Chords of the Harmonic Minor Scale

This lesson is about the chords of the harmonic minor scale and how to practice/learn them.

Weekly Lesson #65

Correction: The Xs shown in the diagrams of the 7th chords shouldn't be there. That's a mistake.

Lesson Content Outline with Timestamp Links:
0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Review of where chords come from
1:18 - Harmonic minor compared to natural minor
1:38 - Harmonic minor scale along 5th string
1:54 - Triad chords of the harmonic minor scale
7:14 - 7th chords of the harmonic minor scale
9:17 - Outro Statement

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Lesson Description:
Have you ever encountered this chord?: EbMaj7(#5). If you have then you’ve encountered one of the harmonic minor scale chords. If you haven't then you might be interested in knowing how crazy chords like that can even exist in the first place. In short, weirder chords come from weirder scales, which in my opinion includes the harmonic minor scale. In this week's lesson we explore the chords of the harmonic minor scale, and specifically the harmonic minor scale guitar chord shapes that I recommend learning as an introduction to harmonic minor chords.

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This lesson on the chords of the harmonic minor scale definitely gets into some potentially confusing theory concepts, but that’s fun right?? :) Regardless, the harmonic minor scale chords presented with the chord shape diagrams that I provide should be simple to play with on your own, even if some of the theory is confusing. I hope you enjoy hearing the weirdness of that augmented chord from these harmonic minor chords (it’s one of my faves) as well as discovering that harmonic minor is one of the sources of the diminished 7 chord.

I hope you enjoyed this lesson and found it beneficial. Let me know what you thought. Thanks! :)
- Jared
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[jackrorystaunton]

In natural minor I tend to visualize everything on the fretboard in terms of the relative major. In that scheme, where the tonic is written as the vi and the bIII Is written as the I, the harmonic minor seventh chords look like this:

IM7#5
iim7
III7
IVM7
V°7
vimM7
viim7b5

[StratsRUs]

Fantastic.Taking the time to address those awkward macro versus micro local numbering, really highlights your dedication.Thank you

[ChowdMusic]

I'm running out of good things to say. Thanks for producing this incredible content! So nice to have this 'missing' piece explained. I have often wondered whether a major 7 existed in a minor context, I didn't realize that Harmonic Minor was the answer.

[noraholiday]

Great lesson ! This is the best lesson I’ve seen so far about minor scale

[pyschointellectual]

Amazing tutorials, learnt more about guitar harmony in the last couple of days than I have in the last 10 years. Thanks for sharing.

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[jackrorystaunton]

this info is hard to find on YT. years ago i sat down with pen and paper to construct the chords from the scale myself because I couldn't find it anywhere (especially the 7th chords). good content, thanks!

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[rogeryoung]

great explanation of these ideas of the Harmonic Minor scale

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Thank you!