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Relative Major and Minor Chord and Scale Relationship – EP417

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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn about the relationship between a minor chord, and it’s relative major chord, and how both chords share the same scale. You’ll be putting everything into practice by playing an up-tempo rock, blues lead.

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  1. David H says

    Hey Brian, thanks for another video!

    I have a suggestion for you. I remember a vlog you did a while back on the artists that inspire you. I think it would be neat if you elaborated a little bit more on that subject. I would enjoy it if you could make some YouTube shorts suggesting albums you like and say things you learned or some takeaways we could get from listening to it.

    Keep up the fantastic work!

  7. alasdair L says

    A brilliant lesson, Brian, but now and again you overrate us. Maybe in midweek we could have an easy version of the Friday lesson…Still, I am determined that this week I am going to do nothing other than lesson 417 and see if I can stun everyone. Cheers, keep up the good work.

  10. Brian Canadian in the UK says

    Another great lesson, you making me into a guitar player with all these amazing lessons, put together brilliantly with quality and being a Member Active Melody is well worth it.,

    Thank you again Brian very much for taking the time and effort to produce such brilliant learning material ,

  12. Pentti S says

    Brian. What a beautiful and educational piece of music again. I am not able to enough praise your lessons. You are very special in the guitar teacher community. You create real compositions, which are self standing for performing, and you use them to explain your topic of the day.
    I am always wondering how creative you are. And you always succeed to make lessons which are in the level for a large part of the guitar players, not too easy, not too difficult. Wishing all the best for you.

  20. Andre H says

    This is awesome!! Love these lessons. This one goes immediately on my to do list.

    On other suggestion: mix major & minor pentatonic. I think you already did a lesson on it but it can be a nice follow up to this lesson (and dig into Clapton’s use of this)

  23. Rich F says

    This is another brilliant lesson, Brian. It reminded me of another great lesson that you did on relative major and minor:

    EP269

    I thiroughly recommend that one to everybody! It is a very slow atmospheric Country Blues… in contrast to the current lesson, which is B minor and D major, EP269 is A Minor and C Major. So Brian shows how you can simply play in the same scale, A minor pentatonic/c major pentatonic throughout. EP 269 has a beautiful 6/4 backing track, and a lovely emotional slow country melody…

    Worth checking out!

  24. Paul D says

    I probably say this every week but – wow, my favourite lesson so far. Love the solo but equally love the explanations, things are starting to fall into place regarding the theory!

  25. AndersDejenfelt says

    Great lesson, just the one I want. However, I am confused about the part with the A-A#dim-B;
    The chord progression is quite clear.
    In the solo, however, there is not a single A#. What is there, does sound great, but what’s about the missing A#?
    Many times in other songs the transition is clearly spelled out, but not here.

  28. David G says

    By pure coincidence, I spent yesterday morning working through EP311-313 on blending major and minor pentatonics for the same tonic. What an amazing segue to work through this lesson today–I thought yesterday had made a lot of new connections for me, but this lesson reinforced and clarified my understanding. I felt as though I was getting into a rut with my playing, but those four lessons have moved me up a level. Thanks, Brian!

  29. Rafa says

    I am so happy to be here learning with your awesome lessons.
    It is really a pleasure to hear and watching you playing.
    It is a gift to receive your explanations about the theory behind and about the reasons of the choices you made to build such a beautiful and melodic pieces of music.

    Thank you so much Brian!

  30. Michael R says

    Another great lesson that cannot resisted. I must do it. Great explanation, great sound- so positive-. It sounds in my ears similar to Dire Straits.

    Thank you so much Brian!

    Greetings from Germany

  34. ben r says

    Hi Brian, well I’ve been a member for over a year now, and you know i hear people say that paying for online guitar lessons is a waste of money… Well, I guess i stumbled on the diamond in the rough with activemelody.com. So i just wanted to say – THANK YOU SO MUCH for your incredible teaching style/knowledge. You have completley transformed my playing, and i feel like i’ve merely dipped my toe in the content. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you…

    -Ben

  35. Tom D says

    Hi Brian,

    This is a great tune – I have nearly mastered it, but I am still having trouble with the phrasing. I love the tone of your strat. It sounds like Dave Gilmour – at least that is the preset I used on my Fender Mustang, which to me sounds pretty close. Keep up the great lessons

  36. Studio*potter says

    BREAKTHROUGH!!!

    Brian, been following you since the EP 60’s. I’ve !earned a lot and become more fluid, got most Scales and chord shapes down because of you – but, bless you, this lesson somehow allowed me to
    FINALLY connect the shapes and Scales and differentiate when they are Minor or Major.

    Thank you for the patient and uunintimidatming way you teach.

    Jeff

  38. Mark O says

    EP417 is a great lesson in the major minor pentatonic relationship!
    One curiosity is why did you indicate it as Drop D tuning when you never hit the Drop D string?
    Did I miss something?

  39. RANDY M says

    Hey, Teach. This one is making all the hours put into this wonderful hobby begin to pay off.
    I was finally able to see where my fingers should go for the Keith Richards.
    Happy Father’s day.

  40. RNArizona says

    Hi Brian, I see that I’m not the only one wondering about the drop D tuning noted on the tab print out. You didn’t mention it, and there are no notes played on the sixth string in the lead. Also, I’d like to hear a little about the tone you dialed in. I really like it a lot.

  41. Stefan B says

    Hi Brian
    Very appreciative of how much I am learning from you.

    Could you include a note on your postings as to guitar, pickup settings, pedal)s) and amp & setting. That could be helpful
    if its not too much work for you.

    Thanks again and all the best from us in Canada

  42. Anthony C says

    About a month ago I stumbled upon a Triad video (i think it was episode 399) and I was hooked. I had to signed up immediately. The way you explained the theroy behind those three notes was fascinating. Now this lesson is just dangerous, it makes me want to go out and buy another guitar. I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun playing and practicing the guitar . I only wish I came upon your lessons sooner.

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