Hello again "key"

[GSR]

If only i understood all this crap...

what don't you get?

all this crap, pat. Theory is so overwhelming to me, whenever i look at any kind of source. I actually just found some lessons online though that have been the easiest thing i've seen so far to understand.

[dmbguitar718]

If only i understood all this crap...

what don't you get?

all this crap, pat. Theory is so overwhelming to me, whenever i look at any kind of source. I actually just found some lessons online though that have been the easiest thing i've seen so far to understand.

nothing to tough going on here. check it out:

triads!

major triad of any key is made up of the 1, 3, and 5 of that key. (always relate to the major scale)

C Major scale:

C D E F G A B

The first is C, the third is E, and the fifth is G.

Therefore...major triad of the C scale: C, E, G. Those notes make up a C chord.

Look at this:

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E--3--
B--1--
G--0--
D--2--
A--3--
E-----

Notes, starting from the C: C, E, G, C, G. Looks like a more complicated chord, but it's only a different voicing of a C major chord. It contains those three special notes...C, E, and G. (1, 3, and 5)

Now the minor triad is similar, but you flat the third. 1 b3 5. (related to the major scale.)

C Major scale:
C D E F G A B

Take the first (C), flat the third (Eb) and take the fifth (G.)
Tada! C minor triad: C, Eb, and G.

[Duffman]

check out http://www.teoria.com/
thats the best site i've found for interactive theory learning.

edit: more specificly for this chord formation: http://www.teoria.com/reference/chords/index.htm

[Sciaracastro]

dave uses this formation of the minor chord all over the place. #41, captain, recently, raven... and he uses that exact Gm in two step and the stone.

ditto
definitively Gm. oh, and i'm 101% sure he plays no D on the B string, pat.

[dmbguitar718]

Why's that?