Description
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use simple minor triad shapes to create dreamy Major 7 sounds over major chords.
We’ll apply this idea to a standalone composition in the key of A and connect it back to familiar CAGED shapes, major scale notes, and lead ideas.
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I love it! Thanks Brian and Happy Fourth of July!
Another wonderful lesson. Greetings from Vancouver, BC. So glad I am a premium member.
Nice sounding progression. I also like ML102 for that major 7th sound. Brian is it still alright to slide into these major 7th chords when trying to blues it up some?
Great Lesson Brian!
Brian this lesson is gold. Beautiful little song full of interesting, comprehensive and useful music theory. Thanks.
Love that little Martin.
It’s fantastic how you’re teaching me major 7 chords. The 6 and 9 chords are also explained so well—thanks, Brian.
Great lesson.
just what i need. i’m so inspired by it .
Brian, as soon as you started playing this, I knew I would love it. So Beautiful! This is one I would like to expand on and make the song longer. You surprise us every week.
Nice lesson Brian! I reckon “Mr Young” uses the Maj7 chords to get the predominant sound in Harvest moon.
So the equation for a Maj7 is to keep the root of the major chord but drop the other 1 by a 1/2 step?
The equation for the 6 chord is increase the 5 of the major chord by 1 full step?
Thank you for doing this lesson as an ML.
Such beautiful sounds, all very well explained.
Mellow spice!!!
Another great one. Finally getting a better understanding the 6 to 9 you’ve shown us so many times. For some reason today it clicked. Thanks Brian and Happy 4th.
Watching this lesson I couldn’t help thinking how much I have enjoyed being a member for over 10 years. Your lessons have given me the tools to increase my skills and enjoyment on the guitar. Your teaching method and explanations resonate with me and I am amazed at how you can keep doing it every week. I appreciate you and the effect it’s had on my life. Happy 4th!
So beautiful, and very smooth.
Your way of explaining these concepts is fantastic.
I have a question:
in several lessons on minor triads, you suggest that we can play any minor triad and the same one two semitones (or two frets) up, and then go back;
Why does it work?
Is this related to the fact that, doing this, we alternate between the ninth version of another chord and its sixth version?
For the ones who like it,
there is another great and interesting lesson about “minor triads on top of major chords”,
that (unfortunately) the search engine doesn’t show even if you ask for it :
see ep587