1 1 00:00:00,370 --> 00:00:05,300 The Easy All White Keys' C Family Chords. 2 2 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:11,144 Earlier on, you learned four 3 3 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:16,760 chords, C, Am, F, and G. 4 4 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:22,540 Now, those chords come from a family of chords based on the scale of C Major. 5 5 00:00:22,540 --> 00:00:26,170 [MUSIC] 6 6 00:00:26,170 --> 00:00:29,760 We're gonna learn all the C family chords. 7 7 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:33,590 So if you play the white notes from one C note to another, left to right. 8 8 00:00:33,590 --> 00:00:37,380 [MUSIC] 9 9 00:00:37,380 --> 00:00:40,380 You'll have played the scale of C major. 10 10 00:00:40,380 --> 00:00:44,880 C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C. 11 11 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:49,380 And you can build a chord on each of these notes, giving you seven chords. 12 12 00:00:49,380 --> 00:00:53,839 Three are called major chords, three are minor chords, and 13 13 00:00:53,839 --> 00:00:56,380 one is called a diminished chord. 14 14 00:00:56,380 --> 00:00:59,630 Now don't worry on why they have these names. 15 15 00:00:59,630 --> 00:01:04,477 Just memorize everything for now, and I'm gonna show you a very easy trick for 16 16 00:01:04,477 --> 00:01:06,470 you to memorize all the chords. 17 17 00:01:06,470 --> 00:01:08,050 So let's go through the chords. 18 18 00:01:08,050 --> 00:01:10,250 So play it and say it. 19 19 00:01:10,250 --> 00:01:15,642 C, D Minor, E Minor, F, 20 20 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:21,771 G, A minor, B diminished and 21 21 00:01:21,771 --> 00:01:27,421 you could end on another C. 22 22 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:30,590 So, how to memorize the C family chords. 23 23 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:35,458 So remember, there are three majors, three minors, and one diminished, 24 24 00:01:35,458 --> 00:01:37,750 so how are you gonna remember that? 25 25 00:01:37,750 --> 00:01:41,510 Look at the cartoons and just remember three majors. 26 26 00:01:41,510 --> 00:01:44,970 So C, F, and G. 27 27 00:01:44,970 --> 00:01:48,670 Okay, three minors. 28 28 00:01:48,670 --> 00:01:52,340 D minor, E minor, and A minor. 29 29 00:01:52,340 --> 00:01:57,260 And one diminished is the B diminished, so how to memorize that? 30 30 00:01:57,260 --> 00:02:03,300 Use the word dead, D-E-A, to help you remember the three minor chords. 31 31 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,420 So, D, E, A. 32 32 00:02:06,420 --> 00:02:06,920 Right? 33 33 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,010 That's three letters out of the word dead. 34 34 00:02:09,010 --> 00:02:10,840 So D, E, A. 35 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,510 D minor, E minor, A minor. 36 36 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:19,510 And then remember that the diminished chord is the last one in the scale. 37 37 00:02:19,510 --> 00:02:22,840 So let's say, we could call it the last born, the baby of the family. 38 38 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,920 It's diminished, it's small, the baby of the family. 39 39 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:31,970 So last born, just before you get back to C, is B diminished. 40 40 00:02:31,970 --> 00:02:36,784 So, remember the word dead, D minor, E minor, A minor, D-E-A, 41 41 00:02:36,784 --> 00:02:40,851 and then the diminished chord, and last born of the sale, 42 42 00:02:40,851 --> 00:02:44,669 B diminished, and then the three left are the majors, 43 43 00:02:44,669 --> 00:02:49,420 and the first chord the head of the thumb, is of course, the major. 44 44 00:02:49,420 --> 00:02:53,130 C, and the two remaining are F and G. 45 45 00:02:53,130 --> 00:02:57,340 So it's three majors, C major, F major, G major. 46 46 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:59,920 Three minors out of the word dead, D-E-A. 47 47 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:05,232 D minor, E minor, A minor, and the diminished chord, baby of the family, 48 48 00:03:05,232 --> 00:03:11,460 last born, so there's one, two, three, four, five, six, there's B diminished. 49 49 00:03:11,460 --> 00:03:16,567 So we'll go through them all C, that's a major chord, 50 50 00:03:16,567 --> 00:03:20,477 D minor, E minor, F, another major, G, 51 51 00:03:20,477 --> 00:03:24,300 another major, A minor, B diminished. 52 52 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:28,550 You don't have to add major on after the C, F, or G. 53 53 00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:30,260 You just write it C, F, and G. 54 54 00:03:30,260 --> 00:03:35,446 So D minor, E minor, F, G, 55 55 00:03:35,446 --> 00:03:41,941 A minor, B diminished, back to C.