Lesson 4
Learning Songs Made Easy
Presented by:
Marko Gazic Course Educator
B.S. in Education
Diploma in Guitar – Part I
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Lesson 3 Recap
Plectrum/Finger-picking Exercise
Scales
Major & Minor Scale Formulas
Intervals
More Chords
Today’s Lesson
You will learn about Keys & Key Signatures
We will explore the relationship between Intervals &
Chords
You will discover the Major & Minor Chord Formulas
You will play new chords and build chords from scales
You will learn how to play Bar Chords
Summary
Course Interaction
Next Steps
Q & A
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Keys and Key Signatures
Keys and Key Signatures
Keys and Key Signatures
What are Key Signatures?
1. Group of Notes
2. Associated with Major or Minor Scale
3. Gives the piece of Music a Tonal Center
Keys and Key Signatures
What are Key Signatures?
Keys and Key Signatures
• C• C#/Db• D• D#/Eb• E• F
• F#/Gb• G• G#/Ab• A• A#/Bb• B
Notes on our Fretboard Major Key
• C• G• D• A• E• B/Cb
• F#/Gb• F• Bb• Eb• Ab• Db/C#/Cb
Keys and Key Signatures
12 Major Keys• C• G• D• A• E• B/Cb
• F#/Gb• F• Bb• Eb• Ab• Db/C#
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• B/Cb• F#/Gb• Db/C#
Keys and Key Signatures
Keys and Key Signatures
Why are there so Many?
Keys and Key Signatures
Keys and Key Signatures
• Take Me to Church – Hozier – E Minor and A Minor
• Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young – E Minor
• I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers –
E Major and A Major
• Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard –E Major and A Major
Keys and Key Signatures
• Take Me to Church – Hozier – E Minor and A Minor
Key of E Minor
Keys and Key Signatures
• I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – The Proclaimers
Key of E Major
Keys and Key Signatures
MinorOr
Major
Keys and Key Signatures
MinorOr
Major
Keys and Key Signatures
• Sharps
• Flats
• Beginning of Stave
Keys and Key Signatures
How Many Sharps or Flats?
Major Scale
Keys and Key Signatures
C D E F G A B
Notes in our C Major Scale
No Sharps No Flats
Keys and Key Signatures
Notes in our A Major Scale
A B C# D E F# G# A
3 Sharps
Keys and Key Signatures
More About Chords
More About Chords
More About Chords
More About Chords
1. Relationship between Chords & Intervals
2. Major & Minor Chord Formulas
3. Using scales to Find chords in a Key
What are Triads?
More About Chords
Triads – Groups of 3 Notes PlayedIn Unison
More About Chords
C D E F G A B
Tonic Major 2nd
Major 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th
Major 6th
Major 7th
A B C D E F GTonic Major
2ndMinor
3rdPerfect
4thPerfect
5thMinor
6thMinor
7th
More About Chords
Tonic
E Major Scale: Tonic 2 2 1 2 2 2 1
More About Chords
E F# G# A B C# D#
E Major Scale
Tonic Major 2nd
Major 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th
Major 6th
Major 7th
More About Chords
E G# BE Major
More About Chords
E F# G A B C D
Tonic Major 2nd
Minor 3rd
Perfect 4th
Perfect 5th
Minor 6th
Minor 7th
E Minor Scale
More About Chords
E G BE Minor
More About Chords
Major Chord Formula
Tonic (“first – 1st”)
Major 3rd (“third – 3rd”)
Perfect 5th (“fifth – 5th”)
Minor ChordFormula
Tonic (“first – 1st”)
Minor 3rd (“flatted third – b3rd”)
Perfect 5th (“fifth – 5th”)
More About Chords
C D E F G A B
C Major Chord
Tonic Major 3rd
Perfect 5th
C E G
More About Chords
C MajorMore About Chords
• 3rd Finger on 3rd
Fret of A String
• 2nd Finger on 2nd
Fret of D String
• 1st Finger on 1st
Fret of B String
G Major• 3rd Finger on 3rd
Fret of Low E String
• 2nd Finger on 2nd
Fret of A String
• 4th Finger on 3rd
Fret of High E String
More About Chords
Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
D Major C Major G Major
More About Chords
Using Scales to Find ChordsC Major Scale
C D E F G A BTonic Major
3rdPerfect
5thTonic Minor
3rdPerfect
5thTonic Minor
3rd
Perfect 5th
D MinorE Minor
More About Chords
C Major Scale
F G A B C D ETonic Major
3rdPerfect
5th
F Major
Tonic Major 3rd
Perfect5th
G Major
More About Chords
C Major Scale
A B C D E F G
A Minor
Tonic Minor 3rd
Perfect5th
Tonic Minor 3rd
Diminished5th
B Diminished
More About Chords
Chords Made from C Major Scale
• C Major – 1st
• D Minor – 2nd
• E Minor – 3rd
• F Major – 4th
• G Major – 5th
• A Minor – 6th
• B Diminished – 7th
More About Chords
Chords Made from A Natural Minor Scale
• A Minor – 1st
• B Diminished – 2nd
• C Major – 3rd
• D Minor – 4th
• E Minor – 5th
• F Major – 6th
• G Major – 7th
More About Chords
Why is knowing how to make chords for scales important?
More About Chords
• If we know the key of the song,
• We can eliminate the chords that can be in a song
• Which allows us to determine the chords in the songs more
easily
Bar Chords
Bar Chords
What are Bar Chords?
Bar Chords
What are Bar Chords?
Bar Chords
When you use one finger to press down multiple strings across a single fret of the fingerboard.
• E Major
• E Minor
• A Major
• A Minor
• D Major
• D Minor
• C Major
• G Major
Bar Chords
• F Major
• F Minor
• F# Major
• F# Minor
• Ab Major
• Ab Minor
• Bb Major
• Bb Minor
• B Major
• B Minor
• Db Major
• Db Minor
• Eb Major
• Eb Minor
Bar Chords
Bar Chord Exercise
Bar Chords
Root 6 - Major
Bar Chords
Root 6 – Major – Pressing Exercise
Bar Chords
Root 6 – Major – Pressing Exercise
Bar Chords
Root 6 - Minor
Bar Chords
Root 6 – Minor – Pressing Exercise
Bar Chords
Root 6 – Minor – Pressing Exercise
Bar Chords
Capo
Bar Chords
Bar Chords vs. CapoBar Chords
Class Interaction
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Class Interaction
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• We will learn the number 1 song in Lesson 6
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Brown–Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
I’m Yours – Jason Mraz
Take Me Home – John Denver
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Summary
Keys & Key Signatures
Intervals & Chords
Major & Minor Chord Formulas
More Chords
Bar Chords
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Today’s Question
How else can we denote chords?
Next Lesson
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