>> [MUSIC] We're going to talk about
seventh chords in a major key.
Going back to maybe starting with
a common chord progression that you've heard that's
been used in hundreds of songs.
Maybe it's the 1645 chord progression.
You can add sevens to
those chords and really change the sound.
To add a seven to any chord,
just start on the first note of
the chord and count up seven steps.
When you want to find a C Major seven chord, for example,
you start on the C and you
just count up seven notes
and that will give you a seventh.
One [MUSIC].
That's your C major seventh chord.
If you want to add a seven to
your D minor triads start on the D count up seven.
One [MUSIC]
That's your two minor seven chord, D minor seven.
Same with the E minor seven chord,
just start on the E, count up seven notes.
Do that for each one of the chords in the scale.
That's how you're going to find your
seventh for those chords.
If we take common chord progression
and you're just playing it in triads,
it's going to give you a more basic sound.
[MUSIC] But you might
want a really warm that up and
maybe you want to write
something that's in a different genre.
These are great chords is for R&B songs.
[MUSIC]
Love's a beautiful thing,
love's a beautiful thing.
It just feels so warm and so good.
You can try those out in any genre and you don't have to
add a seven to all of
the chords in the chord progression,
you could just decide
maybe you want to put it on one chord.
Let's try C triad to A minor seven to F to A minor seven.
[MUSIC]
Just a 6-seven,
add something really special to that chord progression.
So pick, choose where you want those to happen
within your song and how you want it to feel,
paying attention to what
those seven chords bring to your songwriting.
Now we're going to talk about adding one extra note to
your chords to really
make them sound even more sophisticated.
This is a great tension to add to
your songs especially if you're writing an R&B song.
To find the ninth [inaudible] chord,
you start on the first note
of the chord that you want to play.
Let's say you want to play a C Major nine chord,
start on the C and count up nine notes.
[MUSIC] That's the nine.
To make that a little easier though,
it can also work as
the note right next to the chord that you're starting on.
Just go from C to D. You can play that here,
you can play the nine here.
You've still got your seven,
you're just adding the nine to that.
Let's take a common chord progression now.
Listen again to adjust as a triad and then I'm going
to add the seven and the nine to
the chords and just see how great that feels.
Here's 1645 in the key of C.
[MUSIC] Now I'm going
to add the Major seven and the
nine and just see how that feels to you.
[MUSIC]
Love's a beautiful thing,
love's a beautiful thing.
[MUSIC] Really great choice for R&B,
a lot of pop music.
So give it a try.
Add that Major seven and also
add the nine to your chords to warm them
up and to bring the flavor that you're looking
for when you're using those tensions.