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    Jul 28, 2021 3 minutes

    One of the most important and practical chunks of music theory a guitarist can learn is the chords in a Major key - so called Diatonic chords from a Major scale. We’re going to do a brief rundown of that but then jump into a really fun exploration exercise that is likely to help your understanding of a key as a whole. It was one of the things that helped the concept of modes click into place for me.

    A basic triad (three-note chord) contains a root note, plus

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