Scott Paul Johnson

Music Theory for Guitar II | 2 | Roman Numerals

Added 2025-01-20 18:00:11 +0000 UTC

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Hi Everyone!
This lesson is going to make things easier for you. In the previous lesson, we talked about chords in a key, but the language we used to talk about it was clunky. Roman Numerals make it so much easier to "see" and understand how chord progressions work and how they transcend any particular key. Check out the attached PDF for helpful homework.

At the end, I mentioned my online note name scratch paper (beautifully designed by one of my awesome Patrons!) There is also a link at the very bottom of any page on my website.

If you’re not familiar with Major Scales, Minor Scales, Intervals, the Circle of Fifths, and Triads - you should watch Music Theory for Guitar I first!

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Once you’re done with this lesson, move on to the next in the series - I'll post the next one soon!

Music Theory for Guitar II | 1 | Chords in a Key
Music Theory for Guitar II | 2 | Roman Numerals (current lesson)
Music Theory for Guitar II | 3 | 7th Chords
Music Theory for Guitar II | 4 | Chords in a Minor Key
Music Theory for Guitar II | 5 | Harmonic Minor
Music Theory for Guitar II | 6 | The V of vi Chord
Music Theory for Guitar II | 7 | Melodic Minor
Music Theory for Guitar II | 8 | The V of V Chord
Music Theory for Guitar II | 9 | What's Next?