Hi all,
Have been reading the forums for a few weeks and it seems like a good place! My question is: Do all chords derive from the major scale? That is to say, the major scale (Ionian) is always the measure when building or defining single chords?
Thanks

No minor chords derive from the natural minor scale.

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No no and no

matt

welcome to the show.
theres a very in depth theory post on here somewhere.
maybe someone will post a link. one of the guys on here
took a alot of time and effort into doing a post on theory
for the forum. its pretty indepth and very simple to understand.

Way Cool that was Goranm. Matt here's the link below BTW Welcome to the forum...

http://www.fender.com/community/forums/ ... sic+theory

Thanks for the fast reply's. I feel as if I'm about to really understand things better that I ever have. I learned most of what I know when I was a teenager, and now I'm ready to fill in all the holes. I want to have a working understanding rather than just being familiar with the subject matter.

100% agreed. It's downright bothersome not understanding why what you're playing works. I don't know how people do it.

It's like your mother telling you to eat your beans, well... "learn your theory!"

BINGO!

your the man. thank you for filling in the blanks on this one.
thats a very good post on theory.
takes a good guy/gal to bother to do such a post.