Chords for How to Play the Major Chords in G on Guitar | Fender Play™ | Fender
Tempo:
88.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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In this lesson, we'll check out the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G major.
We'll discuss what they are, how the root relationships look on our guitar, and we'll play a short example.
Let's dive in.
The I, IV, and V chords are the three major chords that exist in any given major key.
G major is a great one to study here.
So here are the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G.
Our I chord, G major.
Our IV [C] chord, C major.
And our V [D] chord, D major.
[E] The first note in the key of G is G, [G] also known as our root note.
So our I chord is the major chord built from that first scale degree.
G major.
[Am] Now let's count through the scale degrees to find our IV [G] chord.
We know that G is I.
Then we have [A] A for II, [B] B is III, and C is [C] IV.
So we now know that C is our IV chord, C major.
Now let's find the V chord.
[G] G is I, [A] A is II, B [B] is III.
We now know that [C] C is IV.
So next up, D, [D] V.
So we now know that D is our V chord, D major.
And that's our I, [E] IV, and V chords in the key of G major.
Let's hear those again.
G is our I [G] chord.
Our root note is the third fret of the E string.
[C]
C is our IV chord, and our root is the third fret of the A.
And then D is [D] our V.
Our root is the open D string.
Learning how to see and hear I, IV, and V chords
is very helpful for learning and memorizing tunes.
[G] One way to get it under your fingers visually
is to memorize how the roots of each chord
move as we shift from chord shape to chord shape.
So if we're going from our I to our IV here, G to C,
we're going to start here, third fret of the E.
And then when we move to C, we're just moving a string.
[C] Third fret of the A.
So we go from third fret of [G] E to third fret of the A.
Same fret, different string.
Now when we're going from C to D, our IV to V chord,
we're going to start here, third fret of the A,
for our root, moving to the [D] open D.
So we see that we're moving a string,
[C] and then moving over three [D] frets.
Now moving from our [C#] V to our I, D to G,
we're going to start with that [D] open D string,
and then move to the third fret of the [G] E.
So we're shifting over two strings now,
[D] and then shifting over also three [G] frets there
to get back to the third fret of the E.
Let's listen to a progression now using those I, IV,
and V chords in G,
and try to keep track of the root movement.
We'll do this with whole notes and half notes.
We're going to start with a bar of G.
One, two, three, four.
Then a [D] bar of D.
Two, three, [C] four.
Half a bar of C.
[D] Half a bar of D.
And then a bar [G] of G.
Two, three, four.
That's a I, V, IV, V, I progression.
So let's do that together now with whole notes
and half notes, and we're going to play it two times through.
Get ready, I'll count you in.
One, two, three, four.
We have our I chord.
Two, three, four.
And [D] our V chord.
Two, three, four.
[C] Now we have IV chord, [D] moving to the V chord,
[G] back to the I chord.
Two, three.
Now do it all again.
I chord.
Two, three, [D] four.
And our V.
Two, three, four.
And [C] then our IV chord [D] to our V chord,
[G] back to the I.
Two, three.
[F] These three chords will continue to come up again and again.
So it's important to understand how they work together
in the context of the key of G.
We'll discuss what they are, how the root relationships look on our guitar, and we'll play a short example.
Let's dive in.
The I, IV, and V chords are the three major chords that exist in any given major key.
G major is a great one to study here.
So here are the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G.
Our I chord, G major.
Our IV [C] chord, C major.
And our V [D] chord, D major.
[E] The first note in the key of G is G, [G] also known as our root note.
So our I chord is the major chord built from that first scale degree.
G major.
[Am] Now let's count through the scale degrees to find our IV [G] chord.
We know that G is I.
Then we have [A] A for II, [B] B is III, and C is [C] IV.
So we now know that C is our IV chord, C major.
Now let's find the V chord.
[G] G is I, [A] A is II, B [B] is III.
We now know that [C] C is IV.
So next up, D, [D] V.
So we now know that D is our V chord, D major.
And that's our I, [E] IV, and V chords in the key of G major.
Let's hear those again.
G is our I [G] chord.
Our root note is the third fret of the E string.
[C]
C is our IV chord, and our root is the third fret of the A.
And then D is [D] our V.
Our root is the open D string.
Learning how to see and hear I, IV, and V chords
is very helpful for learning and memorizing tunes.
[G] One way to get it under your fingers visually
is to memorize how the roots of each chord
move as we shift from chord shape to chord shape.
So if we're going from our I to our IV here, G to C,
we're going to start here, third fret of the E.
And then when we move to C, we're just moving a string.
[C] Third fret of the A.
So we go from third fret of [G] E to third fret of the A.
Same fret, different string.
Now when we're going from C to D, our IV to V chord,
we're going to start here, third fret of the A,
for our root, moving to the [D] open D.
So we see that we're moving a string,
[C] and then moving over three [D] frets.
Now moving from our [C#] V to our I, D to G,
we're going to start with that [D] open D string,
and then move to the third fret of the [G] E.
So we're shifting over two strings now,
[D] and then shifting over also three [G] frets there
to get back to the third fret of the E.
Let's listen to a progression now using those I, IV,
and V chords in G,
and try to keep track of the root movement.
