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Major Scale Number System for Chord Building

Learn how to use the major scale's seven-note number system (1-7) to understand and build chords in any key. This foundational framework explains why chord progressions like 1-4-5 work and helps beginner guitarists decode how numbers turn into chords, which chords feel like home, which create movement, and which create tension.

Expected outcome: Connect abstract concepts to concrete musical outcomes (genres, chord progressions)

What this skill walks you through

1. Major Scale Number System for Chord Building
2. Purpose
3. Trigger Phrases
4. "I don't understand what 1-4-5 means"
5. "How do chord numbers work?"
6. "Why do some chords sound like home and others create tension?"
7. "What's the foundation of building chords?"
8. "I want to understand the major scale system"

Sourced from Major Scale Number System for Chord Building by Conversational Creation.

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