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2 The Guitar Chord Resource

Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 10

About the Authors .............................................................................................................. 10

PART ONE: EASY CHORD IDEAS .............................................................................11

Introduction to Part One ................................................................................................. 12CAGED ............................................................................................................................... 13

Review the Basics ................................................................................................................. 14Standard Music Notation ................................................................................................ 14Chord Diagrams ................................................................................................................ 15TAB ...................................................................................................................................... 15Roman Numerals .............................................................................................................. 16The Major Scale ................................................................................................................ 16Introducing Triads ............................................................................................................ 16Four-Note Chord Preview ............................................................................................. 17Major Chord Scales .......................................................................................................... 18Chord Progressions ......................................................................................................... 18Minor Chord Scales ......................................................................................................... 19

Fingerpicks and Strums .................................................................................................... 20Fingerpicking Patterns ...................................................................................................... 20Strumming Patterns .......................................................................................................... 24Four-Note Chords ........................................................................................................... 287th-Chord Scales .............................................................................................................. 29Chord Progressions ......................................................................................................... 29

C Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 30C Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 30Dmin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................ 31Emin Ideas—The iii Chord ............................................................................................ 32F Ideas—The IV Chord .................................................................................................. 32G Ideas—The V Chord ................................................................................................... 33Amin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 33Bdim/Bmin7

5 Ideas—The viio Chord ......................................................................... 34

Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 34Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 35An Etude for the C Family .............................................................................................. 36 By the Sea ...................................................................................................................... 36

A Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 38A Ideas—The I Chord ..................................................................................................... 38Bmin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 38C

min Ideas—The iii Chord .......................................................................................... 39

D Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 39E Ideas—The V Chord .................................................................................................... 39F

min Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 40

Gdim/G

min7

5 Ideas—The viio Chord ...................................................................... 40

Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 41Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 41 Etude for the A Family .................................................................................................. 42

CONTENTS

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3Contents

G Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 44G Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 44Amin Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 45Bmin Ideas—iii Chord ..................................................................................................... 45C Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 46D Ideas—The V Chord .................................................................................................. 46Emin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................. 47F

dim/F

min7

5 Ideas—The viio Chord ........................................................................ 47

Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 48Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 48 Little Etude in E Minor ................................................................................................. 49 Etude for the G Family ................................................................................................. 50

E Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 52E Ideas—The I Chord ..................................................................................................... 52F

min Ideas—The ii Chord ............................................................................................. 53

Gmin Ideas—The iii Chord .......................................................................................... 53

A Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 54B Ideas—The V Chord ................................................................................................... 54C

min Ideas—The vi Chord ........................................................................................... 55

Ddim/D

min7


A Common Chord Progression .................................................................................... 55 Eternal Highway (Strumming Etude for the E Family) .............................................. 56More Common Progressions ........................................................................................ 57Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 57

D Major Family Chord Embellishments ................................................................... 58D Ideas—The I Chord .................................................................................................... 58Emin Ideas—The ii Chord .............................................................................................. 59F

min Ideas—The iii Chord ........................................................................................... 59

G Ideas—The IV Chord ................................................................................................. 59A Ideas—The V Chord ................................................................................................... 60Bmin Ideas—The vi Chord ............................................................................................ 60C

dim/C

min7


Common Chord Progressions ...................................................................................... 61Common “Ear Twisters” ................................................................................................ 62 D’Nice (Etude for the D Family) ................................................................................. 62

Using a Capo .......................................................................................................................... 64Reasons to Transpose ..................................................................................................... 64Capos in Action ................................................................................................................ 64How to Use a Capo to Play in Difficult Keys ............................................................ 65The CAGED Formula ...................................................................................................... 66Different Types of Capos ............................................................................................... 68 Waterfall (Etude for Partial Capo) .............................................................................. 69

Odds and Ends ....................................................................................................................... 70Hammer-ons and Pull-offs .............................................................................................. 70 Etude for Hammer-ons and Pull-offs .......................................................................... 72Passing Tones and Chords .............................................................................................. 72Pivot Finger Chord Combinations ................................................................................ 74Endings and Cadences ..................................................................................................... 75Pedal Tone Diatonic Chord Scales ............................................................................... 76

Introduction to Alternate Tunings .............................................................................. 79Open D Tuning—D-A-D-F

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-A-D .................................................................................. 79 Blues for Ry .................................................................................................................... 80Open G Tuning—D-G-D-G-B-D .................................................................................. 82Open C Tuning—C-G-C-G-C-E ................................................................................... 83 The Hope Song (Etude for Open C Tuning) .............................................................. 84D-A-D-G-A-D Tuning ..................................................................................................... 86



PART TWO: CHORD CONNECTIONS ..................................................................87

Introduction to Part Two .................................................................................................88

