Hello Tomo,
I wanted to start off by thanking you for this course. The amount of content, and your methods have really helped me tremendously. From 18-30 yrs old I’ve basically played open chords and some pentatonics like a lot of people, but my progress has skyrocket in the last 6 months or so. I couldn’t be happier, so thank you very much.
I’ve progressed into the blues lessons and I’m struggling to understand the lesson on dominant 9th and 13th chords. I understand how you are constructing them, but once you start correlating it to minor 5th I get lost in trying to understand where that comes from or why.
Similarly in other lessons, when we add a III major chord when it’s minor in the scale, or a major 6th chord. I get lost in understanding why.
Is it because we’re playing a different scale degree, and targeting those notes? Or are those just added because they specifically pertain to those genres of music?
Thank you again
For Blues Lesson.
I did not make those chords. Those are all came from old records.
Maybe you are thinking too much? Simply you can analyze them each notes from root note.
Some chords has 5th and some chords has no 5th.
Just learn those chords as is.... and hope you can enjoy them.
Thank you.
Tomo
.... More....
Blues... we hear 9th chord, 13th chord (jazzy...)
v- triad & vi- triad concept...
If you play D7(9) = R M3 b7 9 5
then if you focus on top 3 strings. You can hear b7 9 5 and that's same as A- triad (as A minor = b3 5 R)
So A- is v- triad as D... a little confusing so you need to understand this super slowly... 2-3 weeks to think & feel this.....
You can slide top 3 strings... then vi- triad.... As D7... you can hear as R M3 6th (6th = 13th)
Thank you.
Tomo
If I am wrong, Tomo please correct me.
D7 means D mixolydian so the chords and notes are the same as in G major just arranged differently since now D is 1. if D is 1 then A and B are are nores 5 and 6. Or as chords Am and Bm are v- are vi- chords in D mixolydian. So scale degrees in relation to note D are b7 9 and 5 for Am and R 3 6 for Bm. Notes of Am in relation to A are played as b3 5 1 same as notes of Bm in relation to B. So to simplify to hear the 9 of D you play Am and to hear the 13 of D you play Bm. Hope I didnt mess up.
Thank you for sharing.
I think D7 is just D7 ... Root M3 5 b7... then there are possible voicings as we learn ( as we hear...)
Mixolydian scale is scale and you could think many ways.... V7 chord etc.
You could think D7 is V7 of Key of G.
v-, vi- .. is just counting from D7... and nothing to do with diatonic theory.
This is one way to analyze things. That's why musicians who understands basic theory and real music.
We just say... v-, vi- for just categorize things.
I think everything simple!
Thank you.
Tomo
This is so good! I can make this type topic lessons more!
Thank you.
Tomo