How To Find GUITAR CHORDS In a MINOR KEY | How to Know What Chords Are in a Key

in order to learn how to play every chord in a minor key and therefore which chords work together when writing chord progressions or songs in a minor key we first need to understand some basic principles the first being the natural minor scale here is the natural minor scale for demonstration purposes we will start the scale on the third fret of the low e string as this is a g note then this will place us in the key of g minor but you could use everything learnt in this lesson to play in any other minor key which i will explain later on in the lesson now let's assign a number to each of the notes in the scale so one two three four five six and seven and now for every note of the natural minor scale we need to assign a specific type of chord if you're already familiar with the seven chord types built from the major scale so major minor minor major major minor and diminished then this will be easy to memorize as it's exactly the same sequence but starting from the sixth chord so we need to do some rearranging the sequence of chords in a minor key would now be minor diminished major minor minor major major you may also see this depicted using roman numerals which would look like this i would advise you to memorize this order of chords as it will form the basis for knowing all seven chords in a minor key and therefore is an integral part of this lesson something that may help with this is knowing that the one four and five chords that are all major chord types within a major key are now minor chord types and the third sixth and seventh chords are major which just leaves us with the two chord which is diminished now let's put these two elements the natural minor scale and the order of the chords in a minor key to work out every chord in a minor key starting with the one chord as our first note in the natural minor scale is a g note and as we now know the chord type of our one chord is minor we can now say that the first chord in the key of g minor is a g minor chord you could play this as a standard minor barre chord starting from our g note which is the first note in our scale as the one chord is kind of obvious g minor being the first chord in the key of g minor let's not spend too much time on this one and move on to our two chord as our second note in the minor scale is an a note and our second chord in a minor key is diminished then we would call the two chord a diminished if you're unfamiliar with how to play a diminished triad from an e string root then follow the chord shape on screen you could play this as a bar or with individual fingers just watch out for the b and e strings as these should not be included in the chord now diminished chords are full of tension and might not sound great in isolation but if resolved correctly they can add interest to otherwise predictable or boring sounding chord progressions as the third note in the minor scale is a b flat and our third chord is major then we would call our three chord b flat major or just b flat you could play this with a standard barre chord shape starting from the third note being a b flat in your scale as the fourth note in the natural minor scale is a c note and our iv chord is minor then we would call the iv chord c minor which we could play with a minor bar chord shape starting from the fourth note or c note in our minor scale as the fifth note in our minor scale is a d note and our v chord is minor we would call our five chord d minor which you could play as a minor bar chord starting from the fifth note or d note in the scale it's also common to change this five chord to a dominant seventh chord type although technically this chord belongs to the harmonic minor scale i will cover this in more depth in future lessons but for now just be aware that this might be another interesting option for your v chord when writing songs in a minor key as the sixth note in the natural minor scale is an e flat note and the sixth chord is major we would name this chord e flat major or just e flat you could play this as a bar chord starting from the sixth note or e flat note in the scale as the seventh and last note in the major scale is an f note and the seventh chord type is a major chord then we would call this chord an f major or just f as there's multiple ways of playing the same chords in different positions on the fretboard then feel free to go ahead and use any of these chord shapes that you may already know for example this f chord you could just play as a barre chord starting from the first fret however i'm showing you how to play each of these chords starting from their position in the scale for a reason so bear with me to play this chord starting from the seventh note in our scale we could take a simple d chord and shift it up by three frets or semitones and of course as the open d string is part of the d shape then this would have to be moved up three frets also giving us a nice way of playing an f chord from the root position in the scale if you're unfamiliar with the concept of shifting existing open chords that you already know around the neck to form new chords then you should check out my series on the cage system for guitar which will break this subject down for you easily but let's move on so all together we have seven chords in the key of g minor these being g minor a diminished b flat major c minor d minor e flat major and f major as these chords belong in the same key you can technically play them in any order and they will all sound good together you can try this out to begin writing your own songs or chord progressions in a minor key which is really the main point of this lesson now everything we've talked about so far has been in relation to the key of g minor but what if we wanted to change key or write a chord progression in a different key altogether this brings us to the reason i've asked you to play our seven chords starting from their place in the natural minor scale as opposed to the numerous places you could play these chords elsewhere on the guitar fretboard to change key all you need to do is shift the natural minor scale to the new desired key for example if we wanted to know the chords in the key of a minor then we would simply play our minor scale starting from the fifth fret of the low e string which would be an a note from here all the previously learnt steps would remain the same so we would still have our one chord which would now become an a minor as our first note is an a our second chord would now be b diminished our third chord is now c major our fourth chord is d minor and our fifth chord is e minor our sixth chord would be f major and our seventh chord g major so the only thing that's changed are the names of the notes the chord types however remain the same you could apply this to any key and it would work using the same seven chord shapes this is also useful if you think in terms of numbers or roman numerals instead of chord names for example you could play a 1 4 5 in the key of g minor so g minor c minor and d minor and all you would need to do to change key would be to move your scale starting position so in this example our g minor c minor and d minor so the one four and five chords would become a minor d minor and e minor feel free to like and comment below if you enjoyed this lesson and if you're new to the channel then hit the subscribe button below see you in the next one

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Length: 6min 48sec (408 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 06 2021