The ONLY chords you NEED to know

Summary

Ce script de vidéo révèle les fondamentaux de la composition musicale à la guitare. Il explique que, contrairement à la croyance populaire, il n'est pas nécessaire de connaître un grand nombre de cordes pour écrire de la musique. Au lieu de cela, se concentrer sur une petite sélection de cordes majeures, mineures et diminuées, qui se répandent dans toutes les clés, permet de créer une variété presque infinie de progressions de cordes. Le script propose une approche structurée basée sur le cercle des quintes, montrant comment les cordes se rapportent les unes aux autres et comment les utiliser pour écrire des mélodies attrayantes et cohérentes.

Takeaways

• 🎼 Les musiciens débutants ou expérimentés peuvent apprendre à écrire des chansons avec une compréhension approfondie des accords de base.
• 🎸 L'adage 'Trois accords et la vérité', attribué à Harlan Howard, suggère que de nombreux morceaux peuvent être créés avec seulement les accords I, IV et V d'une tonalité.
• 📚 Les accords I, IV et V sont appelés ainsi en raison de leur position sur l'échelle, et varient selon la clé musicale considérée.
• 🔍 Il y a plus de trois accords à apprendre pour éviter la limitation dans la composition, bien que de nombreux morceaux célèbres reposent sur ces trois accords.
• 🎹 Les accords sont construits à partir d'une échelle en combinant des notes à intervalles réguliers, formant une série d'accords pour chaque tonalité.
• 📉 Il est possible de réduire considérablement le nombre d'accords à apprendre en éliminant les redondances entre les clés musicales.
• 🔄 Une fois les accords redondants éliminés, on se retrouve avec 36 accords fondamentaux : 12 majeurs, 12 mineurs et 12 diminués.
• 🌐 L'organisation des accords dans un cercle des quintes met en évidence les relations entre les accords adjacents et facilite la composition de progressions d'accords.
• 🎵 Les accords mineurs et les accords diminués peuvent être ajoutés au cercle des quintes pour élargir la palette harmonique disponible pour la composition.
• 🛠️ Apprendre à jouer ces accords et à comprendre leurs relations est plus important que de simplement apprendre des positions de doigts sur la guitare.
• 📈 Le diagramme du cercle des quintes offre une vision globale des accords, montrant non seulement comment jouer chaque accord, mais aussi comment ils s'associent logiquement pour créer des progressions.

Q & A

Pourquoi est-il important de connaître les accords de base pour écrire des chansons sur la guitare ?

Connaître les accords de base permet de créer des progressions d'accords significatives qui sonnent bien, en se basant sur la théorie musicale derrière ces accords.

Quel est le sens de l'expression 'Tous ce dont vous avez besoin, ce sont trois accords et la vérité' ?

Cette expression signifie que les paroles doivent être honnêtes et raconter une histoire reconnue, et que les trois accords fondamentaux (1, 4, 5) dans une clé donnée peuvent servir de base à de nombreuses chansons.

Combien d'accords forme le jeu de base pour jouer des chansons sur la guitare selon le script ?

Le jeu de base comprend 36 accords : 12 accords majeurs, 12 accords mineurs et 12 accords diminués.

Quels sont les accords génériques (1, 4, 5) dans la clé de C ?

Les accords génériques (1, 4, 5) dans la clé de C sont les accords C majeur, F majeur et G majeur.

Comment les accords sont-ils construits à partir de l'échelle de C ?

Pour construire des accords à partir de l'échelle de C, on combine chaque note alternative en groupes de trois, en commençant sur chaque degré d'échelle ou intervalle.

Pourquoi les accords répétés sont-ils inutiles pour apprendre à jouer de la guitare ?

Les accords répétés sont inutiles car ils représentent les mêmes harmonies dans plusieurs clés, ce qui rend la mémorisation superflue et peut être confus pour le joueur débutant.

Quelle est la meilleure façon d'organiser les accords pour faciliter la composition de progressions d'accords ?

Organiser les accords dans un cercle des quintes, où les accords adjacents montrent des relations proches, aide à comprendre les progressions d'accords et à écrire de la musique plus facilement.

Comment le cercle des quintes aide-t-il à écrire des chansons plus variées ?

Le cercle des quintes permet d'inclure les accords mineurs et diminués en plus des accords majeurs, offrant ainsi une palette plus large d'harmonies pour la composition.

Quels sont les avantages de se concentrer sur les accords de base au lieu de tous les accords possibles ?

Se concentrer sur les accords de base rend la tâche plus gérable, révèle les motifs importants entre les accords et facilite la compréhension des progressions d'accords, plutôt que de se perdre dans la mémorisation de positions de doigts.

