Jun 9 (edited) • Theory Talk 🧪
Theory Bites 2 - The three chord!
Hope you got something out of the first day, and thank you for the feedback and responses!
Today I want to talk briefly about the Key of G and compare it to the Key of C.
Theres only one difference between the key of C which we all know is based around that major scale, a string of letters C to C.
The difference between C major and G major, is ONE note.
its F#.
So if we compare the notes from C major to G major scales.
C D E F G A B C
G A B C D E F# G
Same letters. but in G to G the F is F#. Thats it.
The reason I bring up that F# in the key of G, is because we will be seeing it in today’s chord.
Bm, the “three chord” in G
So yesterday, we learned the “one chord” G major made of the notes “G B D”.
Did you memorize it? Hope so! Its dead easy. If you did… its yours for life!
And we learned that the “two chord” in the key was the A minor chord. “A C E”.
Did you memorize the word ace? If so congratulations!
Cool! So today in the key of G we have the “three chord”.
B minor - Spelled B D F#
So easy to memorize! Just one chord today! Thats it.
So in the key of G we've got. G Am and Bm
So if I wrote a song today and used the key of G, could I use one of these other chords like Am or Bm in any order I want with the G, and write a song?
Yep!
And those chords would fit together perfectly, over any melody I made up, that used all the notes (or any of the notes) from the G major scale!
To summarize: One chord today! Bm - BDF#.
Bm is the “three chord” in G! Always.
See you tomorrow!
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Theory Bites 2 - The three chord!
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