTCIt's the way major and minor keys are relative. I suggest the first few Music Theory Monday sessions to for review. I think that will make it click for you. If not, comment about it when you see my next live Q&A post and I'll do a review for you
Scott Paul Johnson
2022-02-01 18:44:26 +0000 UTCPaul—do you have any videos that go into more detail about what you’re talking about a starting at 25:35 about how the minor 7 chord in a major key can be the 2 chord, 3 chord or 6 chord, or the 1 chord, 4 chord, or 5 chord if it’s in a minor key?If you don’t, could you explain a bit here?
Brian Kilgore
2022-02-01 03:45:04 +0000 UTCYES~ I left augmented chords out of these lessons
Scott Paul Johnson
2021-10-18 14:57:31 +0000 UTCYou could also create a augmented D chord with this method ,by raising the 5th of D , Which is an A note , raising this a half step you get your A# an augmented D chord is created D F# A#
Lee Brooks
2021-10-17 19:40:22 +0000 UTCChris - Thanks for answering this for me. Your answer is great!
Scott Paul Johnson
2021-09-19 16:11:15 +0000 UTCI don't think this question is a dumb one at all. I don't see an answer on here from nearly a year ago, so I hope you got what you needed (I'm only a couple vids in so maybe he'll answer it in a video), but I think I'll throw a try at answering and see if Scott corrects me. I think you would want to learn the other shapes because you end up with other "voicings" for the chords. You'll get a bit more color in your playing, maybe you are playing a song higher up on the neck using a "D" shape, but your next chord in that shape is all the way back at the head of the guitar.....well, knowing a different shape might put you in position to be a bit more economical in your movements (i.e. you can change chords faster and cleaner). Just my two cents.
Chris VanDyke
2021-09-19 12:10:37 +0000 UTCGreat lesson, looking forward to working my way through this series
Spaceman Chewy
2021-02-28 12:59:43 +0000 UTCI knew I found the right lesson as soon as you hit that run to demonstrate the capability of this material.......
Eric Alvarez
2021-01-28 03:31:49 +0000 UTCAwesome lesson. Love to learn these new sounds and relationships. The best thing is I’m finally understanding what you’re saying 😉. You’re lessons have helped so much.
Gary Sekigahama
2020-11-28 19:37:45 +0000 UTCGreat video. I have been playing these chords for years without thinking about how they are constructed. So useful... I just need to remember it all
Riccardo Emanuele
2020-09-02 15:32:48 +0000 UTCHi Scott, what's great about this approach is putting the scale and chords together, so the scale/notes are in context. after years of dabbling with scales as 'shapes' I am finding this approach to be far more useful. Thanks for passing on your knowledge/understanding, years of study and application unpacked for us to 'get it'. Out of interest, what application are you using to create the content, it's really good?
Simon Fletcher
2020-08-09 14:41:23 +0000 UTCWow ! This lesson helps me memorise the scale better too. Knowing the root, the third, the fifth, the seventh notes, kind of automatically engrains into my head. Thank you Scott !!
Nerita Lewis
2020-07-28 13:41:43 +0000 UTCNot at all, >I have the same question, lool forward for this answer. ps great lessons!
Joop Wassenaar
2020-06-22 13:55:44 +0000 UTCHi Scott, I feel like this may be a dumb question but here we go! ... you talk about learning these shapes (D in this example) and you are really good at explaining how these shapes can be moved (transposed?) to different places along the neck to make these shapes work in different keys simply by shifting the root note etc. My question is - if you master a single shape (like this D one) and I can learn to apply these shapes to different keys based on the root note - why do I need to learn any other shape? What difference is there to a D shaped triad/chord with a root note of A compared to a C shaped triad/chord with a root note of A? Does my silly question make sense?! :-)
Ben K
2020-05-28 08:18:01 +0000 UTCThese lessons are so thorough ,after a few listens it does sink in. Thanks Scott
Andy D
2020-05-27 20:17:26 +0000 UTCSteve - yes! without the D root note it would just be an F chord
Scott Paul Johnson
2020-05-01 00:03:05 +0000 UTCGreat lesson. It occurred to me that the Dm7 chord is the same as a top 3 string "E shape major triad" - I guess it's the 4th string root note that makes the difference.
Steve Blaney
2020-04-30 20:35:14 +0000 UTCLike it very much. Although for me it is a big meal to digest. At a certain moment you play some chord progression and spice them up with alternative shapes. Sounds great, and maybe worth a separate lesson? Thanks Scott!
Bart Driessen
2020-04-28 10:16:59 +0000 UTCI love your content. Watching it with my newborn on my belly. I think even she is enjoying it. 😉
Arne Vanhaecke
2020-04-18 20:18:03 +0000 UTCreally liked this - it would be great to see a video with a beginner jazz theme
Peter Whitfield
2020-04-18 00:08:09 +0000 UTCcan you do a downloadable Rubik's cube for the other chord shapes?
Jeff Holt
2020-04-16 03:23:13 +0000 UTCThanks! I look forward to upcoming lessons on the court shapes :-)
Tasha McManus
2020-04-14 20:20:49 +0000 UTCAnother good tutorial Scott explained well and diagrams help so much thank you
Dave
2020-04-14 07:09:49 +0000 UTCSo good. This is definitely going to help.
George Sarnetsky
2020-04-11 19:59:16 +0000 UTCGood lesson. I knew most of these chords - but did not know the theory behind what I was doing. Now - I am sure I could do the same for the A shape on my own right now! (“Teach a man to fish...”)
LoungeActor
2020-04-11 19:31:58 +0000 UTCGreat video! Love the red aesthetic you’ve got going on here too
Jared Wofford
2020-04-10 23:25:01 +0000 UTCReally enjoying your tutorials, Scott. I'm finally connecting the dots- thanks.
Jeff Holt
2020-04-10 20:26:44 +0000 UTCbtw. So loving this class. Learning a ton. Fun to watch u get more facile w/the medium/format. And watch yr “set” evolve...
Robert Morrow
2020-04-10 19:08:16 +0000 UTCAlso, be great if when u offer up pdf, that u include one w/all the writing u did. I know u want us to do the work, but it’s would be helpful
Robert Morrow
2020-04-10 19:07:22 +0000 UTCThanks for another insightful lesson! I have a question about really learning these to the point where I just _know_ them. Going through and filling out the pdf makes a lot of sense for getting the concepts to really sink in, and I’m definitely going to do that, but if I’m going to get to where I know these and can easily recall them, I’ll need to work it into my practice routine. Do you have any tips or specific guidance on a good way to do that?
Ryan Arana
2020-04-10 14:33:53 +0000 UTC