Pourquoi l'auteur du script recommande-t-il d'apprendre les accords en contexte plutôt que de les mémoriser en isolation ?

Apprendre les accords en contexte permet de comprendre les raisons pour lesquelles certaines combinaisons d'accords sonnent bien ensemble, ce qui est essentiel pour la composition musicale.

Outlines

00:00

🎼 Les bases de la composition musicale avec des accords de guitare

Le premier paragraphe expose les fondamentaux de la composition musicale sur la guitare. Il est question de la nécessité de connaître un nombre limité d'accords pour devenir un bon auteur-compositeur. L'auteur explique que les accords I, IV et V dans une clé donnée sont souvent suffisants pour créer des mélodies attrayantes, mais il est également important d'aller au-delà de ces accords de base pour éviter une sensation de limitation. L'accent est mis sur la théorie musicale derrière ces accords, montrant comment les assembler en progressions d'accords significatives et agréables. L'auteur illustre également comment ces accords sont génériques et s'appliquent à toutes les clés, en utilisant l'exemple des accords dans la clé de C et la manière dont ils sont construits par rapport à l'échelle.

05:01

📚 Réduction de la liste d'accords à apprendre grâce à l'élimination des redondances

Le deuxième paragraphe se concentre sur la réduction du nombre d'accords à apprendre en éliminant les redondances. L'auteur explique que, bien que 84 accords puissent être calculés en multipliant les 7 accords de base par les 12 clés, de nombreux accords se répètent dans différentes clés. En supprimant ces redondances, le nombre d'accords à mémoriser est réduit à 36, ce qui est beaucoup plus gérable. L'auteur partage son expérience personnelle d'apprentissage des accords et souligne l'importance de ne pas se concentrer uniquement sur les positions des doigts, mais de comprendre les relations entre les accords et comment ils peuvent être utilisés pour créer des progressions d'accords.

10:03

🔄 Utilisation du cercle des quintes pour organiser et comprendre les accords

Le troisième paragraphe décrit comment le cercle des quintes peut être utilisé pour organiser et comprendre les relations entre les accords. L'auteur montre comment les accords majeurs, mineurs et diminués peuvent être disposés de manière à mettre en évidence les relations entre les accords adjacents. Cette organisation permet de créer des progressions d'accords plus riches et variées, en utilisant non seulement les accords de base I, IV et V, mais aussi les accords mineurs et les accords diminués. L'auteur insiste sur l'importance de cette compréhension pour la composition musicale et la création de son propre matériel musical, plutôt que de se limiter à l'apprentissage des positions d'accords.

Keywords

💡Accords

Les accords sont des groupes de notes qui résonnent ensemble harmonieusement. Dans le contexte de la vidéo, ils sont essentiels pour la composition musicale et la guitare. L'auteur explique qu'il existe un ensemble limité d'accords à apprendre pour écrire de la musique, en se concentrant sur les accords de base qui forment la structure de nombreuses chansons.

💡Théorie musicale

La théorie musicale est l'étude des structures et des relations entre les sons dans la musique. Elle est cruciale pour comprendre comment les accords s'assemblent et créent des progressions harmoniques attrayantes. La vidéo utilise la théorie musicale pour montrer comment les accords sont construits à partir des échelles et comment ils se lient entre eux.

💡Guitare

La guitare est l'instrument central de la vidéo, utilisée pour illustrer la manière d'apprendre et de jouer des accords. L'auteur discute des accords de guitare et de leur importance pour la composition de chansons, en montrant comment les accords s'appuient mutuellement pour créer de la musique engageante.

💡Progression d'accords

Une progression d'accords est une séquence d'accords joués dans un ordre spécifique, créant ainsi une structure harmonique pour une chanson. La vidéo explique comment utiliser les accords de base et les théories musicales pour créer des progressions d'accords attrayantes et variées.

💡Cercle des quintes

Le cercle des quintes est un outil visuel qui représente les relations entre les tonalités et les accords. Dans la vidéo, il est utilisé pour organiser les accords majeurs, mineurs et diminués, montrant comment les accords sont liés et comment ils peuvent être utilisés pour écrire des progressions d'accords.

💡Accords de base

Les accords de base sont les accords les plus couramment utilisés et formant la base de nombreuses chansons. L'auteur mentionne que les accords de base sont essentiels à apprendre pour la composition musicale, car de nombreux morceaux sont basés sur ces accords.

