How chords and scales work together?

Scales and chords are interrelated. There are two sides of the same coin. A scale is a horizontal representation of a particular collection of notes and is built up in 2nds; A chord is a vertical representation of that same collection of notes and is built in 3rds.

How chords and scales are used in the blues?

The Blues Progression and the Blues Scale – Introduction The simple blues progression consists of three dominant 7th chords, I 7, IV 7 and V 7. The measure layout is as follows: I 7 (4 bars), IV 7 (2 bars), I 7 (2 bars), V 7 (1 bar), IV 7 (1 bar) and I 7 (2 bars).

What chords make up the blues?

The blues can be played in any key. In whatever key you are in, 12-bar blues uses the same basic sequence of I, IV, and V chords. It is most easily thought of as three 4-bar sections – the first 4, the middle 4, and the last 4 bars.

How does the blues scale work?

A blues scale is a six note scale based on the major or minor pentatonic with added chromatic “blue” notes. Major and minor scales have concrete, well-defined characters, but blues scales create entirely new characters by melding both major and minor sounds together into memorable scales.

What is the chord-scale system and how does it work?

The Chord-Scale System looks at individual chords in isolation and allocates scales to each individual chord. We do NOT need to know what key a particular chord is in, in order to choose a scale to play over that chord. In the above example, it doesn’t matter what key the CMaj7 chord is in, we can use both scales to improvise over it.

What scales should I use to learn power chords?

Our Volume 1 course has lessons to teach you both Power Chords and the Minor Pentatonic Scale. If a chord is made up of three or more notes (such as a major or minor chord): Full major and minor scales will work better because they are made up of seven notes and have more notes in common with the chord.

How many scales should you play on a guitar?

The one scale will work great for the whole song. When playing over more complex styles of music, such as jazz, one guitar scale won’t work for the entire song. You need to change scales as the chords change. The most popular type of chord in Rock music is by far the Power Chord.

What chords make up the C major scale?

We know that the C major chord consists of the notes C, E and G. To get a C major scale we just add D, F, A and B. The thing is, all chords built from the notes C, D, E, F, G, A and B will sound fine when put together in chord progressions. C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am and Bdim consists all of notes from the C major scale.