Music Theory for Electronic Musicians
Lesson 26 of 31Blues and the 7th Chord
J. Anthony Allen
Music Theory for Electronic Musicians
J. Anthony Allen
Lesson Info
26. Blues and the 7th ChordLessons
Class Overview
01:51 2The Piano Roll Editor
06:16 3Octaves
10:01 4Using Octaves
06:13 5The Black Keys (not the band)
07:55 6Finding C and Middle C
06:08 7Section 1 Summary
03:40 8The Perfect Fifth
06:06Finding Fifths
05:25 10Being "In Key"
05:00 11The Pattern of a Key
06:53 12Fifth Examples
08:52 13Moveable Patterns
05:20 14The Major and Minor Third
04:28 15Building Triads
12:32 16Chord Progressions
05:47 17What is Diatonic?
04:16 18Finding All The Chords
09:10 19Roman Numerals
05:02 20Example Song Analysis No. 1
09:58 21Inversions
08:22 227th Chords - Overview
04:25 23Diatonic 7th Chords
02:02 24Maj7 (Major 7) Example
08:26 25Dominant 7th Chords
06:11 26Blues and the 7th Chord
02:20 27The Fourth
06:45 28The Second
04:37 29The Sixth
01:58 30Song Analysis No. 2
15:54 31Wrap Up
02:32Lesson Info
Blues and the 7th Chord
Let me tell you one more use for a dominant seven court. In a genre like the blues, we use seven chords for just about everything. Your tonic chord. You add a minor seventh to it to your five chord. You have the dominant seventh chord. Uh, in the four chord, you add a flat seventh. So all of the court to use our that dominant quality, that means it's a major chord with a Plat seven. That's what makes a blues sound as you use the one chord the forecourt in the five chord and you put that flat. Seven. The minor seven on all those major chords that is the blues. Um, in terms of core progressions, there's more to the blues and just that. But if you want that sound, uh, you don't resolve those dominant sevens correctly, right? Because 157 the dominant seven should not resolve to the one with a flat seven in it, right? Uh, it should resolve to a one, not a one with a flat seven, cause that's a note out of key. But that's okay. Um, that is what the blues is, Though the blues likes. Just add t...
hese sevens and treat everything like a dominant chord, a major chord with a minor seventh on it. So when I say flat seven, what I'm talking about is that major court with the minor seventh on it, even though it takes it out of key. That's just what makes the blues sound like the blues. So another use of the dominant seventh chord.
Class Description
- Using the Piano Roll Editor
- Octaves
- Finding C and Middle C
- The Perfect 5th
- What it means to be "in key"
- Moveable Patterns
- Major and Minor Intervals
- Building Triads
- Chord Progressions
- 7th Chords
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exoslime
this is great and very helpfull class, i make and wirte music for more than 2 decades and never gave much about theory, i trusted my feelings to what sound good and what not. Bu t recently i became interested but it all seemed very difficult to me and i didnt got the points behind music theory and how everyhing works together. This class was a game changer for me.. music theory is so simple if you have somebody to explain it in words so that you finally can understand it, and thats Anthony, he is a brilliant guy and he explains it in a simple way that you can easily understand whats going on. This is perfectly the case with this course, the sections are short and to the point, not much talking around and leaving the path, you can make fast progress end learn how music theory works, this is a 5 Star ***** course and hopefully there is more to come
Emane Filali
Fabulous course. As a person with dyslexia, trying to remember the notes and chords as letters only is impossible. I love the visual way the chords are demonstrated and explained. I was originally put off by the "electronic" aspect, thinking it was only for learning how to use piano edit roller. However, as a beginner in playing the piano, this course is applicable to all who want to learn and understand music theory in an interesting visual way. Looking forward to next lesson. Will definately be purchasing the course after. Fantastic tutor and course.
Giulio Lazaretti
Very good class!! Makes it much easier to understand and apply the rules of theory. Anthony is also very wise to suggest to trust your ears, even if what you've written doesn't fit into those same rules. I am so very grateful for you putting this together, Anthony, and for making it available for the general public, Creative Live. I am also very glad I was given the opportunity to learn english in my home country (Brazil), in which many barely know how to read and write in our own native language (portuguese) due to our public education being so bad (which, by its turn, has to do with the myriad of vile creatures that inhabit our representative chambers). Tks XoXo!