Chord Extensions
Lesson 15 from: Music Theory for Electronic ProducersTomas George
Chord Extensions
Lesson 15 from: Music Theory for Electronic ProducersTomas George
Lesson Info
15. Chord Extensions
Lessons
Introduction
00:58 2Basic Music Theory Terms
08:07 3Keyboard Layout and Octaves
06:19 4Working out Major Scales
08:58 5Perfect 5ths
06:42 63rds - Part 1
08:05 73rds - Part 2
07:39 8Perfect 4ths
04:36Chords and Inversions - Part 1
10:05 10Chords and Inversions - Part 2
09:13 11Chord Progressions - Part 1
10:22 12Chord Progressions - Part 2
08:26 13Inversions
08:53 147th Chords
09:48 15Chord Extensions
08:09 16Suspended Chords
02:40 17The Circle of 5ths
04:30 18Minor Scales
08:09 19Chords in the Natural Minor scale
09:56 20Harmonic and Melodic Minor
09:30 21Write the Chords, then the Melody
09:03 22Write the Melody, then the Chords
18:01 23Arpeggios
08:00 24Writing Bass Parts
11:35 25Writing Bass Riffs and Adapting Melodies
14:10 26Song Analysis - Chords, Part 1
10:17 27Song Analysis - Chords, Part 2
05:58 28Song Analysis - Melody
08:55 29Song Analysis - Arrangement
07:30 30Song 2 Analysis - Arrangement
05:04 31Song 2 Analysis - Chords
08:55 32Song 2 Analysis - Melodies
06:34 33Song 3 Analysis - Chords
11:41 34Song 3 Analysis - Melodies and Arrangement
06:55 35Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 1
10:22 36Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 2
18:47 37Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 3
18:49 38Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 4
08:21 39Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 1
08:16 40Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 2
08:07 41Create a Song from a Melody - Part 1
07:27 42Create a Song from a Melody - Part 2
09:05 43Modes Intro
04:10 44Ionian
00:43 45Dorian
04:31 46Phrygian
02:09 47Lydian
01:35 48Mixolydian
02:13 49Aeolian
00:39 50Locrian
01:50 51Dorian Mode Example
09:12 52Pentatonic Scales
12:27Lesson Info
Chord Extensions
Ok. Now we're going to have a look at some more cord extensions. So previously, we had a look at the seventh and now we're going to have a look at the ninth, 11th and 13th. You might be thinking there's only seven notes in the scale or eight, including the octave. So what's the, the ninth, 11th and 13th? This is basically where you add notes above the chord. So let's just type in C major. Remember the pattern tone tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, tone, semi tone. So that's how you can quickly throw in ac major or a really simple way, just the white notes starting on sea. So this is ac major. So if we type in the cord, it's just the root, the third and the fifth. So this is just a standard C major chord, we're adding the seventh. So we have the 6th 7th. We have this B just gives a really nice sound to see major seventh because it's a, a major note the major seventh. Now we're going to add in the ninth, you might think a nine. Ok. So if we count up again, so 89, so we have 12345678. Go ...
back again. Nine, which is the D or the second. It's kind of the second. But if there's a second, it could be played here. So ninth, it can be played up. So this is ac major nine sounds a bit more jazzy. The more we extend these chords, the more jazzy it sounds, of course, we have stuff like the dominant and the minor ninth. So if we're in C major, we will have ad minor, which is the second one. So major minor minor major, major, minor diminished major. So the second one is CD, so D minor. So root 123, that note there, then we have the fifth and above this, we have 67, which is the C, so we have C minus nine and the second one is D seven. So if you add on the ninth as well, which is the second technically, but it's octave above. So there's nine. So we have 123456789. Remember we have to go back to the D A nine to, to this A but we had an octave above. So this is ad minor night, a different kind of sound. The major nine, we can continue for our all the chords in the scale. Obviously the third one, it will be at minor 944 major nine. And so on and so forth. We also have the 13th. So it is a little crazy. Now, it's just so more jazzy, the more we build it up. So if you think we have the ninth, the 11th and the 13th, the 13th is actually more commonly used than the 11th. So let's just start with the 13th and then we can add the 11th as well. So we have 12345678, 9, 1011. So 11th will be an ft 12/13 will be an A. So if we want to turn it into an 11th, we just add on a fa 13th, we add on an A or a six. So basically, the seventh is 1/7 note. The ninth is a second note by an octave above. The 11th is 1/4 note by an octave above and the 13th is 1/6 note by octave above. So 1234567 notes. This is gonna sound a little crazy. Now, a little jazzy, doesn't it sound as nice and as clean as just a traditional major scale? That sounds in my opinion, a bit cleaner. A bit crisper. But if you wanna experiment, you wanna make it a bit jazzy, you could try it. Just the 11th still sounds a little dissonant. You can try with a different chord. So if you want to turn the d into an 11th, so we just add on the fourth basically put octave above 1234. So we add on a G and let's hear what this D minor 11 sounds like. I think that sounds a bit nicer personally can change it into 1/13 as well. So the 13th is the sixth but octave above. So 123456789, 1011, 1213. So it's the B I know this is going to sound, yeah, a little dissonant little too much, but it's good to know from the crap. Big huge cord. If you're making, it's a music for picture. And you want a big over the top jazzy chord, maybe 1/ maybe 1/ maybe even the 11th. It really does depend on what you wanna do what you're trying to achieve. I like the minor knife. I think the minor knife sounds nice. Of course, the seventh sounds great. But go for an experiment. Just know you have different chord extensions. You can just add more notes but the more notes you add the thicker it sounds and generally the more jazzy it sounds. But maybe just start with the seventh and then build up to 1/9 11th, 13th and do it by ear. See what you, you wanna have in your chord. But a lot of the time in a lot of pop, a lot of electronic music, you probably wouldn't have more than say five or six notes at the chord. I don't know. You wouldn't often have 1/ or an 11th. But now and again, you might want to add one in. No, you know, it's basically just more notes in the scale and the way we call it is the 7th, 1/ 11th and the 14th, 13th, you could try 14th, but it's just the same as NCTA. So this is basically um how we can do it or the 14th would be 1/7 above just a way of adding more notes. So thank you for watching this lecture and it's just all about call extensions. Like I said, you probably won't use it too much, but it's good to know, especially if you're playing with and of your musician or if you're in a recording session and they're like, oh, let's throw 1/9 you know, 1/9 is the ninth note. So it's basically the second over octave above. So they said, let's throw on the E minor nine, you should know by working at a minor scale, just add on the second. So just add on the F sharp to the E. So that's what E minor ninth is. But if we're in the key of C and let's say, let's add, let's have a F major 11. So you can work out quickly F major. So you have one, 23, four, 56. So these, so we have 12345. So the triad and then we have 67, then we can add on 89. This will be an F major nine. It might take you a few moments to work it out, but it's better than not knowing what it is. So, at least now, you know, especially if you're making say R and B music, jazz music, maybe blues, you wanna kind of change up some of the chords and some extensions, but generally in pop music, it's not as common, but it's good to know. And I hope you found this less useful just to know about different chord extensions.
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