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seventh chords

Have you learned these harmonic minor seventh chords yet?

by Jermaine Griggs · 10 comments

in Chords & Progressions

harmonicchors-small.jpgI promised you that I’d cover the seventh chords of the harmonic minor scale next so here we go!

First, let’s review how we came up with the triads. We started with our C harmonic minor scale (which is essentially the same as the natural minor scale except that the 7th tone is raised a half step).

12-Bar Blues You Can Use!

by Jermaine Griggs · 5 comments

in Blues music,Jazz music

In this post, I’m going to break down the main movements in James Wrubel’s “12 Bar Blues” video lesson. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to play blues, now’s your chance!

Seventh Chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 3 comments

in Chords & Progressions,Theory

Now that you know how to build a major chord, we want to introduce you to another type of chord. If you remember, a 3-toned chord is called a “Triad.” A 4-toned chord is called a “Seventh” (what we will learn today)! A seventh (or dominant) chord is built similar to a major triad. In [...]