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Table Of ContentsHow to Fretboard 3Chord Basics and Major Chords 7 Minor Chords 14 I-IV-V in Major Keys 15Minor Key Chords Progression 18Chord Inversions 20

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E A D G B e

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HowTheFretboardWorks

Standardguitartuning,asdescribedabove,providesalotoffriendlyposi�onsforthehand

tograbvariouschordsthatwouldotherwisebeunavailableiftheguitarwastuneddifferently.

Aguitarstringispre�ymuchlaidoutinalinearfashionlikeapiano.Eachguitarstringstarts

atthelowestpitchitistunedinto,andthenitprogressivelygoesupahalfstepinpitchevery

fretun�ltheen�resequencerepeatsitselfevery12frets(albeitatahigherpitch).Sincethe

guitarhassixs�rngs,it'slikehavingsixpianoslaidoutacrossthefretboard.

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Thesequenceof12notes,fromtheopenstringtothenoteonthe11thfret,iscalled

thechroma�cscale.Thenoteonthe12thfretofeachstringisthesameasthatof

theopenstring'snote.onlysoundinganoctavehigher.

Fretmarkers(thedotsonthefretboard)helpaguitarplayernavigatethefretboareasier.

Wetypicallyfinddotsatthe3rd,5th,7th,and9thfrets.The12thfrettypicallyhastwoor

moredotsrepresen�ngtheoctavefromtheopenstring.

Sincethefretboardisdesignedassuch,therewillbenumerouspa�ernsalloverthefretboaard

thatcanberepeated.Forexample,everyguitarplayercanmemorizeonechordorscaleshape

andbeabletotransposeitupordownbysimplymovingtheen�reshapetoadifferentloca�on

ratherthanlearnnewfingering.Tosuccessfullydothis,onemustbeabletoiden�fyonthefret-

boardtherootnotesofascaleorachord.

Octaves

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Knowingwhereoctavesandunisonsareonthefretboardalsohelpsinnaviga�ngthefretboardtofind

rootnotes.

Unisons

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A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A

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D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D

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G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G

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Otherthanforfretboardnaviga�onbylookingforrootnotes,octavescanalsobeusedtocreatevery

interes�ngmelodyorleadlines.

OctavesUsedInaMelody/Lick

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Notesofthe5thStringFromOpento12thFret

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Notesofthe4thStringFromOpento12thFret

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B C C#/Db D D#/Eb E F F#/Gb G G#/Ab A A#/Bb B

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Notesofthe2ndStringFromOpento12thFret

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Notesofthe1syStringFromOpento12thFret

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GuitarStrings,SameNotesonDifferentStrings,andTimbre

Oneoftheremarkablethingsontheguitaristheabilitytoplaythesamenoteondifferent

strings(asdemonstratedwhenfindingunisons).However,itdoesnotmeanthattheywill

soundexactlythesame.Forexample,ifweplayapassageonthe2ndstring,weexpectitto

haveabrightsound.Ifweplaythesamepassageonthe3rdstring.thepitchesmaybethesame

butthetoneor�mbrewillberounder/warmerbecausethestringisthickerplusthereiscopper

orbronzewirewrappedaroundthestring.

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ChordBasicsandMajorChords

CAGEDChordShapes(a.k.a.CowboyorChurchChords)

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CtoGisaperfect5thapart

Thebasicchordconsistsofatriad,threenotesthattogetherformaharmony.Atriadcontains

arootnote,anoteanintervalofa3rdaway,andanothernotea5thaway.

BuildingChords

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EtoGisaminor3rdapart

Wecanalsothinkofatriadasastackof3rds.Inthiscase,ourCmajorchordconsistsofamajor

3rd(CtoE)stackedoveraminor3rd(EtoG).

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Whenmovingchordshapes,remembertousethefirstfingerasabarre(replacement

forthenut)toformbarrechords.Otherwise,ifabarreisnotused,someopenstrings

willringoutandthechordwillnotsoundcorrect.

Anyshapeorpa�ernonthefretboard,assaidearlier,canbemovedaroundtotransposeit.Inthecase

ofchoirds,a"C"chordshapecanbemovedtoturnitintoadifferentchord.Allthatisneededistofind

theroot,andthenformthechordshape.Forexample,wecanbuildaDchordusinga"C"chordshape:

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Chordshapescanalsoprovideaframeworkformelodicplayingorsoloing(especiallyinstylessuchas

Bluegrass)sincetheroot,3rd,and5tharealreadythere.Allthatisneededtodoistofillintheblanks

tofollowapar�cularscale.

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keepitfromringing.ThisisbecausethislowEcanmakethechordsoundmuddy.

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thenusethe2nd.3rd,and4thfingersofthefre�nghandfortheAshapeitself:

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necktoformwhat'scalled6th-stringbarrechords.Allthatonehastodoisfind

therootonthe6thstring,foirmabarreoverthatfretwheretherootis.andthen

formtheEshapeoverthenexttwofrets.Here'sGusingtheEshape:

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TheDchordshapeformsanicetriangleoverthe3rd,2nd,and1ststrings.

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voicingsonthe1st,2nd,and3rdstringsthatsoundreallyinteres�ng.Inthisexample,we

haveaGthathasthevoicingofaDchordshape.Thetricktousingthisshapeisto

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halfstep(goingflat).Thediagramsbelowshowsomeopenmajorchordscontrastedwith

openminorchords(emphasisonflat3rd)

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instance,ifyouwanta6-stringvoicingofAm,youjustfindtherootnoteonthe6thstring

andthenapplyabarrewherethatrootlands(5thfret).A�erwards,applyanEshapeand

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How to Fretboard

Chord Basics and Major Chords

Minor Chords

I-IV-V in Major Keys

Minor Key Chords Progression

Chord Inversions