Guitar Chords
April 15th, 2007
Guitar Chords
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How many guitar chords do you know?
I've recently just started learning the guitar. I hear there are thousands of different chords to learn. But how many do you have to know to just be able to play most basic songs and stuff? I know two so far haha. How many have you memorized?
You can know an infinite amount if you take a little step into music theory.
To build chords you need to learn the major scale. The major scale is constructed in a pattern of whole and half steps. A half step is a distance of note to the next, or one fret to another on a guitar (Second fret to third fret, for example). A whole step is the distance of two frets on a guitar, first fret to third fret is a whole step. To build a major scale, all you have to do is apply the following formula.
W = Whole Step
H = Half Step
W-W-W-H-W-W-W-H
The note you start on is called the root note, and it is very important. The root determines what key the scale is in, also the key of the chord you will be building. The first and last notes of the scale are the same. The formula for the major scale is numbered as well, like this:
W-W-W-H-W-W-W-H
1 - 2 - 3 -4- 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
To build a major chord, play the first, third and fifth notes of the scale. A "GMaj" chord would be constructed in this fashion. Find "G" on the guitar (Third fret of the sixth string or the open third string are good starting points.) Count out the major scale.
W-W-W-H-W-W-W-H
1 - 2 - 3 -4- 5 - 6 - 7 - 8
G- A -B -C -D - E- F#-G
G B D are the notes of a G major chord. The strings to play would be sixth string, third fret (G), fifth string, second fret (B) and the fourth string open (D). You can also double notes in the chord, so the third string could be played open (It is a G as well, an octave higher) the third fret of the second string (A octave higher D) and the third fret on the first string (It is two octaves above the starting G).
Now that you know how to build a chord you need to know the characteristics of all the chords. A "b" indicates a flattened note, moving it down one fret, and a "#" indicates a sharpened note, moved up one fret. Keep in mind I'm only using "G" as an example, remember that the note you start the scale on determines the key of the chord and scale.
Major - GMaj or G - 1 3 5
Minor - Gm - 1 3b 5
Diminished - Gdim - 1 3b 5b
Augmented - Gaug or G+- 1 3 5#
Dominant Seventh - G7 - 1 3 5 7b
Major Seventh - GMaj7 - 1 3 5 7
Minor Seventh - Gmin7 or Gm7 - 1 3b 5 7b
That should keep you busy for a little bit, sorry if it was a little long but I think by the "Give a man a fish, feed him for a day" simply giving the fingerings of a chord "teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime" actually learning to build any chord for any situation.
