Do minor chords sound sad? This is actually a decent definition, but here, we delve a bit deeper into what makes a chord minor.
View the full lesson at What Are Minor Chords | JustinGuitar
To me, minor chords sound more evil than sad.
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In the video, Justin says that “it’s not always the case that one note will move on a guitar to change a major chord to a minor chord.” Is this covered in a more advanced level? What would be an example?
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I guess any chord that has more than one third note. In that case you need to flatten all of the thirds.
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Suppose you have a D major chord in the open position, but you played F# on the fourth string instead of the open D. Is it still a D chord? Then you’d have to flatten both F#'s to F’s to get Dm?
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It would be a D/F# and yes you would have to flatten both F#s to be a minor chord. The definition of a minor chord is it has a minor (flat) third. Also Major and minor chords only contain 3 notes the Root, third and fifth.
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this seems so complicated…
What exactly don’t you understand. It would make it easier to help you if you narrow this down.
Hi Nick, as you see, Justin jumps into some music theory here. If you’re interested in theory, you can check Justin’s theory course. I think the first few lessons are free. But really, at Grade 1, I think he’s just trying to expose students to some theory ideas in the context of playing guitar. (Some students come here with some theory background already, often from other instruments.) Don’t worry if you don’t get it now, this isn’t the last time you’ll be exposed to these concepts. That said, as @stitch offered, please do ask any specific questions you might have!
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