[Jguitar]

is there a lesson here on sounding of chords to best suit a song? I would love to hear a song and be able to pick the guitar up and play it. I just have trouble figuring out what chords to use. Any advice would be apreciated

[si16]

The way to progress with this is to understand keys and to train your ear. By working on training your ear you can hear the transitions between each of the related keys of a key. Unfortunately it is no overnight task to do this but it is well worth doing. Best to start off with some simple songs which feature the I IV and V chords. These are the easiest changes to hear.

Here's some lessons you may find useful:-

Keys and related chords -

Related chords, the key and changing keys
The Music Building


Ear training -

Ear Training
http://www.musictheory.net/

[stringslinger]

Hi, when I get a moment, at the latest by Monday, I'll post a youtube video on how to EASILY find the main chords that work with a particular key.

Brian

[stringslinger]

Hey, Okay done the youtube video, its done with my webcam.

Here is the background information/theory.

You need to know your major scale step and half step pattern. Here it is for review.

A major scale is made up of step = 2 frets and half step = 1 fret pattern. It goes like this 2212221

So if you start on any note, say C and go 2 frets you get D, 2 more frets E, one fret F and so on... until the whole major scale is spelled out CDEFGABC

Ok, each scale note is numbered starting with the first... so you'll have a 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th and 8th. In the case of C major C is 1st, D is 2nd and so on.

When making chords from each note of the scale here is the standard method to apply

1 = Major Chord
2 = Minor
3 = Minor
4 = Major
5 = Dominant 7
6 = Minor
7 = Diminished
8 = 1 = Major = Octave

Okay, now go watch the video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3J77Ur2pPw

ask any questions you need too.

Brian

[Nutty]

Great video Brian. I'm sure it will help lots of people here, myself included. I always appreciate a visual aid (gotta work on that ear training .

Nutty

[stringslinger]

Do you guys/gals think I need to tab out this stuff?

[Jguitar]

Will study the lessons and video...thanks so much