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Lesson Six: What About Minor Keys?
In this lesson we study minor scales, chords and arpeggios. In the video segments, we’ll also explore some ‘Mandolin Theory’. This lesson will be big on music theory, and not so much on practice exercises.
Assignments:
1. Study pages 14 – 15: What about minor chords? As you study, Make sure you understand the concept of
Relative Minor.
2. Find and “monkey around” with the relative minor scales for all the major scales you know.
3. Study pages 49 – 51 in the Music Theory section. When you have understood the material, take the self-test and check your answers. If you are unclear about anything in this part of the music theory section, ask questions below. The music theory section presents the concepts of:
a. The Dominant 7th Chord, 6th Chords, 9th Chords
b. Diminished Chords (could be confusing)
c. Augmented Chords, Suspended Chords
4. Don’t break your head over all this material if you are new to music theory! Try to understand the concepts as much as possible, and take an “open book” self-test. Some of these concepts are more important or useful to beginners than other of the concepts. I will try to discuss some of these concepts on video, including: Dominant 7th – this is a very common chord form and used in thousands of songs, we normally simply call these the “7th” chords: G7, C7, D7, etc. and they should be learned as soon as you are able. Diminished Chords – the diminished chord is important because it is part of the diatonic harmony of each musical key. What does that mean? It means that in any major key, the VII chord is diminished (and in a minor key, the II chord is diminished). In one of the videos that go with the next lesson, I’ll try to make a simpler explanation of diminished chords than what is found in the book, if that is possible.
5. Watch the videos that go with this lesson, and try out some of the examples on your mandolin.
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