Key Signatures & Chords for the Guitar

Video Transcript

"We have a similar step pattern for minor keys. Say that you know the song ends and begins on an A minor. You the first chord is an A minor well your second would be, a B diminished. A C major would be in there you could use, the D would be a minor, your E would be a seventh chord, this is without a doubt because it wants to turn around back to the A minor. A half step away, F would be a major chord, G would be a major and back to your A the minor. This could be used for any combination of things. Say we had an F sharp here, try creating these chords. We're going to have a G, we're going to have an A, a B, C, D, E and F sharp at the end. That's a requirement but these chords will be different. A whole step from F sharp is a G sharp. It can't be a G, that's a half step. G sharp a whole step away from there is an A sharp. A half step from A sharp would be B. That's correct because now A is a little bit higher is, a step higher than it was naturally. From B to C it would be a whole step since those are half steps, got to sharp the C drop the D to make that a whole step and finally sharp the E to make this a whole step. From E to F (Eat Fish) remember? Half step! E sharp to F sharp that's going to have to be a half step too. So try to figure out what key you're playing in when you play some of these chords."