i was wondering what chords i can play to add field and embelishment to Power chords.
what chords you use over them?
what chords you use over them?
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JOIN THE DISCORD VIEW THREADJust a small heads up about the use of Roman numerals. Roman numerals are used to denote chords(upper case major, lower case minor). When you want to say something about an interval you should just use regular numbers like root and fifth and stuff like that. Just so there's no confusion thereYeah, I would agree with Jak.
A power chord is just the I and V of your chord anyway, so any major, minor, sus2, sus4 etc should work fine (not sure about chords that move the V though?). You don't even need to play the full chord, even just part of it can be enough.
Someone who is a little more well versed in theory could probably explain it better than me though.
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The note you want to consider adding in is third because that determines whether it's minor or major. You can also just add the 4th or the second which make It a sus chord. when you add a minor seventh and a major third that instantly implies the key you're in since that is a V chord.I do have a question here. If I want to make a powerchord a full chord, to know what I can add between the root and the fifth I need to know what key or scale I am/want to be in and and which notes appear in that scale, right? Otherwise I could throw in any note and it might sound worse than before. Or should I just experiment which notes to add to make the chord sound good to my ear?
It's the notes from the major scale. Minor is when you flat all of them (except the fourth and fifth they are perfect). V chord is the chord build around the fifth note of the major scale.How do I know what is the third, second etc? Is it just going through the cromatic scale? I have no idea how minors and majors work here
And what is a V chord?
Just a small heads up about the use of Roman numerals. Roman numerals are used to denote chords(upper case major, lower case minor). When you want to say something about an interval you should just use regular numbers like root and fifth and stuff like that. Just so there's no confusion there
I may sound really dumb now but whatever. Which major scale? Does it depend what chord you are playing?It's the notes from the major scale. Minor is when you flat all of them (except the fourth and fifth they are perfect). V chord is the chord build around the fifth note of the major scale.
The major scale of the root note. So yeah depends on the scale you're playing. For example C take a Cmajor scale to find the intervalsI may sound really dumb now but whatever. Which major scale? Does it depend what chord you are playing?
Okay, I think I start to understand itThe major scale of the root note. So yeah depends on the scale you're playing. For example C take a Cmajor scale to find the intervals
Well for eg. If you are in the key of C Major and you're making the C major chord wich haves C(root) E(Third) G(fifth) they are actually the interval numbers and the scale degree but if you're making the G chord of that C major scale its only the interval numbers cuz you have G (root of the Gmaj chord and Fifth degree of C major scale) B ( third of Gmaj chord and 7th degree of C major scale) and D ( fifth of Gmaj Chord and second degree of C major scale).Yea
Ahh, good point, I'll remember that for the future. Just to clarify it in my own head, are the notes for building chords, for eg. the 1, 3 and 5 for a major, the interval numbers or are they scale degrees? Or is that kinda the same thing?
Well for eg. If you are in the key of C Major and you're making the C major chord wich haves C(root) E(Third) G(fifth) they are actually the interval numbers and the scale degree but if you're making the G chord of that C major scale its only the interval numbers cuz you have G (root of the Gmaj chord and Fifth degree of C major scale) B ( third of Gmaj chord and 7th degree of C major scale) and D ( fifth of Gmaj Chord and second degree of C major scale).
Yes R m3 and P5, in fact you can call the Root of a Chord its the note that gives the name to the chord eg, but the 3 and the 5 will be counted from that root of the chord.Ok, I think I see what you are saying. A C major chord built from the C major scale would be in scale degree terms, 1 3 5 and in interval terms R M3 and P5? Likewise C minor would be 1 b3 and 5 or R m3 and P5?
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