💡Accords majeurs

Les accords majeurs sont un type d'accord qui a une sonorité positive et est souvent utilisé dans la musique. Dans la vidéo, l'auteur explique que les accords majeurs sont une partie importante des 36 accords fondamentaux à apprendre pour la guitare et la composition.

💡Accords mineurs

Les accords mineurs ont une sonorité plus sombre et émotionnelle par rapport aux accords majeurs. La vidéo montre comment les accords mineurs s'intègrent dans la structure musicale et sont utilisés pour ajouter de la variété aux progressions d'accords.

💡Accords diminués

Les accords diminués sont caractérisés par une sonorité instable et sont moins courants que les accords majeurs et mineurs. L'auteur mentionne les accords diminués comme faisant partie des 36 accords essentiels, offrant une palette complète de sons pour la composition.

💡Simplicité

La simplicité est un thème récurrent dans la vidéo, soulignant que l'apprentissage de quelques accords de base peut permettre de créer de la musique engageante sans avoir à maîtriser un grand nombre d'accords. L'auteur insiste sur l'importance de se concentrer sur les éléments fondamentaux plutôt que de s'engager dans une étude excessivement détaillée.

Highlights

To become a proficient songwriter on the guitar, mastering a few chords is essential.

The video explains the specific chords needed and their relationship to music theory for creating meaningful chord progressions.

Harlan Howard's quote 'all you need is three chords and the truth' simplifies the foundation of songwriting in country music and beyond.

The 'one, four, five' chords in any key form the basis of many songs, including those in the 12 Bar Blues and rock and roll.

Understanding the generic labels of chords one, four, and five across all 12 keys is crucial for songwriting.

Chords are built from the underlying scale of a key, with specific intervals forming major, minor, and diminished chords.

There are 7 chords in the key of C, each labeled with a Roman numeral corresponding to its scale degree.

All 12 keys follow the same pattern, forming the same chords but with different specific notes.

While there are 84 possible chords in 12 keys, many are redundant, and the actual number needed is significantly less.

By eliminating redundant chords, the total is reduced to 36 essential chords, including 12 major, 12 minor, and 12 diminished.

The circle of fifths arrangement visually represents the relationships between chords, aiding in composing chord progressions.

The 12 major chords can be arranged in a circle of fifths to show their close relationships and facilitate songwriting.

Adding minor chords to the circle of fifths expands the harmonic palette for songwriting.

The circle of fifths with major, minor, and diminished chords provides a comprehensive guide for songwriting.

Learning the core set of 36 chords is more manageable and allows for the discovery of important patterns and relationships.

The video emphasizes the importance of understanding chord relationships over mere memorization of finger positions.

The provided diagram in the video combines the mechanics of playing chords with the theory of progressions for immediate songwriting application.

Additional chord shapes and positions across the fretboard are explored in other videos for more advanced songwriting.

