guitar chords ebook
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Introduction
Chords are the heart and soul of playing guitar. Many
guitar players seldom do anything else, other than
strumming chords. The chord is the basic building
block of guitar music. A chord is simply a combination
of two of more notes played simultaneously. Different
combinations give you different chords. There are
different classes of chords, such as Major Chords, Minor
Chords, Suspended Chords, Diminished Chords, and
much more.
To get you started on the right track, well start
with some easy chords that will allow you to learn a
few songs that you may enjoy. Practice should not
seem like work. It should be fun. If its not, youre not
going to practice as much as you should.
A Chord is three or more notes played
simultaneously at specific intervals that work together
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to create the desired sound. One of the attributes that
makes guitars (and pianos) so popular is that they are
multi-timbral instruments, which means they can play
more than one note simultaneously. Woodwinds, brass,
and similar instruments can only play one note at a
time. To make a chord, they have to have a minimum
of 3 players playing a single note in the chord at the
same time. As you can imagine, this requires excellent
timing and coordination between the players to make
a clean chord. This is why orchestras have to have a
Conductor to direct the music. With a guitar, you are
the Conductor, and can make any kind of music you
want, all by yourself.
Chords in a song are arranged according to chord
progressions, which are chord intervals that work pretty
much the same as single notes in a scale. Its very
important for you to learn chord progressions for the
various keys, because then, as long as you know what
key the song is in, you can figure out the chords in it
very easily. There may be times when you want to
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change the key of a song to one you can sing or play
in better, and for this, knowledge of chord professions
is critical.
There are all kinds of chords. The ones you will be
dealing with most of the time are Major chords,
and Minor chords. There are also 7th chords, Major 7th
chords, Minor 7th Chords, Diminished Chords,
Augmented Chords, and there is nothing stopping you
from creating your own chords (but chances are,
someone has probably done it before you.).
Theoretically, there is an unlimited number of possible
chords. In actual play, you can get along just fine for
quite a while with only around 30 chords in your
repertoire, and maybe even less depending on what
type of music you want to play. There are bluegrass
guitar players that have gone through entire
careers never playing more than a dozen or so chords;
Dont worry about getting the strumming patterns down
perfect. You will develop your own strumming style in
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time. Just try to stay in time. If you have to strum open
strings in-between chords, while you switch from one to
the other, thats OK, too. In fact, sometimes, its even
desirable. Its what we call style. Youre main
objective right now is learning the chord fingerings,
and getting your changes smooth.
I hope you'll enjoy this chords ebook! Have fun!
Useful References:
Chords video lesson part 1 http://www.fachords.com/blog2014/first-open-chord-guitar/
Chords video lesson part2 http://www.fachords.com/blog2014/beginner-a-major-guitar-chord/
Online metronome http://www.fachords.com/jamplay-metronome
Online guitar tuner http://www.fachords.com/tuner
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How to read chord diagrams
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Major and Minor open strings chords
We begin with the most common chords: in this section you
can learn about major and minor chords in first position
(that means that chords are played on the frets near to the
headstock). These chords use open strings, so, depending
on the chord shape, you'll have to let vibrate some strings.
Remember, if in the diagrams you find a 0 near to a string,
that means that you have to play it without press any fret; if
you find a X, you have to not play the string.
C major
Low E string open; ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string,
medium finger on the 2nd fret on the D string, G string open,
index finger on the 1st fret of the B string, high E string open.
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D major
E major
F major
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If you have difficulties in playing the F major chord due the full barr, you can try the following easier shape without barr. Of course it would be better you practice in order to master barr, you'll need it all the times!
F major - easy shape
G major
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A major
B major
C minor
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D minor
E minor
F minor
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F minor - easy shape
G minor
A minor
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B minor
Putting all together Once you've memorized some chord shapes, you could try to create chord progressions, in order to practice on chords changes and transitions. Here are two nice progressions to try out. Do you recognize them?
