As a guitarist, picture where the chords line up on the fretboard. If the key is D, then D is the 1, G is the 4, A = 5. This arrangement remains in all keys where the 1 is fretted like D barred at the 5th fret. If A is the 1 (Key of A) then the 4 is D, 5 is E. Use bar chords to see the consistent patterns.
Great exercise for beginners in music theory. Just gets me why people keep scrubbing the 7th Well that's blues and jazz players cannot understand one bit Remember just split the cards into 2 packs trick people don't use or teach but go around continuesly Split the pack Aceg bdf A (sweep) All 8 notes of scale played over 2 octaves The 7 is the 4th in run so why not use it ? Plain and simple 3 is the magic number
The purpose of this channel is to teach modern worship music. The only time that 7th chord is seen is when other styles are incorporated. As soon as we talk other styles, these tutorials sound very different.
Great video that’s simple and to the point. Question about your course, does it include rhythm markings in a Nashville numbering chart? I recently learned that some charts notate the length of a chord by placing dots overhead.
I have been wanting to ask this question. i see a lot of 2 5 1 in the church songs i am playing. how come you're not mentioning the 2m chords even in your previous videos. thanks
I discuss the ii and iii chord in my triad series. For my initial beginner chord videos I focused on the Big 4 to get them started because they appear the most. The ii would def be the next most popular chord. Gospel influence will use a lot of ii-V turnarounds, but they’re just not that common in modern worship music.
When I say Modern Worship Music I’m referring to the most common musical characteristics found within the CCLI top 50. The goal of the channel is to simplify this kind of music. Focusing on this genre is important not because it’s the best music for a church or because these are the best songs but because it’s the simplest form of music that exists. If a band can’t play this kind of music together, it will likely struggle to play anything else.
@@DontGiveUp-qn8he thanks for the explanation. i greatly appreciate it and understanding more.God bless your ministry I hope you could do more about acoustic specifically fingerpicking.
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I understood well the numbers/chords concept. My problem is memorizing the progression in a specific song, so I'm very dependent of tabs. It's been a pain for me my whole life which chord would fit next in a song, even knowing all the chords for that song. 😢
There are many reasons this is valuable. Understanding chord progressions as numbers allows you to see patterns in the chord progression, regardless of key. It also makes possible rule-based models for part writing that aren’t key/open string dependent. Many find it helpful for quick transposing on the fly.
I disagree. Most worship charts are riddled with errors and chord symbols that are questionable, to put it mildly. Converting that mess to numbers just adds another layer of unnecessary mental processing. Also, adult music modulates to one or two other keys when it goes to the bridge, so then the numbers become even more complex. Numerals can be useful to analyze a song after the fact, but as a notation system for performance, it’s very limiting. If I need to transpose, I can do it in my head just as easily from the chord symbols, or, gasp, actual music notation. I would MUCH prefer a chart with bar lines and rhythmic figures so that I can just read it and play it accurately. As it is now, the CCLI charts are made for vocalists. It drives me clinically insane when beat 4 appears at the beginning of the NEXT line!?! Bach wrote the best music ever written and it was played for weekly worship services. Christian music has devolved to the place where people are too lazy to write out four slashes to indicate a full measure or to notate a melody. People need to step it up. Jesus deserves it. I’ve taken it upon myself to raise the bar of the younger players on my team. It’s not difficult to learn how to read rhythms, up to 16th notes. It’s not difficult to read notes on a single staff (bass player learns bass clef). Modern CCM is just major and minor chords (haven’t seen a dominant 7th in years on a CCM chart). Sneaking in “diabolous in musica” at the right spot can transform otherwise bland harmonies.
1 has to be the tonic though….and doesn’t this only work in the Ionic mode? Why forget the 7? Why limit yourselves to church music? …is it because it is predominantly ionic? I have always found pagans to be much better musicians!
I'm all for some Gospel turnarounds and playing that 7 chord. But, the purpose of this channel is to teach new/struggling musicians in contemporary worship bands the most common musical characteristics found within modern worship music. So this video only applies to that style. I leave it to the churches themselves to determine whether or not this style is best for them. Most churches play this style because they're not skilled enough to play anything else. It would be fantastic to see bands grow musically. But they have to start somewhere. Unfortunately, even the training to play this kind of music isn't the greatest. Which, again, is why this channel exists.
As a guitarist, picture where the chords line up on the fretboard. If the key is D, then D is the 1, G is the 4, A = 5. This arrangement remains in all keys where the 1 is fretted like D barred at the 5th fret. If A is the 1 (Key of A) then the 4 is D, 5 is E. Use bar chords to see the consistent patterns.
You are my hero! Now I finally know how to find the key, a damn music is on.
Yes! Thanks a lot!
Thanks CJ. Great stuff! This has helped me so much!!!! Keep on Rocking!
Thank you Joe! Rock on!
Thanks!
Been waiting on your next video bro.
You are blessing us all man. You have the best teaching I found on UA-cam man. God bless you bro!