Transcripts

if you want to become a really good

songwriter on the guitar the truth is

there are only a few chords that you

have to know and in this video I'm going

to show you exactly how many chords

which chords specifically and how they

all relate the music theory behind them

so you know how to string them into

meaningful chord progressions that sound

great now whether you're a beginner

you're new to the guitar or you've been

playing for a long time by the end of

this you will know way more than most

people care to admit and you'll be able

to just jump to the fun part of actually

making your own music so when it comes

to songwriting you may have heard the

old saying all you need is three chords

and the truth which is a quote by the

songwriter Harlan Howard in the 1950s to

describe country music though really you

could say that this applies to most

styles of music by truth he meant lyrics

that are honest and tell a real and

relatable story and when he said three

chords he was referring to the one four

five chords in any given key since these

harmonies are so satisfying and

fundamental that entire songs are often

composed from the one four and five

chords alone now you really should know

more than three chords otherwise you

start to feel limited pretty fast so

that's not really the number of chords

that you should know but it is true that

tons of songs at least hundreds of great

Tunes are based on chords one four and

five alone like every song of the 12 Bar

Blues For example which was the

foundation of rock and roll in the 1950s

they all basically include just these

three chords whether it's Hound Dog by

Elvis or Rock Around the Clock by Bill

Haley and all of the other Classics that

were written with just these three

chords like I say we're about to expand

Beyond just these basic chords but let's

take a little closer look at them

because they actually help us figure out

the full set of chords that you really

need to know and that's because chords

one four and five are generic labels

that apply to various chords in all 12

keys in other words these Roman numerals

describe three chords in the key of C

specifically chords C major

F major and G major and in the key of D

flat these same labels apply to a group

of three totally different chords d-flat

Major G flat major and a flat major and

in the key of D chords one four and five

are D Major G major and a major and so

on in each separate key the specific

chords are different but they share the

same general labels the same Roman

numerals because of how chords are built

from the underlying scale of a key for

example in the key of C the c major

scale

is formed by playing intervals one two

three four five six seven eight which I

explain in detail in another video but

the basic idea is that to build chords

from this pattern all you have to do is

combine every other note in groups of

three starting on each scale degree or

interval to get these seven chords in

the key of C as our example C Major D

Minor E minor F major G major a minor

and B

where each chord is labeled with a Roman

numeral that corresponds with the scale

degree of its root note in the key of C

C major Roman numeral one starts on

scale degree 1 D Minor Roman numeral two

begins on scale degree two and so on

down the line where the capitalized

numerals one four and five are major

chords the lowercase numerals 2 3 and 6

are minor chords and this little O

symbol here means the seven chord is

diminished so in total there are seven

chords in this one key in the key of C

and since all 12 Keys follow the same

pattern the same chords are formed in

each one where these tables show the

structure of chords in each key but

looking at them another way as guitar

chord diagrams you can see that in total

it's a lot in fact when you count them

all up seven chords times 12 keys they

add up to 84 chords which is a lot to

memorize and learn though I'm not saying

that's how many chords you need to know

that's not the number either it's not as

many as 84 and it's not as little as

three it is somewhere in between and

it's a lot less than 84 as it turns out

because really most of these chord

diagrams are redundant the same chords

show up in multiple keys so let's weed

out the repeats starting with the key of

C we have C Major D Minor E minor F

major G major a minor and B diminished

so we'll keep all of these since none of

them are repeats yet then in the key of

G we have G major which is already in

the key of C so let's get rid of that

then a minor also another repeat from

the key of C so we'll strike that one

too then B minor which is new since the

key of C includes a b diminished chord

not a B minor chord so this one's a

keeper and the next chord in the key of

G is C major already included in the key

of C so delete then D major which is new

here so keep E minor a repeat so delete

and F sharp diminished new so we keep it

and going through the chords in every

key in the same way you can see that

actually there's a lot of repeated

chords where the same harmonies appear

in multiple keys so once we remove them

weeding out all of the Redundant chord

diagrams we're left with way less than

half of the original 84. so what first

looked like a daunting list of chords to

memorize is now reduced to only a

fraction to a total of just 36 basically

12 major chords one major chord for each

key 12 minor chords and 12 diminished

chords together these 36 chords are what

make up the full set of harmonies in

every key it's just that this basic set

of chords is repeated and rearranged

into different patterns in various keys

but when you get down to it and

eliminate the repeats we're left with

only 36 chords which is much more

manageable but even then we can condense

this all even further which I'll show

you in a second though I have to say

that if I had known this when I first

started back in the day when I got into

guitar it would have saved me a bunch of

time and heartache because I wanted to

know all of the options available so I

got a guitar chord dictionary like this

and went through the grind of trying to

memorize every finger position for

hundreds of chords up and down the

fretboard it was painful frankly but I

felt lucky at the time thinking that

this was a fairly concise summary of

what I had to learn and it was nice that

I didn't have to ride a bus across town

like the Beatles did according to Legend

to learn how to play a B7 chord from

some guy they'd heard of who knew this

exotic chord they had to travel far and

wide to collect chords but with a book

like this I didn't have to go on a

scavenger hunt since everything had been

collected and perfectly organized or so

I thought but it wasn't true the idea

that it was a perfect collection for a

couple of reasons first because most of

these chords are redundant as you've

already seen it's just the same

harmonies repeated to fill up a lot of

pages and look more impressive to then

raise the price I paid for this

dictionary while just giving me busy

work to practice on the guitar in

seconds even more importantly because

all of the chords shown here are out of

context in other words all of these

diagrams show you how to play the

various chords Monkey C Monkey Do style

but they don't illustrate why certain

chords sound good together or show how

to play various chords in sequence to

write good chord progressions which is

what matters in songwriting and what

brings us back to the short list of

chords we'd whittled down a minute ago

the 12 major chords 12 minor chords and

12 diminished chords together these are

the 36 harmonies that make up every key

in reality all of the extra chords found

in books and chord dictionaries are just

variations and extensions of this core

set of chords so to begin their

extraneous and distracting but once you

narrow things down to the smaller group

it's more manageable it's not so

overwhelming and you can start to see

important patterns that show how they're

all related to each other which you can

then use you can use these relationships

and patterns to compose chord

progressions so what are these patterns

that I'm talking about well instead of

listing each type of chord laid out in a

row like this all the major minor and

diminished chords instead let's start

with the major chords and place them in

a loop like this in a circle of fifths

Arrangement where the name of each

Harmony C Major G Major D major Etc

forms a visible color wheel that

highlights the closer relationships

between all neighboring chords in this

ring and what's really helpful is that

if you take any three chords that are

adjacent like C major F major and G

major for example they are the one four

and five chords together with one being

the middle chord in this group these are

the three essential chords that Harlan

Howard was talking about when he said

that all you need are three chords and

the truth in the key of C with C being

the middle chord of this group C major F

major and G major Are chords one four

and five respectively so if you just

move back and forth between these chords

alone you can make some good music

[Music]

