Chords for Black Metal Guitar Lesson #1 - Diatonic Dyads
Tempo:
81.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
G
F#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Right, diatonic dyads.
Really really simple.
So diatonic means within the key, dyads means
a two note chord.
So the first thing you need to do to play diatonic dyads is to learn your
scale because otherwise it won't be in key.
So we're going to be doing this in E minor.
So I'm expecting you to know the notes of the scale [E] but for any beginners the notes
are E, [C] F sharp, G, [G] [Am] A, [B] B, [C] C, D and E.
Now notice how I play the scale going up the strings
and you can go from the A note, hence A [Am] string, upwards.
So A, [C] E, C, [D] D, [E] E, etc.
So the first
thing to do is to learn the scale [Cm] starting from the open string of each [Am] string.
Ideally
[C] the 6th to the 3rd string.
So from E, A, D to G.
That's where most black metal bands
play you know those [F#m] [C] kind of melodic diatonic riffs.
So once you learn that you have to
learn how to stack thirds.
So if you were to write out the scale from E, F sharp, G
all the way back to E, it's basically you pick one note, you skip the next note and
you go to the next note up.
So for example the 3rd above the E note is a G.
So let's
work this out on our guitar.
So an E is the 7th fret on our A string and then the G, well
there's two G's that we can use.
The ideal G is on the 5th fret of D and that's how you
get that chord.
Now this is a type of minor chord, this is a minor 3rd chord.
It's an
E minor with the notes of E and G.
So if you think of Tyrants by Immortal, half of that
riff is just playing an E.
Well a D technically because the song is in D standard but we're
playing E.
So that's the first thing we need to learn is this minor shape.
Now the minor
shapes in the E minor scale are on E, [F#] F sharp, [C] A and [G] B.
[C] So already we can come up with a
kind of diatonic, dyad riff just going from E, F sharp, A, B.
[F#] [C] [G] [C] So those are all your minor
chords in that scale.
Now for the major ones, yes they do use major chords in black metal,
R, G.
[B] So there I'm playing the 3rd fret [G] on low E and the 2nd fret on A.
[C] You have G, C, C major
which is 8th fret on E and 7th fret on A.
That can also be played on the 3rd fret of A and the
2nd fret of D.
Doesn't really matter.
And then I think that's it.
Ah D major, [D] sorry.
Yeah so [C] 5th fret [F#] on A, [C] 4th fret on [D] D.
D major.
[B] So now you can just combine some of those chords.
Like for example, let's just pick
any random ones like A, C, D, E.
Just for a very quick example.
So you've got your A
minor chord [C] here, 5th fret low E, 3rd fret on A.
So A, then C,
[D] D, [Em] to E.
[C]
[D] [Em]
[C] You can even
play it in triplets.
[Bm] [C]
And you can also get creative with some of the notes.
So in the
diatonic diads riff that I made in the first 5 types of black metal riffs, the first one
I did.
[D] [B] What I'm doing there is having E as this kind of bass note and having notes on
the D string as a kind of [G] melody.
[F#] [C]
So all I'm doing is really just moving one note from
a chord.
So I'm playing an E minor which is as explained earlier, 7th fret on the A
string and 5th fret on the D string.
But I'm changing this note here which is a G to an
F sharp.
[F#] [C] Which is how you get that suspended sound.
You build up the tension and then resolve
the tension by going back to the first chord.
[Em] And [N] all I did was move this note one fret
back.
And that's one fret down in the scale because backwards from [G] G, [F#] F sharp, [C] back to
E.
And then for this [D] D chord, [C] I just went from a D major, [D] 5th fret on A to the 4th fret
on D.
Which is this normal D power chord which is 5th fret on A and 7th fret on D.
[C] So it's
really about first of all learning all the notes in your scale and being creative.
And
I don't want to spoon feed you guys because I know you're probably intermediate to professional
level guitar players.
So if you're a beginner, hopefully this will be somewhat informative
and if you are a beginner, learn your
Really really simple.