Progression1:
C C C C |G G G G |Am Am Am Am| F F F F|
Progression 2: C C C C |G G G G |Am Am Am Am |Em Em Em Em| F F F F |C C C C |F F F F | G G G G|
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Dominant Seventh Chords A dominant seventh chord is a major chord with a minor
seventh note added. It's a very important chord as it create
a sort of tension that resolves naturally on the tonic, giving a
feeling of conclusion to the progression.
C7
D7
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E7
F7
G7
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A7
B7
Blues progressions use dominant chords all the times, here's a classic 12 bar basic blues sequence to try out:
C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7| F7 F7 F7 F7|F7 F7 F7 F7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7| G7 G7 F7 F7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|G7 G7 G7 G7|
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3 Notes Chords: Triads
Triads are chords composed by three notes. That means
that you can play a chord with just three strings, muting
the others. This provides you a great way to play any
chord in any part of the fretboard. With this approach we
don't play any open strings, but we place our fingers on
the right frets. The shapes on the following diagrams are
"movable shapes", because you can translate the exact
shape up or down the neck in order to get a different
chord name but with the same quality (major, minor,
augmented, diminished and so forth). Exactly like barr
works.
Here's an example. C major triad, or C major chord,
played just on the G, B, and E high string (mute the others
strings):
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The root note of the C major chord, C, is on the fifth fret of
the G string. If you move the shape up two whole tones, you
get a three notes F major chord. Same chord quality (major)
but different name (C -> F). Do you want a D major chord?
Place the shape in order to have the D note as root (just
move the C one whole tone up, C -> D).
There are 4 kinds of triads: major triads (major chords), minor
triads (minor chords), augmented triads (augmented
chords), diminished triads (diminished or flat-five chords).
In the following diagrams you can find all the triad shapes in
each inversion (the order of the notes composing the
chord). The note that gives the name to the chords is
marked with the letter R (root), you have to place the R
note on the fret that will be the root of your chord.
3 and b3 mean major and minor third, and b5, 5 and #5
respectively diminished, perfect and augmented fifth. You
can find more about chords theory in my other free ebook:
http://www.fachords.com/blog2014/guitar-chords-theory-free-pdf-
ebook/
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Major triads
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Minor triads
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Augmented triads
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Diminished triads
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More movable shapes Here are more movable shapes to learn. If you memorize
these shapes, you can play almost any chord, just placing
the shape root on the right fret.
In the diagrams, the root note is marked with a circle. For
example, the shape of a dominant seventh chord, with the
root on the A string, is this:
If you want to play a C7 chord, you have to use as root note
the C note. As previously said, the root note in the diagram
is marked with a circle. So, in order to take a C7, the root
note has to be a C, that on the A string is placed on the 3rd
fret. With the same logic, if you want to take a D7, you have
to start with the root note on the fifth fret of the A string (D
note).
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Major chords - maj
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Major Seventh chords - maj7
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Minor chords - min
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Minor Seventh chords - min7
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Dominant chords - 7
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Augmented chords - aug, #5
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Diminished chords - dim7
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Suspended Fourth - sus4
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Major Sixth chords - 6
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Minor Sixth chords - m6
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Major Sixth added Nine chords - 6/9
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Seventh Flat Five chords - 7b5
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Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5
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Seventh Flat Nine chords - 7b9
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Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5
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Seventh Suspended Fourth chords - 7sus4
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Ninth Flat Five chords - 9b5
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Minor Ninth chords - m9
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Major Ninth chords - maj9
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Dominant Ninth chords - 9
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Dominant Eleventh chords - 11
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Dominant Thirteen chords - 13
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I don't know the notes on the fretboard!
When you start using movable shape, you should know frets
note names, in order to be able to know where to place the
root note of your shapes. It's all about memory.
I create a free online game to help you memorize the notes
on the fretboard. It's easy and fun and you'll be able to
memorize all the fretboard in a couple of weeks.
Here's the link:
http://www.fachords.com/fretboard-cyber-trainer-intro/
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Useful Resources
Fachords Video Lessons http://www.fachords.com/online-guitar-lessons/ Fachords Online Guitar Apps http://www.fachords.com/online-guitar-apps/
Fachords Guitar Ebooks http://www.fachords.com/guitar-pdf-ebooks/
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