How to Read Chord Diagrams .......................................................................................89

Open Position Chord Forms ...........................................................................................90

Barre Chord Forms .............................................................................................................95

Basic Theory ............................................................................................................................96

Triad String Set #1 .............................................................................................................101

The Chord Connection ....................................................................................................102

Triad Chord Connections ...............................................................................................104

Diatonic Triads .....................................................................................................................108

Triad String Set #2 ............................................................................................................ 110

Triad String Set #3 .............................................................................................................111

Triad String Set #4 .............................................................................................................112

6ths and 10ths .......................................................................................................................113

Triads in Spread Voicing .................................................................................................114

Complex Chords .................................................................................................................116

Chord Symbol Notation ..................................................................................................120

7th Chord Inversions .........................................................................................................121

The Five Four-Note String Sets ..................................................................................122

Four-Note String Set #1 ................................................................................................. 123 Four-Note String Set #2 ..................................................................................................135

Four-Note String Set #3 ..................................................................................................145



Other Chords You Should Know ................................................................................175

Chords of the Harmonic Minor Scale .......................................................................183

Chords of the Melodic Minor Scale ............................................................................185

Quartal Harmony ...............................................................................................................187

Chords With More Than One Name ........................................................................193



E Fmin G

min A B C

min D

dim (or D

min7

5)

I ii iii IV V vi viio

E Ideas—The I Chord

0 2 4 1 0 0

1

2

3

4

5

Eadd90 1 3 4

2

0 0

6

7

8

9

10

E5x x 1 3 0 4

1

2

3

4

5

E0 x x 3 3

4

1

6

7

8

9

10

E(sus4)0 1 3 4 0 0

6

7

8

9

10

E5

0 4 1 2 0 0

8

9

10

11

12

E2 x 1 3

4

0 0

1

2

3

4

5

E/G#

0 x x

1

3 4 1

0

1

2

3

4

5

B/E0 x x 1 3 2

4

3

4

5

6

7

Esus40 x 3 1 2 0

3

4

5

6

7

E

0 2 3 1 0 0

12

13

14

15

16

E0 x 1 1 3 3

5

6

7

8

9

E6/90 2 3 4

1

0 0

1

2

3

4

5

Esus/E0 x x 1 0 3

2 3

1

2

3

4

5

E0 x 1 1 3 3

10

11

12

13

14

E6/9

The chord family in the key of E is:

Here are some embellishments for each chord in the E family.

E MAJOR FAMILY CHORD EMBELLISHMENTS

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Track 31.1

68

Track 31.2

69

Track 31.3



D’Nice (Etude for the D Family)

Common “Ear Twisters”Here are some of the less common but very effective chords of the D family:

x 1 3 3 3 x

1

2

3

4

5

Bb E/G#

3 x 1 4 0 0

1

2

3

4

5

0 2 0 1 0 0

1

2

3

4

5

E7x 2 1 0 3 4

1

2

3

4

5

Cadd9

bVI II II bVII

x 0 0 1 3 2

1

2

3

4

5

D Bb

x 1 3 3 3 x

1

2

3

4

5

2 1 0 0 3 4

1

2

3

4

5

Gx 2 1 x 3 4

1

2

3

4

5

Cadd9

x x 0 1 3 2

1

2

3

4

5

D

I bVI IV bVII I

0 2 00

1

0 0

1

2

3

4

5

E7 G2 0 0 0 3 4

1

2

3

4

5

x 2 1 0 3 4

1

2

3

4

5

Cadd9x 0 0 1 3 2

1

2

3

4

5

D

II IV bVII I

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#

#

4

4..

TAB

p

im

œ

œ

œn

m

œ

œ

p

im

œ

œ

œ

n

p

m

œ

œ

œ

œ pœ p

3

œœ p œ

C G/B Amin G

4 4 1 0 0 0 2 0

S

m 5 3 m 1 m0 ( )0i 0

i 0 0p 3 2 p 0 p 0

H

p0 2p3 ( )3

am

œœ

œ.

˙

D D/F #

02

p œ

¿¿¿¿

p

im

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

¿¿¿¿

p

im

œ

œ

œ

1 00

10 3 3 0 0

1 0 0 T 2

Ha 0 2

¿

¿

¿

¿

( )2m 3

m 2¿¿

¿( )2 m 0p0 i 0

¿

( )0 i 0

p2 ( )2 p3

&

#

#

TAB

a

Ó

m

œ

œ

am

œœ

œ

m

œ

G

4 1 0 1

œ

œ

œ

¿¿¿

p œ ˙

2

a 3

P

a 2 0m 3 m 3 m 3

( )0( )0

( )3 ¿

¿

¿

p3 ( )3

a

œœ

m

œ

i

œ œ

a

œ

im

œœ

a

œ

D D/F #

0 2 3 1 3 23 3 0 T 1

0

p .œ

pJ

œ ˙

H

a 0 2m3 a3 m 2 a 0

i 2 ( )2 i 2p0

p 2 ( )2

¿ = Right hand slaps strings.

