Finding chords 101
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The Victorian Folk Music Club
Incorporated
CHORDS 201Wattle Day Workshops 2021
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What we will learn
• Where do chords come from?
• Chord families in major
• Basic chords in every major key
• Finding chords by ear
• Using sheet music
• Borrowed chords
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Contrasting genres
• Celtic folk
• Modal
• Limited harmony
• Traditionally drone and
percussion accompaniment
• Main modes used:
• ‘Major-ish’:
• Ionian
• Mixolydian
• ‘Minor-ish’:
• Dorian
• Aeolian
• Western classical music
• Modal up to about the 16th
century
• After that, highly organised
with diatonic scales
• Harmonically rich and
complex
• Limited rhythmic and melodic
development
• Main modes used:
• Major
• Minor
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We’ll be focusing on …
• Australian folk
• Some inherited from the anglo-celtic tradition (see chords 101)
• Many tunes and songs based on popular music of the 19th and
early 20th century
• Many tunes and songs inherited from American and British sources
• Mostly in major keys, occasionally minor (true minor, not modal)
• Harmonically simple, seldom using more than the basic triads in
each key
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SECTION 1Where do chords come from?
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Triads
• Three notes
• Skipping a scale note in between
• Sounds together as a pleasant whole
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The harmonised C major scale
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C major triads for guitar
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SECTION 2Finding chords
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Primary and secondary chords
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C (I) Tonic
F (IV) Sub-dominant
G7 (V) Dominant
Dm (ii)
Em (iii)
Am (vi)
Primary chords Secondary chords
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(nearly) all the chords in major!
Scale
degreeE major A major D major G major C major F major Bb major Eb major
I E A D G C F Bb Eb
ii F#m Bm Em Am Dm Gm Cm Fm
iii G#m C#m F#m Bm Em Am Dm Gm
IV A D G C F Bb Eb Ab
V B7 E7 A7 D7 G7 C7 F7 Bb7
vi C#m F#m Bm Em Am Dm Gm Cm
vii D#dim G#dim C#dim F#dim Bdim Edim Adim Ddim
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Finding the changes
• Find the right Home chord
• Just keep playing the Home chord quietly all the way
through the tune / song and notice where it doesn’t fit
• When you can hear the places, write them down on the
sheet music or lyrics (or just remember them!)
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Basic rules
• Make sure the song is in a major key – if it sounds minorish,
refer to Chords 101
• Find out the root chord (Tonic) by playing along.
• Look up the Primary and Secondary chords for that key.
• First try to harmonise the whole song using just the three
Primary chords. Only use a minor chord if you really have to.
• The first and last chords will most likely be the Tonic (I chord)
• The next-to-last chord will probably be the Dominant (V7 chord)
• Once you get it right, go back and try substituting some
Secondary chords for Primary chords where the Primary
chords seem a bit boring (or go on for a long time).
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Example 1 – Flow on, sweet Mitta
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Substitute chords
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C (I)
F (IV)
G7 (V)
Dm (ii)
Em (iii)
Am
(vi)
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Example 2 – Reedy Lagoon
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Secondary dominants
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C (I)
F (IV)
G7 (V)
Dm (ii)
Em (iii)
Am
(vi)
Primary
chordsSecondary
chords
D7 (II7)
E7 (III7)
A7 (VI7)
Secondary
dominants
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Finding chords from sheet music
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General rules
• Normally only change chords on
strong beats
• Chords should contain the melody
note of the strong beat
• It’s usually Ok if notes on a weak
beat are not in the chord (but use
your ears!)
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Example 3 – Weevils in the flour
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Old Joy Durst has F#,
which makes more
sense
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Example 4 – Sweet Georgia Brown
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The circle of fifths
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The circle of fifths
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Example 5
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Cadair IdrisAlso known as Arthur’s Chair, Ca’ Cannel Ucha, Cadeir Idris, Cader Idris, My Sweet Jenny Jones,
Sweet Jennie Jones.
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ADDITIONAL TOPICSChords in minor keys
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The harmonic minor scale
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The harmonised C minor scale
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ADDITIONAL TOPICS7th chords and beyond
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7th chords in the C major scale
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7th chords in the C minor scale
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7th, 9th, 11th and 13th chords
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The Basic chords in common keys
Key / mode
Tonic
(Home chord)Sub-dominant Dominant
I IV V
F major F Bb C7
C major C F G7
G major G C D7
D major D G A7
A major A D E7
E major E A B7