Lesson Info
4. Major Keys and Scales
Lessons
Scales Introduction
03:08 2Working out a Major Scale
06:45 3Working out a Major Key from a Melody
05:51 4Major Keys and Scales
01:54 5Major Scale on a Score
02:56 6Triads
03:37 7Inversions
03:21 8Working out the Chords in a Major Scale
09:27Different Ways to Write out Chords
04:11 10Working out Major and Minor Triads
07:01 11Diminished and Augmented Triads
05:22 127th Chords
12:16 13Extended Chords
06:34 14Suspended Chords
06:02 15The Circle of 5ths
12:48 16How to Change Key
14:54 17Natural Minor Scale
11:21 18Chords in the Minor Scale
05:59 19Harmonic Minor Scale
07:15 20Melodic Minor Scale
11:12 21Modes
03:54 22Ionian Mode
00:47 23Dorian Mode
03:14 24Phrygian Mode
03:14 25Lydian Mode
01:21 26Mixolydian Mode
02:11 27Aeolian Mode
01:03 28Locrian Mode
03:56 29Section introduction
00:17 30Song Analysis 1 - Capsize
15:25 31Song Analysis 2 - Floating
18:07Lesson Info
Major Keys and Scales
Hi, in this lecture, we're going to continue talking more about major keys. So now we know how to actually work out a major key. And there are actually major keys for every single letter and every single accidental. So we have all of the notes going up, like I said, each letter and the accidental. So this could be either a C# or ad flat. So all of these notes, every single one, all 12 can be a major key. They're also minor keys, but we're going to be talking about minor keys later on. There's also a difference between scale and key. So the key is for the whole piece of music and we can actually have several scales in a key. The scales can change a lot, but the key doesn't really change that often. We can have a key change. But this is normally quite a big dramatic thing that will happen in a song or a piece of music. However, the scales can change quite often and the chords can change all the time. All we've really talked about now are major keys and this sounds really simple. But a ge...
neral rule of thumb is if it sounds happy, the piece of music sounds happy, it's going to be in a major key. And if it sounds sad, it's going to be in a minor key. Of course, this isn't always the case. There is minor music that sounds quite happy. But generally speaking, if it's a piece of music and you had to guess whether it's major or minor, it's the first time you've heard it just listen. Does it sound happy? Then it's probably a major key? And if it sounds sad, it's probably a minor key. That's a really simple way of putting it. But yeah, if it sounds happy. Major, sad, minor. So that was just a few more things I wanted to add on for major scales and also major keys. Thank you for watching and I'll see you in the next lecture.
Ratings and Reviews
Student Work
Related Classes
Songwriting