{"id":1702,"date":"2011-04-01T11:01:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2014-07-09T05:57:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T13:57:45","slug":"a-15-second-trick-to-transform-major-7-chords-into-minor-9-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/a-15-second-trick-to-transform-major-7-chords-into-minor-9-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"A 15-Second Trick To Transform Major 7 Chords Into Minor 9 Chords!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In music, when you get this one single concept, it unlocks the door to many things!<\/p>\n<p>The 6th tone of any <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\">major scale<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script> is your gateway to &#8220;minor!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just remember the 6th tone. That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you take a regular C major scale (C D E F G A B C) and start and end on the 6th tone without changing any of the notes, you&#8217;ll get an &#8220;A minor&#8221; scale (A B C D E F G A).<\/p>\n<p>The same applies for chords.<\/p>\n<p>If you take a <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\">C major<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>chord (C + E + G) and play the 6th tone as the lowest &#8220;bass&#8221; note (A), you&#8217;ll have an &#8220;A minor 7&#8221; chord (<strong>A<\/strong> + C + E + G).<\/p>\n<p>Once you understand that concept, just make your C major chord bigger.<\/p>\n<p>Playing  C major 7 (C + E + G + B) on your right hand with &#8220;A&#8221; (the 6th tone of C) on your left, gives you an &#8220;A minor 9&#8221; chord.<\/p>\n<p>Want to take it a step further?<\/p>\n<p>Simply play a C major 9 (C + E + G + B + D) on your right hand with the 6th tone, &#8220;A,&#8221; on your left and you&#8217;ve got yourself an &#8220;A minor 11&#8221; chord.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember: &#8220;If you know major, you know minor!&#8221; (an original quote I&#8217;ve made famous on my dvds).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s true. <\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t think of minor as its own world. Don&#8217;t think of minor scales as things you have to memorize from scratch using half steps and whole steps. <\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve already done the hard part by learning your major scales. Now, just convert them all to <a href=\"https:\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox\/141e8f273f72a2%3A14dcc288eb46dc\/5650082896543744\/\" target=\"_blank\">minor scales <\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/my.leadpages.net\/leadbox-714.js\"><\/script>by starting and ending on the 6th tone. It&#8217;s that simple.<\/p>\n<p>And the same goes for chords. Playing major chords over their &#8220;6&#8221; bass gives you a minor chord. The bigger the chords involved, the bigger the end result.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this 15 second trick changes your thinking about minor.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time &#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/phpR4MhFVPM1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1706\" \/>In music, when you get this one single concept, it unlocks the door to many things!<\/p>\n<p>The 6th tone of any major scale is your gateway to &#8220;minor!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Just remember the 6th tone. 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