The Easy All White Keys' C Family Chords. 2 2
Earlier on, you learned four 3 3
chords, C, Am, F, and G. 4 4
Now, those chords come from a family of chords based on the scale of C Major. 5 5
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We're gonna learn all the C family chords. 7 7
So if you play the white notes from one C note to another, left to right. 8 8
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You'll have played the scale of C major. 10 10
C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. 11 11
And you can build a chord on each of these notes, giving you seven chords. 12 12
Three are called major chords, three are minor chords, and 13 13
one is called a diminished chord. 14 14
Now don't worry on why they have these names. 15 15
Just memorize everything for now, and I'm gonna show you a very easy trick for 16 16
you to memorize all the chords. 17 17
So let's go through the chords. 18 18
So play it and say it. 19 19
C, D Minor, E Minor, F, 20 20
G, A minor, B diminished and 21 21
you could end on another C. 22 22
So, how to memorize the C family chords. 23 23
So remember, there are three majors, three minors, and one diminished, 24 24
so how are you gonna remember that? 25 25
Look at the cartoons and just remember three majors. 26 26
So C, F, and G. 27 27
Okay, three minors. 28 28
D minor, E minor, and A minor. 29 29
And one diminished is the B diminished, so how to memorize that? 30 30
Use the word dead, D-E-A, to help you remember the three minor chords. 31 31
So, D, E, A. 32 32
Right? 33 33
That's three letters out of the word dead. 34 34
So D, E, A. 35 35
D minor, E minor, A minor. 36 36
And then remember that the diminished chord is the last one in the scale. 37 37
So let's say, we could call it the last born, the baby of the family. 38 38
It's diminished, it's small, the baby of the family. 39 39
So last born, just before you get back to C, is B diminished. 40 40
So, remember the word dead, D minor, E minor, A minor, D-E-A, 41 41
and then the diminished chord, and last born of the sale, 42 42
B diminished, and then the three left are the majors, 43 43
and the first chord the head of the thumb, is of course, the major. 44 44
C, and the two remaining are F and G. 45 45
So it's three majors, C major, F major, G major. 46 46
Three minors out of the word dead, D-E-A. 47 47
D minor, E minor, A minor, and the diminished chord, baby of the family, 48 48
last born, so there's one, two, three, four, five, six, there's B diminished. 49 49
So we'll go through them all C, that's a major chord, 50 50
D minor, E minor, F, another major, G, 51 51
another major, A minor, B diminished. 52 52
You don't have to add major on after the C, F, or G. 53 53
You just write it C, F, and G. 54 54
So D minor, E minor, F, G, 55 55
A minor, B diminished, back to C.