Also I really like the blue bar at the bottom. Nice touch
Awesome! Thank you!
Great exercise for beginners in music theory.
Just gets me why people keep scrubbing the 7th
Well that's blues and jazz players cannot understand one bit
Remember just split the cards into 2 packs trick people don't use or teach but go around continuesly
Split the pack
Aceg bdf A (sweep)
All 8 notes of scale played over 2 octaves
The 7 is the 4th in run so why not use it ?
Plain and simple
3 is the magic number
The purpose of this channel is to teach modern worship music. The only time that 7th chord is seen is when other styles are incorporated. As soon as we talk other styles, these tutorials sound very different.
Such a great teacher
Awesome lesson, complex made simple!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video that’s simple and to the point. Question about your course, does it include rhythm markings in a Nashville numbering chart? I recently learned that some charts notate the length of a chord by placing dots overhead.
Yes it does!
Awesome stuff - I cannot make the class due to rehearsal, but it is recorded right?
It is!
holy crap, on the second example I got it in like 2 seconds and I've been playing for 20 years...
Niiiiiice!!
Your live session is at 1am London time - if I buy the course but don't join the live, will I have access to the recording?
Yes. Every class is recorded and provided after event.
Thank you!!!!
You're welcome!
very nice, thank you sir
Thank you too!
This was so easy a caveman could do it!
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I have been wanting to ask this question. i see a lot of 2 5 1 in the church songs i am playing. how come you're not mentioning the 2m chords even in your previous videos.
thanks
I discuss the ii and iii chord in my triad series. For my initial beginner chord videos I focused on the Big 4 to get them started because they appear the most. The ii would def be the next most popular chord. Gospel influence will use a lot of ii-V turnarounds, but they’re just not that common in modern worship music.
thanks for your reply, when you say modern worship music, your are referring to from 2010 ang beyond?
When I say Modern Worship Music I’m referring to the most common musical characteristics found within the CCLI top 50. The goal of the channel is to simplify this kind of music. Focusing on this genre is important not because it’s the best music for a church or because these are the best songs but because it’s the simplest form of music that exists. If a band can’t play this kind of music together, it will likely struggle to play anything else.
@@DontGiveUp-qn8he thanks for the explanation. i greatly appreciate it and understanding more.God bless your ministry
I hope you could do more about acoustic specifically fingerpicking.
I understood well the numbers/chords concept. My problem is memorizing the progression in a specific song, so I'm very dependent of tabs. It's been a pain for me my whole life which chord would fit next in a song, even knowing all the chords for that song. 😢
what exactly is the point of doing this?
There are many reasons this is valuable. Understanding chord progressions as numbers allows you to see patterns in the chord progression, regardless of key. It also makes possible rule-based models for part writing that aren’t key/open string dependent. Many find it helpful for quick transposing on the fly.
If you can't see its utility, you're not a player. Nothing wrong with that.
Nashville System..
Don’t understand why I’m doing this.
I disagree. Most worship charts are riddled with errors and chord symbols that are questionable, to put it mildly. Converting that mess to numbers just adds another layer of unnecessary mental processing. Also, adult music modulates to one or two other keys when it goes to the bridge, so then the numbers become even more complex. Numerals can be useful to analyze a song after the fact, but as a notation system for performance, it’s very limiting. If I need to transpose, I can do it in my head just as easily from the chord symbols, or, gasp, actual music notation.
I would MUCH prefer a chart with bar lines and rhythmic figures so that I can just read it and play it accurately. As it is now, the CCLI charts are made for vocalists. It drives me clinically insane when beat 4 appears at the beginning of the NEXT line!?!
Bach wrote the best music ever written and it was played for weekly worship services. Christian music has devolved to the place where people are too lazy to write out four slashes to indicate a full measure or to notate a melody. People need to step it up. Jesus deserves it.
I’ve taken it upon myself to raise the bar of the younger players on my team. It’s not difficult to learn how to read rhythms, up to 16th notes. It’s not difficult to read notes on a single staff (bass player learns bass clef). Modern CCM is just major and minor chords (haven’t seen a dominant 7th in years on a CCM chart). Sneaking in “diabolous in musica” at the right spot can transform otherwise bland harmonies.
Start a channel bro
1 has to be the tonic though….and doesn’t this only work in the Ionic mode? Why forget the 7? Why limit yourselves to church music? …is it because it is predominantly ionic? I have always found pagans to be much better musicians!
I'm all for some Gospel turnarounds and playing that 7 chord. But, the purpose of this channel is to teach new/struggling musicians in contemporary worship bands the most common musical characteristics found within modern worship music. So this video only applies to that style. I leave it to the churches themselves to determine whether or not this style is best for them. Most churches play this style because they're not skilled enough to play anything else. It would be fantastic to see bands grow musically. But they have to start somewhere. Unfortunately, even the training to play this kind of music isn't the greatest. Which, again, is why this channel exists.