![]() Sometimes substitutions are used and not all chords in a progression are diatonic to a scale. Keep in mind, however, that chord progressions aren’t always straight forward. If you already know the A chord, you may recognize this is the same shape. Below is the diagram for the G minor chord. Now that we’ve looked at the process of building chords that are diatonic to a scale, you can use this as a jumping off point for writing your own chord progressions and studying existing progressions. The G minor chord (also written Gm) is easier to play for some people. Writing and understanding chord progressions starts with an understanding of diatonic harmony. You can read more about this in the Relative Minor and Relative Major Scales lesson. In other words, every major scale has a relative minor scale, or scale that contains all the same notes and chords. This is because the major scale and natural minor scale are relative to each other. ![]() If you read the lesson on building major scale chords, then you may have noticed that the chords of the minor scale are exactly the same as the major scale, just ordered differently. While we used the G minor scale in this lesson, these chord qualities will apply to all natural minor scales. *Capital numerals are used to denote major while lowercase is used to denote minor. Stacking thirds from the first degree of the G minor scale we get the following triad: Place the tip of your first finger on the sixth string at the third fret. G – A – B♭ – C – D – E♭ – F G Minor Scale 1st Degree – G Let’s walk through how to play that G Minor chord, one finger at a time, on your guitar. The G minor scale includes the following notes, as seen on the fretboard diagram below: To examine the process of building chords for minor keys, we’re going to use the key of G minor. Diminished Triad – a minor triad with a flattened 5th, or two minor 3rd intervals Īs we go through each example below, how these qualities come about will become more clear.Augmented Tria d – a major triad with a raised 5th, or two major 3rd intervals.Minor Triad – a triad with a flattened 3rd (minor 3rd) and perfect 5th, or a minor 3rd + major 3rd interval.Major Triad – a triad with a major 3rd and perfect 5th, or a major 3rd + minor 3rd interval.These stacked thirds determine the quality of the triad: You can also think of it as every other note in a scale, or the root, 3rd, and 5th degrees of a scale. Thirds refers to notes that are a third apart. ![]() The basis of chord construction begins with stacking thirds to create triads, the three notes that form the basic of a chord. This is the basis of understanding and creating chord progressions. The point of this process is to establish all the chords which are diatonic to the minor key. In this lesson we’re going to go through the process of building minor scale chords, which follows the same process as the major scale. In a previous lesson, we looked at how to build chords from the major scale, which is an important concept when it comes to understanding diatonic harmony.
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