all the time

well you ain't never gonna rabbit and

you ain't no friend of mine and since

these same relationships are consistent

everywhere in the circle of fifths you

can focus on any three chords that are

neighbors in the same 145 pattern is

there in the key of G G major is one C

major is four and D major is five and

even way over here A flat major is one d

flat major is four and E flat major is

five this pattern these relationships

are consistent all around the circle so

now all of these major chords are

arranged in a way that give you context

so it's not just about memorizing the

finger positions in each diagram but now

the positions of these chord charts in

relation to each other already guide you

in the process of playing chord

progressions which is a good start but

again after a while the 12 Bar Blues and

simple 145 progressions can start to

sound boring no matter how many keys you

play them in so to expand the options

even more we can add in all of the minor

chords wrapping them in a loop around

the inner ring of major chords and

aligning each minor chord with its

relative major so a minor is above C

major E minor is above G major and so on

all the way around the circle of fifths

and by arranging the chords in this way

you can Branch out from using only the

one four five of Any Given key to

include the minor harmonies of minor two

minor three and minor six as well for

example in the key of C C major is the

major one chord D Minor is the minor two

E minor is the minor three F major is

the major four and G major is the major

five and a minor sees relative minor is

the minor six chord in the key of C so

now we have a larger palette of chords

to play in a given key and since all of

the chords in a key are formed from the

same underlying Source scale they sound

compatible

foreign meaning you can play chord

progressions that move within a group of

neighbors like this and it will sound

good like in the classic Pachelbel

progression which has more harmonic

depth and variety than the old 12 Bar

Blues

and again because all 12 keys are

symmetrical following the same patterns

this arrangement of the major one four

and five chords in relation to the

relative minor chords is consistent in

every key no matter what key you're in

so now we have 24 chords to work with 12

major and 12 minor and really that's all

you need that's the answer the core

number of chords to learn to write an

almost endless variety of songs but to

round things out you can also add in

that last set of 12 diminished chords to

the circle of fifths which gives you an

even bigger pool of options to choose

from just aligning each diminished chord

with its respective major chord in each

key so B diminished is in this outer

ring above of C major and F sharp

diminished is above G major Etc all

around the circle of fifths and with

this Arrangement you can now play all of

the chords in a given key anywhere in

the circle so now you have all of the

essential chords on the guitar arranged

in a way that lends itself to writing

chord progressions there are of course

many other chords augmented chords

seventh chords extended chords and all

of that which I talk about in other

videos but when you get right down to it

these are the most fundamental chords

and in this diagram again you're not

limiting yourself to merely memorizing

finger positions which are important

knowing how to play each chord is

essential but this illustration goes

beyond that because the positioning of

each chord also shows you which chords

naturally go together in pleasing ways

which ultimately is even more important

than just knowing how to play the chords

and if you watch my video on modes in

the circle of fifths which explains

where borrowed chords come from you can

expand your songwriting even further so

definitely check that out but the point

here is that this one diagram packs a

one-two punch showing you exactly how to

play each of these chords on the guitar

fretboard the mechanics of playing while

at the same time also illustrating why

the various chords sound good together

the logic or theory of progressions due

to their relationships within each key

and in the circle of fifths which allows

you to immediately start making your own

music even as you learn to play chords

granted the chords in this diagram are

the most common fingering just one set

of inversions and the open chords and in

other videos I explain other chord

shapes all across the fretboard so you

can play any possible position but

honestly if I'd had this when I first

learned the guitar or hell even after

years of playing it would have saved me

so much time and frustration and instead

of kind of blindly trying to piece

together what chords go well together I

could have just cut to the Chase and

jumped into the fun part of creation of

making my own music which is what I

always wanted to do in the first place

so hopefully this was helpful in the

video notes there's a link to a PDF with

all of the diagrams that we've been

looking at here and in the community

there are hundreds tons of diagrams that

explain music theory further for

songwriting so thank you for watching

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