Description
In this lesson, let's play through all 12 major chords down in the open position.
Instead of just going through the chords chromatically, E, F, F#, G, G# etc., we will use one of the most common chord moves of all time - the V to I chord move.
This both sounds a lot more musical, and it will be of much higher value for you, compared to just running through the chords chromatically.
If you've ever seen an illustration of the circle of fifths, going through the chords like this is the equivalent of going through each chord in the circle of fifths counter-clockwise.
So we will start on any chord, and the chord that follows has to be the chord that the previous chord is the V chord of. This is the same as going up a fourth from the starting chord.
If we start on E major for example, the next chord will be A major, since E major is the V of A.
Here is how all the chords are related:
E, V of
A, V of
D, V of
G, V of
C, V of
F, V of
Bb, V of
Eb, V of
Ab, V of
Db, V of
Gb, V of
Cb, V of
Fb which is the enharmonic equivalent of E.
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