Scale Differences: Bass Chord Arpeggios

Video Transcript

"OK, so earlier we just used our fingering pattern to look at the difference between the major, minor and diminished triads as we learned them. Well now we can use scale degrees as another way of defining this. So remember, for our C major triad we had the notes, C, E and G. Now remember our scale degrees C is one, D, two, E is three, F is four, G is five, A is six, B is seven. So we know our triad is made up of one, three and five for C major. Now the difference between the C major and the C minor is that this is now and E flat, or a flat three. So now, we know that our minor triads are one, flat three, five, flat three and one, anywhere we play. To the E, G is now a flat three, B is the five, B flat. OK? In our diminished triads, say in C, we have a flat three as well as a flat five. One, flat three, flat five, flat three, one. So, when you're going from major to minor flat your three. When you're going from minor to diminished flat your five."