So diatonic means within the key, dyads means
a two note chord.
So the first thing you need to do to play diatonic dyads is to learn your
scale because otherwise it won't be in key.
So we're going to be doing this in E minor.
So I'm expecting you to know the notes of the scale [E] but for any beginners the notes
are E, [C] F sharp, G, [G] [Am] A, [B] B, [C] C, D and E.
Now notice how I play the scale going up the strings
and you can go from the A note, hence A [Am] string, upwards.
So A, [C] E, C, [D] D, [E] E, etc.
So the first
thing to do is to learn the scale [Cm] starting from the open string of each [Am] string.
Ideally
[C] the 6th to the 3rd string.
So from E, A, D to G.
That's where most black metal bands
play you know those [F#m] [C] kind of melodic diatonic riffs.
So once you learn that you have to
learn how to stack thirds.
So if you were to write out the scale from E, F sharp, G
all the way back to E, it's basically you pick one note, you skip the next note and
you go to the next note up.
So for example the 3rd above the E note is a G.
So let's
work this out on our guitar.
So an E is the 7th fret on our A string and then the G, well
there's two G's that we can use.
The ideal G is on the 5th fret of D and that's how you
get that chord.
Now this is a type of minor chord, this is a minor 3rd chord.
It's an
E minor with the notes of E and G.
So if you think of Tyrants by Immortal, half of that
riff is just playing an E.
Well a D technically because the song is in D standard but we're
playing E.
So that's the first thing we need to learn is this minor shape.
Now the minor
shapes in the E minor scale are on E, [F#] F sharp, [C] A and [G] B.
[C] So already we can come up with a
kind of diatonic, dyad riff just going from E, F sharp, A, B.
[F#] [C] [G] [C] So those are all your minor
chords in that scale.
Now for the major ones, yes they do use major chords in black metal,
R, G.
[B] So there I'm playing the 3rd fret [G] on low E and the 2nd fret on A.
[C] You have G, C, C major
which is 8th fret on E and 7th fret on A.
That can also be played on the 3rd fret of A and the
2nd fret of D.
Doesn't really matter.
And then I think that's it.
Ah D major, [D] sorry.
Yeah so [C] 5th fret [F#] on A, [C] 4th fret on [D] D.
D major.
[B] So now you can just combine some of those chords.
Like for example, let's just pick
any random ones like A, C, D, E.
Just for a very quick example.
So you've got your A
minor chord [C] here, 5th fret low E, 3rd fret on A.
So A, then C,
[D] D, [Em] to E.
[C]
[D] [Em]
[C] You can even
play it in triplets.
[Bm] [C]
And you can also get creative with some of the notes.
So in the
diatonic diads riff that I made in the first 5 types of black metal riffs, the first one
I did.
[D] [B] What I'm doing there is having E as this kind of bass note and having notes on
the D string as a kind of [G] melody.
[F#] [C]
So all I'm doing is really just moving one note from
a chord.
So I'm playing an E minor which is as explained earlier, 7th fret on the A
string and 5th fret on the D string.
But I'm changing this note here which is a G to an
F sharp.
[F#] [C] Which is how you get that suspended sound.
You build up the tension and then resolve
the tension by going back to the first chord.
[Em] And [N] all I did was move this note one fret
back.
And that's one fret down in the scale because backwards from [G] G, [F#] F sharp, [C] back to
E.
And then for this [D] D chord, [C] I just went from a D major, [D] 5th fret on A to the 4th fret
on D.
Which is this normal D power chord which is 5th fret on A and 7th fret on D.
[C] So it's
really about first of all learning all the notes in your scale and being creative.
And
I don't want to spoon feed you guys because I know you're probably intermediate to professional
level guitar players.
So if you're a beginner, hopefully this will be somewhat informative
and if you are a beginner, learn your
Key:
C
D
G
F#
B
C
D
G
_ _ Right, diatonic dyads.
Really really simple.
So diatonic means within the key, dyads means
a two note chord.