“D’Nice” is a fi ngerstyle tune which is best understood by reading the music and TAB, so there are no chord diagrams.

102

Track 41.1

103

Track 41.2

104

Track 41.3

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69Part One: Easy Chord Ideas

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#

#

#

TAB

A(Play these notes 1st time only)

œœ

œœ

œ

œœ

œ

01 1 4 0 0 0 2 4

w

2S

(Play these notes 1st time only)

4 00 4

0 66

0

œœ

œ

œœ

œœ

œ

3 2 0 0 0 0 4 0

00 0 0

0 64

5

œ

œœ

œœ

œœ

œ

1 2 0 0 0 0 2 4

00 4

0 60

42

&

#

#

#

#..

.

.

TAB

1.

œœ

œ

œœ

œœ

œ

3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2

00 0

0 4

S

64

5

2.

œœ

œ

œœ

œœ

œ

3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0

0 00 4

00

45

B

œ

œœ

œ

œœ

J

œœ

œ

1 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0

0 2 2S

4 00

06

4

&

#

#

#

#

TAB

S

œœ

œj

œœ œ œ

œœ

02

0 4 101 1 0 0

.œ

J

œ

J

œ ˙

0 00 0

46 ( )6 ( )6 6

5 0 ( )0 ( )0

S

œœ

œj

œœ œ œ

œœ

02

0 4 101 1 0 0

.œ

J

œ

J

œ ˙

0 00 0

46 ( )6 ( )6 6

5 0 ( )0 ( )0

&

#

#

#

#..

TAB

( )

œœ

œœ

œœ œ œ œ

œœ

œ

01 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 2

w

0 0 0 00 0

H

4 04

H

6

H

6 40

œ

œ

œ

œ˙

0 0 0 0 0

00

00

0

Waterfall (Etude for Partial Capo)Partial capo II on strings 3, 4, and 5

Track 44



The Hope Song (Etude for Open C Tuning)

& 4

4

TAB

Œ

œ

œœ

¿¿¿

œ

œ

œ

0 0 23

011

w

4 25 2

0

¿

¿¿ 0

0

.

.œ

œ

‰œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

00

0 41

41

Œ ‰

J

œ ˙

00 4

S

5 ( )52 4 ( )4

0 ( )0

‰

œ

œ

œœ

¿¿¿

œ

œ

œ

0 0 0 23

0 11

w

4 25 2

0

¿

¿¿ 0

00

&

TAB

.

.œ

œ

‰œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

00

0 41

41

Œ ‰

J

œ ˙

00 4

S

5 ( )52 4 ( )4

0 ( )0

œ

¿

œ

œ¿¿¿

œ

œœ

œ

0 43

0 23

0

¿5 4¿5 5

¿

0¿

0 0

˙

˙˙

˙

11 0

0

w

2 02 0

( )0

&

TAB

œ

¿

œ

œ¿¿¿

œ

œœ

œ

0 43

0 23

0

¿5 4¿

¿

¿5 5

0 0 0

˙

˙˙

˙

11

0

Œ ‰

J

œ ˙

0 0

2 02 0

0 ( )0

It is also very effective to use a capo in these open tunings. If you play the following piece with a capo on the 1st fret, you’ll be playing in the beautiful and unusual key of D. Try it! That’s how the song was recorded for the CD that is available for this book.

&

TAB

Œ

œ

œœ

¿¿¿

œ

œ

œ

3 042 0

11

w

¿4 2¿

¿5 2

0 0

5

˙

˙

œ

œœ

œ

00

3 4 0 0

00 0

04

4

œ

œ

œœ

œœ

œ

1 1 1 3 4 0 0

00

H

2 4

H

52

2

&

TAB

Œ

J

œœ

œ

œœ

œ

œœ

œ

2 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0

0

2

S

4

S

4 2

P

0 0

H

0 2

Œ

œ

œœ

¿¿¿

œ

œ

œ

0 0 23

0 11

w

¿4 2¿

¿5 2

0 0

0

&

.

.

TAB

.

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œ

‰œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

œ

00

0 41

41

0 0

Œ ‰

J

œ ˙

0 00 4

S

5 02 4

0 ( )0

(Harmonics)

‰

.

.

.

.

‚‚

‚

‚

··

·

·

0 33

w

5·

( )55 ( )55 ( )55 ( )5

0

¿ = Slap the strings

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