Using Chords in the Natural Minor - Music Theory
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
- Many people are comfortable working in the harmonic and melodic keys when harmonising a melodic line but feel less assured doing the same in the natural minor. In this music theory lesson we explore which chords are major, which are minor, and which are diminished. We consider how the chord lineup is different from the chord lineup in the harmonic and melodic minors. We go on to observe the harmonisation of a melody in the natural minor and consider how different the music feels when we contrast harmonisations in the natural minor with harmonisations using the harmonic minor. This video will free you up to harmonise with confidence in the natural minor.
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🕘 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to using chords in the natural minor
0:14 - Natural minor scales
1:47 - Other minor scales
3:28 - Chords in the natural minor scale
4:39 - Comparing chords in natural to harmonic minor
9:15 - Simple natural minor harmony
11:24 - Playing the piece
11:42 - Comparison with a harmonic minor version
12:45 - Conclusion
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Natural minor sounds like a Celtic folk song! love it.
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Thank you very much for your great video. Clear, easy to follow explanations. Really enjoyed it. Thanks again.😊🎹
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Nice video maestro! Can you give us some info to compose in modal style? For example in phrigyan, lydian, misolydian, etc? Thank you.
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write a tune using the white notes only. seven modes to choose from - all at once!
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Your courses are priceless and have helped me gain an understanding of music theory which is beyond my level of keyboard skills and ear training. I had my weekly piano lesson and we discussed my project of transposing Burgmüller Opus 100, numbers 1, 2 and 4 into all the keys.
Today I started on number 2, which is Arabesque and in A natural minor. For now it is quite difficult to do any transposition, but I just need to spend the time. My goal is to surprise my teacher next week. I know you did a video on transposition, and of course you impressed me immensely. I should watch that video again.
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Appreciate the topic! I liked the similarities and differences between the natural minor and harmonic minor chords
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Love watching, you have helped me so much with my playing and grade pieces.🎶🎶
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I like the E major chord in the A minor cadence, because it is a good way to finish a piece with E major- E7 and then A minor.
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Some songs mix the scales, using natural minor, only using harmonic minor over the dominant V chord. That way getting a more satisfying resolution, but without the other weird chords 😀
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That was very helpful, thanks! Your example was very pretty and definitely points up the differences between the natural and harmonic minor.
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You are an excellent teacher. Thank you.
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Verful Helpful
Thank you
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Thank you for another excellent video. Question if I may....in the last bar would the G natural in the alto want to rise to the A also in the alto and not the soprano? (voice leading). Cheers - Mark
Thanks. It could do but it doesn’t need to, especially because it’s not a raised leading note.
As the natural minor is the aeolian mode of the scale, it is natural ( terrible pun) or to be expected that the harmonised tune will sound modal - because it is!
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That’s so helpful. I usually just use the same cords I would use in the parallel major I just start with chord 6.
Glad it’s helpful
Great video. I've always been partial to D minor in all three flavors (natural, harmonic, and melodic). You ask several times (beginning at 12:48 in the video) "could I Handel using the natural minor scale...". I suppose I could Handel it, but I prefer to Bach it instead.
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Thanks for that example. The lack of a leading note would seem to be a problem, but using the seventh in the closing cadence compensates nicely.
Only because our ears have learned to expect that leading semitone you can actually get used to having a resolution perfectly happily without it. Lots of folk music for instance is playing in the natural minor or the Dorian mode
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@@Philrc I was thinking more for modulations, but thinking about it, though I have not tried it out, the leading note might be used to modulate from A natural minor to C minor or F minor (natural after the modulation).
@@martinbennett2228 yeah sorry I can't follow what you're talking about
@@Philrc A natural minor contains the notes for a 7th chord on G, which can resolve into C minor after which the B natural flattens for continuing in C (natural) minor. Moving into F minor is more speculative, but perhaps via a third inversion of a C chord to a second inversion of the F minor chord.
nice indeed
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So useful 😊😊😊. Does the creative song writing course include non chord tones as well ?
Yes it does.
Hi Gareth, what is it about the minor scale?! In Irish traditional ,the dorian minor is often used. So you will find tunes written, apparently in A minor, but set in the key signature for G major! Another interesting video, Slán, Austin. 14:53
There are certainly more options in the various minor scales and modes.
Interesting! Thanks. Can one use the melodic minor scale as a base for the chord construction also? :)
Yes if that’s the context that works best in any given situation.
Music theory... I do find it interesting and I enjoy how it can illustrate whats going on - but It's no more than descriptions and semantics, right?
For example, I was just thinking about these various minor scale harmonisations you've described... And I came to thinking about Noel Gallagher, who must've written a hundred songs in A minor, and which incorporate D major and minor chords, E major and minor, F major, G major... maybe even a B flat! All that melodic and harmonic minor harmonisation, perhaps some phrygian modal harmony too. However, I can't help but feel that he would'nt be the slightest bit aware or interested in these descriptions, and they wouldn't have been his inspiration - and neither would they have been for Lennon or McCartney before him.
I suppose the only thing that matters is that poeple get out there and make music. Whether they unwittingly employ the locrian mode in the bridge of their pop song, or whether they don't feel something is worthy of composing unless it was made with constant reference to a theory handbook, as long as the music is made is all that matters.
just some thoughts.
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If it sounds good, go for it!