7th Chords Made SIMPLE | Easy Theory Made Practical On Piano

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After learning your basic 3 note triads, the next 4 note chords to learn are 7th chords. Here we'll learn the chords we create by adding a 7th on to a major or minor triad which gives us 4 possibilities - Major 7th Chords, Dominant 7th Chords, Minor 7th chords and Major 7th chords.

This is really important beginner music theory to learn!

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TIMESTAMPS/CHAPTER MARKERS

0:00 Adding 7ths onto Chords
2:44 How to Build Major 7 Chords
5:44 The Sound of Major 7 Chords
6:09 Major 7 Chords in Other Keys
8:23 How To Build Dominant 7 Chords
9:37 The Sound of Dominant 7 Chords
10:04 Dominant 7 Chords in Other Keys
11:20 How To Build Minor 7 Chords
12:55 The Sound of Minor 7 Chords
13:12 Minor 7 Chords In Other Keys
14:31 Extra Helpful Learning resources
15:02 How To Build Minor Major 7 Chords
16:25 The Sound Of Minor Major 7 Chords
16:58 Minor Major 7 Chords In Other Keys
17:22 Really Helpful Summary of All 4 7th chords

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[PianoFromScratch]

Let me know in the comments below if you have any questions & don't forget to click the like button if this video was helpful!

[bettyennin]

Thank you, thank you and thank you! Very clear explanation of the different 7th chords.

[T-marie-N]

Great explanation--makes it easy to understand and remember. Thanks!

[Raineav]

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[thewizardsofthezoo]

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[lpa]

I like ve all the detail in your explanations and on screen. Thank you! I am so glad I found your channel. I am sure you will get many more subscribers.

[muzikhed]

Very helpful and clearly explained. Cheers

[doretteroach]

You are a great teacher, keep up the good work.

[lawrencetaylor]

Merci. I learned all my chords 3 months ago with a great video, and now it's 7s.

[ekkehartmundana]

Well structured and explained lessons - easy to understand. Very much appreciated - thank you so much for all your hard work!

[MCG]

Thank you. You explain the concept well for a beginner to understand.

[kevintarrant]

Well and clearly explained. Many thanks.

[abdeljabarelgueddari]

Those dominant chords, unstable und with tension cause of the tritone(three tones) betwenn the third(major) and seventh(minor) of the chord. The devil interval who servers in tonal music to substitute dominant chords. Thanks for your efforts und well explained videos. Really good job!

[greatdwimp]

Great video! can you do one on minor scales and their relative majors. I have been practicing the major scales and I think it would help to know their relative minor as well. Keep up the great work I have been playing piano for 6 months and I really want to start progressing more.

[blessa]

Thank you so much for the lesson! May I know what about diminished chord?

[Nick-uidr]

I guess if its first white key of any key block i.e. C & F... major 7 or 7th note is just one less from octave so if I just relax my octave grip it will land on it.. like for my medium hand. Or u can think it as 5 white keys apart as 6th is 4 key apart ..5th 3 keys apart & 4th 2 keys apart.

Anyway for other white keys its just the corresponding black key from same block but in next octave ..so similar hand grip. Like C# for D ..D# for E... F# for G.. G# for A and so on.

For major 7 of black keys. sorta reverse the process... just go to corresponding white key from same block but in next octave... So C for C# ..D for D# ..F for F# etc. Again just one hand grip but in kinda reverse or upside down. 😀

For dominant 7 u sorta reverse the logic u do for major 7... Its Bb for C .. Now for D, E, F etc.. u go flat forward ignoring flats ..simply just 5 white keys apart.. or just prev white key from octave one. So u using the same 5 keys apart grip that u used for major 7 ..but sorta reversing it for types. Like B&W for corner keys like C & F and flat 5 white keys apart for rest white keys.

For 6th I use similar trend or logic like... I mean comes handy if u have to do jazzy kinda broken 7th chord i.e. like C E G A Bb ..or for finding stuffs like corresponding relative scales.

For first two key of any block like for C D & F G keys just go 4 keys apart. For other white key like for E or A & B ..just corresponding black key from next octave .. so for E its C# ..for A & B they F# & G#.. i.e. 1st and 2nd black keys. 😀 ..again just two hand grips for all. 😀

Oh yeah! ..about black key.. just as usual one less key from white keys case. So for C# or F# just skip skip 3 black keys or corner key from opposite block of next octave. And for rest just go for white keys from same block but in next octave. So for D# it C... for G# its F and for Bb or A# its G.

I mean I find it easier to visualize keys or corresponding note or interval positions on my physical keyboard this way.. it kinda sumarize things to one or two variations. I mean at first it might look confusing since lil different variation in different note or interval types patterns.

But if u try memorize patterns one interval type at a time it wont get confusing than when u try learning patterns of all intervals types in one go or sitting. So go to next interval when u can deal if one interval type.

This way u will clearly see or notice consistent progressive incremental changes among them too. As u go from 4th to 5th or 6th or 7th.

[chinthujames]

Dear friend, great one, do you have similar ones for 9 11 and 13 as well?
Thanks ❤

[skintslots]

Are there ways of shortening piano chords like their are on guitar by dropping a certain interval or two, such as power chords? I don't mean by just playing the root but if we play a major 7th could we just play root + major 7 or a minor 7 by doing the same thing by playing root and b7? Or would this sound very flat( no pun meant) and lifeless with no colour to it?

[chickensinafoodforest]

Can you do a video explaining circle of 5ths please?

[ersol]

Thank you. I know this is a more advanced question, but I am curious about splitting up the 7th chords between the 2 hands. I know in jazz the pianist often plays the 3rd and 7th, while leaving the R and 5th for the bassist to play. How do you handle this in solo piano?