This lesson assumes you’ve got a guitar that’s in tune, you know your note names, recall your related scales, have a handle on your bar chords and diminished chord, and understand your related chords in major keys.
As we’ve learned, major scales and minor scales are related to one another. In the same way, major keys and minor keys and minor keys are related.
Take a look at the chart below. Notice how both A minor and C major share all the same chords. What has changed is the “root” note or where we consider home. Similarly, with E minor and G major.
So the chords in minor keys follow this pattern:
i - Minor
ii• - Diminished
III - Major
iv - Minor
v - Minor
VI - Major
VII - Major
Let’s take that example in A minor. Play through each note of your A minor scale along with its associated chord.
Now, using open and bar chords, play through the chords in each key:
Happy practice!
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