5 ways to understand CHORDS (of the Major scale)
Channel: Jason Zac - Nathaniel School of Music
Date: 2020-10-11

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In this lesson, we discuss 5 ways to classify & analyze the chords of the Major Scale.

The methods used are:  

* Chords by Emotion - Major, Minor & Diminished 
* Functional Harmony - Tonic, Subdominant & Dominant chords 
* Cadences - Authentic, Plagal, Deceptive, Half & Epic! 
* Chord Trees 
* Modal Chord Analysis

Lesson Flow

00:40 Triad Formation
02:30 The “raw” emotions of chords - Major, Minor & Diminished
04:55 Functional Harmony - Tonic, Subdominant, Dominant
11:14 Cadences - Authentic, Plagal, Deceptive, Half & Epic!
14:06 Chord Trees - Melody meets Harmony & vice-versa
15:54 Modal Chord Analysis - Dorian, Minor (Aeolian), Mixolydian
21:40 Summary