00:00Hi, I'm Stuart Ryan. In this video I'm going to explain the three primary seventh chords,
00:05what they are and how you can use them. Perhaps the best way to think of these chords is as more
00:09colorful versions of simple major and minor chords. To build seventh chords you take the notes of a
00:15triad, the root third and fifth, and then add a major or minor seventh onto the triad. Part of the
00:20character of seventh chords comes from where you place the seventh in the chord itself. Let's start
00:25off with three common C major seven shapes.
00:55Next, here are three minor seven chord shapes.
01:25And now here are three dominant seventh chord shapes again played in C.
01:37C.
02:07play the C major scale harmonized as 7th chords now, so you're going to hear major, minor, dominant
02:13and minor 7b5 chords here. Knowing how to play a scale of 7th chords is the gateway to playing
02:19more colourful chord progressions.
02:49Let's turn it into music, here's a 1-4-5 chord progression in C using 7th chords, so that's
03:11going to be C major 7, F major 7 and G dominant 7. I'm going to play a soul inspired rhythm
03:17to bring the part to life.
03:24I'm going to play a song.
03:31I'm going to play a song.
03:38I'm going to play a song.
03:40Dominant 7th chords are really at home in styles like blues and funk. So here's a 1-4-5 blues rhythm
03:47part in C. I'm going to play a song.
03:49So that's going to be C, F and G with each chord played as a dominant 7th.
03:56Dominant 7th chords are really at home in styles like blues and funk. So here's a 1-4-5 blues
04:09rhythm part in C. So that's going to be C, F and G with each chord played as a dominant 7th.
04:15You're completely different.
04:18Thanks for playing.
04:22You're completely different from C. So that's going to play again for you.
04:26I'm playing with a chant for you.
04:30So I'll be making a song for you, Peter.
05:14Next we'll explore the sound of minor 7th chords with a 70s disco style rhythm part. This is another 1 4 5 in C, but it's all minor, so we'll play C minor 7 to F minor 7 and then G minor 7.
05:44This is another 1 5 in C.
06:14You'll hear 7th chords in all styles of music, but especially in soul.
06:38I'm going to play a 70s soul inspired track now, using chords drawn from the C major scale we studied to begin with.
06:44When you've learned my part, try creating your own rhythm part with my backing track and the chords we studied.
07:08I'm going to play the 70s.
07:12I'm going to play the 70s and the 50s which I'm going to play with you as a 10000 student.
07:16And now we're going to play a 50s.
07:17First we're going to play depending on your way in the car, which I've been wearing.
07:20It's a 70s.
07:22The 70s have been described as something that you've only 10 years ago.
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