So the first thing you need to do to play diatonic dyads is to learn your
scale because otherwise it won't be in key.
So we're going to be doing this in E minor.
So I'm expecting you to know the notes of the scale [E] but for any beginners the notes
are E, [C] F sharp, G, [G] _ [Am] A, [B] B, _ [C] C, D _ and E.
Now notice how I play the scale going up the strings
and you can go from the A note, hence A [Am] string, upwards.
So A, [C] E, C, [D] D, [E] E, etc.
So the first
thing to do is to learn the scale [Cm] _ starting from the open string of each [Am] string.
Ideally
[C] _ the 6th to the 3rd string.
So from E, A, D to G.
That's where most black metal bands
play you know those [F#m] _ _ _ [C] kind of melodic diatonic riffs.
So once you learn that you have to
learn how to stack thirds.
So if you were to write out the scale from E, F sharp, G
all the way back to E, _ it's basically you pick one note, you skip the next note and
you go to the next note up.
So for example the 3rd above the E note is a G.
So let's
work this out on our guitar.
So an E is the 7th fret on our A string and then the G, well
there's two G's that we can use.
The ideal G is on the 5th fret of D _ _ and that's how you
get that chord.
_ Now this is a type of minor chord, this is a minor 3rd chord.
_ _ It's an
E minor with the notes of E and G.
_ So if you think of Tyrants by Immortal, _ _ _ _ _ _ half of that
riff is just playing an E.
Well a D technically because the song is in D standard but we're
playing E.
So that's the first thing we need to learn is this minor shape. _
_ _ _ Now the minor
shapes in the E minor scale are on E, [F#] F sharp, [C] A _ and [G] B.
_ [C] So already we can come up with a
kind of diatonic, dyad riff just going from E, F sharp, A, B. _
[F#] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] So those are all your minor
chords in that scale.
Now for the major ones, yes they do use major chords in black metal,
R, G.
[B] So there I'm playing the 3rd fret [G] on low E and the 2nd fret on A.
_ [C] You have G, C, C major
which is 8th fret on E and 7th fret on A.
That can also be played on the 3rd fret of A and the
2nd fret of D. _ _
Doesn't really matter.
And then I think that's it.
Ah _ D major, [D] sorry.
Yeah so [C] 5th fret [F#] on A, [C] 4th fret on [D] D.
D major.
[B] So now you can just combine some of those chords.
Like for example, let's just pick
any random ones like A, C, D, E.
Just for a very quick example.
So you've got your A
minor chord [C] here, _ 5th fret low E, 3rd fret on A.
So A, _ _ _ _ then C, _ _ _ _
[D] D, _ _ _ [Em] to E.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] You can even
play it in triplets. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ And you can also get creative with some of the notes.
_ So in the
diatonic diads riff that I made in the first 5 types of black metal riffs, the first one
I did. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] What I'm doing there is having E as this kind of bass note and having notes on
the D string as a kind of [G] melody.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
So all I'm doing is really just moving one note from
a chord.
So I'm playing an E minor which is as explained earlier, 7th fret on the A
string and 5th fret on the D string.
_ _ But I'm changing this note here which is a G to an
F sharp.
_ [F#] _ [C] Which is how you get that suspended sound. _ _
_ You build up the tension and then resolve
the tension by going back to the first chord.
[Em] _ _ _ And [N] all I did was move this note one fret
back.
And that's one fret down in the scale because backwards from [G] G, [F#] F sharp, [C] back to
E. _ _ _
And then for this [D] D chord, _ _ [C] I just went from a D major, [D] 5th fret on A to the 4th fret
on D.
Which is this normal D power chord which is 5th fret on A and 7th fret on D.
_ _ [C] So it's
really about first of all learning all the notes in your scale and being creative.
And
I don't want to spoon feed you guys because I know you're probably intermediate to professional
level guitar players.
So if you're a beginner, hopefully this will be somewhat informative
and if you are a beginner, learn your
Really really simple.
