Chord Scale Relationships: What's the Best Scale to Play With Each Chord?

What's the best scale to use with each chord, and how do chords and scales correlate to each other? It's actually easier than you think! In this tutorial, we talk about the fundamentals— this is basically a chord-scale correlation dictionary that you can refer back to in the future if you ever run into a tricky spot. As you add extensions to your voicings, you can adjust the scale you use- we'll talk about why.

[juanflorez]

2:37 Cmaj7 & Cmaj9 - C major Scale/C Lydian
Cmaj#11 - C Lydian (C major w/ #4)

4:03 C Augmented(#5) & Cmaj9#5 - Lydian Augmented (Lydian w/ #5)

4:37 Cmin7 - Dorian (Major scale w/ b3, b7)

5:05 Cmin maj7 - Melodic Minor Scale (b3)

6:08 Cmin 6 & Cmin 6/9 - Melodic Minor (Also Dorian for a b7 and 6 tension)

7:27 C7 (dominant) - Mixolydian (Major Scale w/ b7)
C9 (#11) - Lydian Dominant Scale (Major Scale w/ #4 & b7)

8:52 C7 Altered (#9, #5) - C Altered Scale (Melodic minor 1/2 step above the key ex. C Major -> C# Melodic Minor starting at C) & Half-Whole Diminished Scale

12:00 Cdim - Whole-Half Diminished Scale

12:46 C Half Diminished (Cmin7b5) - Locrian Scale (Major scale Half-step above ex. C Locrian -> C# Major Scale starting at C)

13:26 C Half Dimished 9 (Cmin9b5) - Locrian #2 Scale (Major w/ b3, #4, #5, b7, but natural 2, also known as a Locrian with a #2)

Other examples:

14:30 F 13sus (F13, replacing Ab or minor 3rd with the 4) - F Mixolydian

[LonzCantiLife]

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[dms_video]

Man i love those lessons. Straight on point without unnecessary talking. Thanks for doing this man! I am a drummer by the way, this is how good your channel is.

[yahyamhirsi]

9:19 another way for me to remember the altered scale is that it's simply the major scale with all notes flattened except the tonic.
=> C Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb C
and I guess that's probably why it's called the "altered" scale

[genekelly]

Noah hits it out of the park again. Such clarity on such an already complex topic.

[mharbaugh]

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J/K, awesome video!!

[j.s.m.]

It's funny how sometimes the most obvious thing is so underexplored. Great video!

[shinaekimsrelaxingmusic]

I think this is the best piano tutorial channel so far.
The explanation is very easy to understand and it helps a lot when writing jazz songs.
Really thankful

[Spltheart]

As a trombonist and percussionist all of this is new and very much needed!!!

[adamcorlito]

I’m currently in a harmony class in berklee and we’re starting to get into this stuff, this video is great!!

[handymaneveryman]

Thanks so much! Such a concise and clear explanation.

[lordflatworm]

This blew my mind. I didn’t realize there were variations on the scales and modes that correspond with the chord types. Thanks so much for making this!

[AsgerRosendalThorn]

Thank god for this! Been looking for this for about 20 years.

[masterbuilder]

I’m a studying guitarist and this lesson is perfect for my playing ( priceless actually) Thank you Noah for the wellspring of knowledge 💯👍🎸

[mutlumutlu]

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[lucasmmllo]

mixolian #4 is a scale from one style of brasilian music, baião

[tezzo]

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[gaeldilamh]

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Thank u

[Maibrapiano]

I just started posting all my classical pieces I've learned and improvised from, and now i want to play jazz. 😂

[alexthompson]

Can't begin to describe how useful this is going to be for me. Thank you for posting this, I'll be back every 5mins to double check what I can use over what!!