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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

-1- -‰--1- -1- -1- -1- -1- -1- -1- -1--‰- -‰--‰- -1-

-1- -1- -‰- -1- -1- -1- -‰- -1- -‰- -1- -1- -‰- -1- -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

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C 1

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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

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1 b3 5 6 C Eb G ACm6

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C major scale:

numbers:

notes:

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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

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*) 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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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

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B^9

F#A#C#F#B

B2(’9)

F# B C#F#B

B6

F# B D#G#B

(�2)

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[Ab] [Ab]

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[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

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= don’t play this string

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string

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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

D

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E DB CAF GF#/Gb G#/Ab A#/Bb C#/DbD#/Eb

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D

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6EDB CAF GF#/Gb G#/Ab A#/Bb C#/Db D#/Eb

EDB C AF GF#/Gb G#/AbA#/Bb C#/Db D#/EbA

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C - E - G

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string

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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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Cm

Dm

Am

Em

Bm

Fm

Gm













F#m

Dbm

Bbm

Ebm

Abm

C7

D7

A7

E7

B7

F7

G7













F#7

Db7

Bb7

Eb7

Ab7

C^

D^

A^

E^

B^

F^

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F#^

Db^

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Ab^













F#m7

Dbm7

Bbm7

Ebm7

Abm7

Cm7

Gm7

Dm7

Am7

Em7

Bm7

Fm7

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.

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