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Fifths
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Scales
Minor scalesMajor scales
sharps
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G67 Cb Db Eb Fb Gb Ab Bb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb
Chord and chord progression
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A chord, in music, is any harmonic set of pitches consisting of
two or more notes that are heard as if sounding simultaneously.
In tonal Western classical music (music with a tonic key or
"home key") the most frequently encountered chords are
triads, so called because they consist of three distinct notes:
the root note (1), and intervals of a third (3) and
a fifth (5) above the root note.
In the cases when we only have a letter, such as C, it�s a
common major chord. A major chord consists of three
notes: 1st, 3rd and the 5th notes in the scale. In the
C major scale we have: C �D �E �F �G �A �B (see above)
So for a C major chord we can locate the 1st, 3rd and 5th as
C, E and G. If you play these notes together, you play a C chord.
An ordered series of chords is called a chord progression.
A very common chord progression is: 1 - 4 - 5, beter known as
I - IV - V. It means you use those chords in a song.
E.g. if a song is the key of C, the chord progression is:
C - F - G. You use the chords C (I), F (IV) and G (V).
In the circle of fifths you will find the F and G next to the C.
So you can easily find any I-IV-V progression of each key.
If you play in the key of Am, the I - IV - V progression is: Am - Dm - Em
Or the I - IV - V7 progression (in the harmonic minor scale): Am - Dm - E7
Of course there are other chord progressions, try it yourself... 1
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the notes is a tone (1), a semitone (‰) or one and a half tone (1‰). Below are the major and minor scales of all 12 notes:
A scale, in music, is an organized sequence of notes. The most common scales are Major en Minor. The distance between
C D E F G A B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Gb
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G Bb
1 4 5 b7 C F G Bb
1 3 b5 b7 C E Gb Bb
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
1 3 5 7 C E G B
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
Cm 1 b3 5 C Eb G
1 b3 5 b7 C Eb G Bb
1 b3 5 7 C Eb G B
1 b3 5 b7 C Eb G Bb
1 b3 b5 b7 C Eb Gb Bb
1 b3 b5 C Gb A
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
1 3 5 b7 C E G Bb
Cb5
C6 6 A
6 7 BbA
6 9 DA
C7
C6�7
C6�9
1 3 5 C D E G
1 2 5 C D G
1 4 5 C F G
C‚2
C‚4
1 4 5 C D FC‚2&4 2 G
C7‚(4)
C7b5
b9 Db
D##9
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C11
C13
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D F A
Cm7
1 b3 5 C D Eb G
1 b3 5 6 C Eb G ACm6
9 DCm9
Cm^ / Cmmj7
bb7 Eb
C7(b9)
C7(#9)
C9(#11)
C7(b13) b13
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Ab
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1 3 5 C E G9 D7 B
2�9
Some alterations
C major scale:
numbers:
notes:
2�9
1 2 3
E G C EC G C E GC C C E G CG
If you look at the red circled notes on the fretboard, you will see three different ways to play the C chord:
Chords
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1 CC/D 3 5 E G2 D
C/D
G C ED
lowest note
*lowest note*
C– / Cm7b5
C° / Cdim7
C2 / C’9
Cæ / C&
C^ / Cmj7
C^9 / Cmj9
Cm2 / Cm’9
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Chord name Numbers of the scale Notes of the scale
C5 / C��3
2
*) A chord like C/D or G/B means that the note behind the ’/’ is the lowest note. It’s played with the left hand on a piano
and by a bass guitar. On a guitar you start with this note while strumming down (don’t play a lower C or G in this example).
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( = a semitone higher)
commonly used chords, based on the C major scale (C-chords).
Beside the Major chord, just one letter (e.g. C), there are many other chords. Below you will find the most
C
F Fm F7
F F A C F CF F Ab C F CF Eb A C F
[Eb]
CF EbAb C F CF F A C E CF F Bb C F
[Bb]
CF EbBb C F CF Eb A C G
Fm7
[Eb]
Fmj7(^) F‚(4)
[Eb][Bb]
F9
F6
F F A D F CF F Ab D F F EbAb C F
[G]
F A C# F
B Bm B7
F# B D#F#
Bm7 Bmj7(^) B‚(4) B7‚ B9
B F# B D F#B F# A D#F#B F# A D F#B F#A#D#F#B F# B E F#B F# B E F#B D# A C#F#B
[E] [E] [F#]
Bm9
D A C#F#B
B^9
F#A#C#F#B
B2(’9)
F# B C#F#B
B6
F# B D#G#B
(�2)
[F#]
B°
B F Ab D F
[Ab] [Ab]
[Ab]
[B]
[B] [B][F]
[D]
[D]
[F]
B F A D
B–[m7b5] B7#9
B D# A D E A C#F#B
B11
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Fm6 Fm11
Bb
F&
[A][C#][F][A]
[C#][A][F][C#]
F7‚(4)
Notes on the (low) E string
Notes on the A string
Chords on the guitar
[B] [A]
[E] [F]
C F A C F
F/C
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[A]
[C#]
EDB CAE F GF#/Gb G#/Ab A#/Bb C#/Db D#/Eb
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= optional
= play open string
= don’t play this string
(6th string)
string
E
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Chords based
(5th string)
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A
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Chords based
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Secondly, you use the 5th string (A) as the base, series B-chords, and third you use the 4th string (D) as base, the D-chords.
As mentioned earlier, you can play a chord in three positions. First you use the 6th string (the low E) as base, the F-chords.
That is why you will find a guide below to quickly find the correct position for the most commonly used and playable chords.
It is quite a puzzle to find the right notes and positions on the fretboard of all those different chords.
You will find the notes D - F - A - C . Or the Gm6 chord is played with the notes: G - B - D - E (1 - 3 - 5 - 6 of the G major scale).
For example, if you want to know which notes are in the Dmj7 chord, look at the D major scale to the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th note.
The numbers on the previous page, with each chord, also apply to all other chords (letters).
D
D A D F#
Dm
D A D F
D7
D A C F# D A C F D A D G D A D E
D A C#F# D A C# E
Dm7 D‚(4) D2[‚2]
D^[mj7] D^9[mj9]
D A C G
D7‚(4)
D6
D A B F#
D%
D A B F D A B E D A# D F# D Ab B F D Ab C F
D+ D°
D A C E
Dm6
D9
D–[m7b5]
Notes on the D string
C - C7 - C^ - Cm - Cm7 G - G7 - G^ - Gm - Gm7
4
E DB CAF GF#/Gb G#/Ab A#/Bb C#/DbD#/Eb
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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E DB CAF GF#/Gb G#/Ab A#/Bb C#/DbD#/Eb
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
D
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5
6EDB CAF GF#/Gb G#/Ab A#/Bb C#/Db D#/Eb
EDB C AF GF#/Gb G#/AbA#/Bb C#/Db D#/EbA
E
C - E - G
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string
D
on the
Chords based
E string: A string: D string: E string: A string: D string:
E string: A string: D string: E string: A string: D string:
C
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Bbm
Ebm
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Dbm7
Bbm7
Ebm7
Abm7
Cm7
Gm7
Dm7
Am7
Em7
Bm7
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Write all notes of each chord below, it will help you to learn the chords:
and etc.So:
Search for all 12 notes (blue circle page 1) each: maj, 7, maj7, min and min7 chord in the three positions and memorize these chords (very helpful)!
Bbm7 E7
Eb^ G9
So chords can be played in 3 ways, just locate the "root" note of the chord on the E, A, and D string. For example:
By using the above guide, you can easily find all the other chords of any key by moving the positions one or more frets.