ok for scale i dont get it what is major scale major c 7th major minor etc and even chord like 7th chord?

Question

can anyone help explain all those minor and major **** for me plz and list all of them for chord and scale and explain thx u

Answer 1

Before you can clearly understand all of this, you will need to understand key signatures. I'm assuming here that you 1) can read music and 2) know the key signatures. If not, start with those skills first.

a scale and a chord are not the same.

major scale - a scale built with the key signature of the root (first) note. The key of F has one flat in it. F major scale would be F G A Bb C D E F

major 7th refers to an interval. It's the 7th scale degree of a major scale. In our F major example above, the 7th is E.

minor scale - a scale started on the sixth scale degree of the key. In our example with F above; if we start on D but don't change the key - we have d minor. D E F G A Bb C D

chord - a combination of notes (usually 3 or more).

major chord - a chord built on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degrees of a major scale. F A C is F major triad.

minor chord - a chord built on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degrees of a minor scale. D F A is d minor, F Ab C is f minor.

major 7th chord - a major chord that include the 7th scale degree. F A C E in F major is a Fmaj7

7th chord (properly called dominant 7 chord or V7) - a major chord that includes the b7 of the scale. F A C Eb in F major is F7

You can make any major chord minor by flattening the 3rd. F A C (F maj) becomes F Ab C (f min)

This has been a basic explanation but should get you started.

Answer 2

If you don't like thinking in key signatures you can also use the whole step and half-step approach. These are the DISTANCES between the notes. I highly recommend using a piano or a picture of the piano keys so you have a visual reference.

A half-step will be the very next note or piano key (Ex: C to C#)
A whole step skips one note or piano key in between (Ex: C to C#)

A major scale uses this pattern:
Whole Whole Half Whole Whole Whole Half
(You can use 'We went home when Willy went home' to remember this pattern.)

For example: C (whole step) D (whole step) E (half step) F (whole step ) G (whole step) A (whole step) B (half step) C

If you can spell out your Major scale, you can easily make the chords:

Major chord- Use the first, third, and fifth tones (C, E, G)
For the Major 7th chord: (1,3,5,7) C, E, G, B for the MM7
For the standard 7th chord, you will flat the B (C, E, G, B-flat)
That's the Mm7
*Uppercase 'M' for Major and lower case 'm' for minor

For a minor chord you can just take your major chord and flat the third (middle) note:
Ex: C major= C, E, G
c minor= C, E-flat, G
Same thing goes for the 7th chords:
mM7= C, E-flat, G, B
mm7 (standard)= C, E-flat, G, B-flat
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For the minor scale you have a few options....
You can memorize a few other formulas, like the nature minor scale pattern:

Whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step
Ex: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, a (a natural minor scale)

The harmonic minor will have a raised/sharped 7th-
a, b, c, d, e, f, g#, a

The melodic minor will have a raised/sharped 6th and 7th on the way up only-
a, b, c, d, e, f#, g#, a then on the way back- a, g, f, e, d, c, b, a

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Or- you can take your major scale (like C Major) and go back three half- steps or three piano keys from that first note to find the relative minor.
Ex: Start on C.....go backwards three notes (b, b-flat, a)
a minor is the RELATIVE minor of C Major (they will share the exact same notes of the scale, except you will start on a instead of C)

For the melodic minor scale you also have a few options:
You can use that other formula OR use the major scale with a flat third on the way up:

For example: C Major is (c, d, e, f, g, a, b, c) If we flat the third we have the c melodic minor scale (c, d, e-flat, f, g, a, b, c)
Then on the way back we have to flat the 6th and 7th (which is the natural minor scale)
Ex: going backwards c, b-flat, a-flat, g, f, e-flat, d, c)