So diatonic means within the key, dyads means
a two note chord.
So the first thing you need to do to play diatonic dyads is to learn your
scale because otherwise it won't be in key.
So we're going to be doing this in E minor.
So I'm expecting you to know the notes of the scale [E] but for any beginners the notes
are E, [C] F sharp, G, [G] _ [Am] A, [B] B, _ [C] C, D _ and E.
Now notice how I play the scale going up the strings
and you can go from the A note, hence A [Am] string, upwards.
So A, [C] E, C, [D] D, [E] E, etc.
So the first
thing to do is to learn the scale [Cm] _ starting from the open string of each [Am] string.
Ideally
[C] _ the 6th to the 3rd string.
So from E, A, D to G.
That's where most black metal bands
play you know those [F#m] _ _ _ [C] kind of melodic diatonic riffs.
So once you learn that you have to
learn how to stack thirds.
So if you were to write out the scale from E, F sharp, G
all the way back to E, _ it's basically you pick one note, you skip the next note and
you go to the next note up.
So for example the 3rd above the E note is a G.
So let's
work this out on our guitar.
So an E is the 7th fret on our A string and then the G, well
there's two G's that we can use.
The ideal G is on the 5th fret of D _ _ and that's how you
get that chord.
_ Now this is a type of minor chord, this is a minor 3rd chord.
_ _ It's an
E minor with the notes of E and G.
_ So if you think of Tyrants by Immortal, _ _ _ _ _ _ half of that
riff is just playing an E.
Well a D technically because the song is in D standard but we're
playing E.
So that's the first thing we need to learn is this minor shape. _
_ _ _ Now the minor
shapes in the E minor scale are on E, [F#] F sharp, [C] A _ and [G] B.
_ [C] So already we can come up with a
kind of diatonic, dyad riff just going from E, F sharp, A, B. _
[F#] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] So those are all your minor
chords in that scale.
Now for the major ones, yes they do use major chords in black metal,
R, G.
[B] So there I'm playing the 3rd fret [G] on low E and the 2nd fret on A.
_ [C] You have G, C, C major
which is 8th fret on E and 7th fret on A.
That can also be played on the 3rd fret of A and the
2nd fret of D. _ _
Doesn't really matter.
And then I think that's it.
Ah _ D major, [D] sorry.
Yeah so [C] 5th fret [F#] on A, [C] 4th fret on [D] D.
D major.
[B] So now you can just combine some of those chords.
Like for example, let's just pick
any random ones like A, C, D, E.
Just for a very quick example.
So you've got your A
minor chord [C] here, _ 5th fret low E, 3rd fret on A.
So A, _ _ _ _ then C, _ _ _ _
[D] D, _ _ _ [Em] to E.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] You can even
play it in triplets. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ And you can also get creative with some of the notes.
_ So in the
diatonic diads riff that I made in the first 5 types of black metal riffs, the first one
I did. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] What I'm doing there is having E as this kind of bass note and having notes on
the D string as a kind of [G] melody.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C]
So all I'm doing is really just moving one note from
a chord.
So I'm playing an E minor which is as explained earlier, 7th fret on the A
string and 5th fret on the D string.
_ _ But I'm changing this note here which is a G to an
F sharp.
_ [F#] _ [C] Which is how you get that suspended sound. _ _
_ You build up the tension and then resolve
the tension by going back to the first chord.
[Em] _ _ _ And [N] all I did was move this note one fret
back.
And that's one fret down in the scale because backwards from [G] G, [F#] F sharp, [C] back to
E. _ _ _
And then for this [D] D chord, _ _ [C] I just went from a D major, [D] 5th fret on A to the 4th fret
on D.
Which is this normal D power chord which is 5th fret on A and 7th fret on D.
_ _ [C] So it's
really about first of all learning all the notes in your scale and being creative.
And
I don't want to spoon feed you guys because I know you're probably intermediate to professional
level guitar players.
So if you're a beginner, hopefully this will be somewhat informative
and if you are a beginner, learn your