We'll do this with whole notes and half notes.
We're going to start with a bar of G.
One, two, three, four.
Then a [D] bar of D.
Two, three, [C] four.
Half a bar of C.
[D] Half a bar of D.
And then a bar [G] of G.
Two, three, four.
That's a I, V, IV, V, I progression.
So let's do that together now with whole notes
and half notes, and we're going to play it two times through.
Get ready, I'll count you in.
One, two, three, four.
We have our I chord.
Two, three, four.
And [D] our V chord.
Two, three, four.
[C] Now we have IV chord, [D] moving to the V chord,
[G] back to the I chord.
Two, three.
Now do it all again.
I chord.
Two, three, [D] four.
And our V.
Two, three, four.
And [C] then our IV chord [D] to our V chord,
[G] back to the I.
Two, three.
[F] These three chords will continue to come up again and again.
So it's important to understand how they work together
in the context of the key of G.
Key:
D
G
C
E
A
D
G
C
In this lesson, we'll check out the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G major.
We'll discuss what they are, how the root relationships look on our guitar, and we'll play a short example.
Let's dive in.
The I, IV, and V chords are the three major chords that exist in any given major key.
G major is a great one to study here.
So here are the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G.
Our I chord, G major.
Our IV [C] chord, C major.
And our V [D] chord, D major. _ _
[E] The first note in the key of G is G, [G] also known as our root note.
So our I chord is the major chord built from that first scale degree.
_ G major.
_ [Am] Now let's count through the scale degrees to find our IV [G] chord.
We know that G is I.
_ Then we have [A] A for II, [B] B is III, and C is [C] IV.
So we now know that C is our IV chord, C major.
_ Now let's find the V chord.
[G] G is I, [A] A is II, B [B] is III.
We now know that [C] C is IV.
So next up, D, [D] V.
So we now know that D is our V chord, D major.
_ And that's our I, [E] IV, and V chords in the key of G major.
Let's hear those again.
G is our I [G] chord.
Our root note is the third fret of the E string.
_ [C]
C is our IV chord, and our root is the third fret of the A.
And then D is [D] our V.
Our root is the open D string.
_ Learning how to see and hear I, IV, and V chords
is very helpful for learning and memorizing tunes.
[G] One way to get it under your fingers visually
is to memorize how the roots of each chord
move as we shift from chord shape to chord shape.
So if we're going from our I to our IV here, G to C,
we're going to start here, third fret of the E.
And then when we move to C, we're just moving a string.
[C] Third fret of the A.
So we go from third fret of [G] E to third fret of the A.
Same fret, different string.
Now when we're going from C to D, our IV to V chord,
we're going to start here, third fret of the A,
for our root, moving to the [D] open D.
So we see that we're moving a string,
[C] and then moving over three [D] frets.
_ _ Now moving from our [C#] V to our I, D to G,
we're going to start with that [D] open D string,
and then move to the third fret of the [G] E.
So we're shifting over two strings now,
[D] and then shifting over also three [G] frets there
to get back to the third fret of the E.
_ _ Let's listen to a progression now using those I, IV,
and V chords in G,
and try to keep track of the root movement.
We'll do this with whole notes and half notes.
We're going to start with a bar of G.
One, two, three, four.
Then a [D] bar of D.
Two, three, [C] four.
Half a bar of C.
[D] Half a bar of D.
And then a bar [G] of G.
Two, three, four.
That's a I, V, IV, V, I progression.
So let's do that together now with whole notes
and half notes, and we're going to play it two times through.
Get ready, I'll count you in.
One, two, three, four.
We have our I chord.
Two, three, four.
And [D] our V chord.
Two, three, four.
[C] Now we have IV chord, [D] moving to the V chord,
[G] back to the I chord.
Two, three.
Now do it all again.
I chord.
Two, three, [D] four.
And our V.
Two, three, four.
And [C] then our IV chord [D] to our V chord,
[G] back to the I.
Two, three.
_ [F] These three chords will continue to come up again and again.
So it's important to understand how they work together
in the context of the key of G.
We'll discuss what they are, how the root relationships look on our guitar, and we'll play a short example.
Let's dive in.
The I, IV, and V chords are the three major chords that exist in any given major key.
G major is a great one to study here.
So here are the I, IV, and V chords in the key of G.
Our I chord, G major.
Our IV [C] chord, C major.
And our V [D] chord, D major. _ _
[E] The first note in the key of G is G, [G] also known as our root note.
So our I chord is the major chord built from that first scale degree.
_ G major.
_ [Am] Now let's count through the scale degrees to find our IV [G] chord.
We know that G is I.
_ Then we have [A] A for II, [B] B is III, and C is [C] IV.
So we now know that C is our IV chord, C major.
_ Now let's find the V chord.
[G] G is I, [A] A is II, B [B] is III.
We now know that [C] C is IV.
So next up, D, [D] V.
So we now know that D is our V chord, D major.
_ And that's our I, [E] IV, and V chords in the key of G major.
Let's hear those again.
G is our I [G] chord.
Our root note is the third fret of the E string.
_ [C]
C is our IV chord, and our root is the third fret of the A.
And then D is [D] our V.
Our root is the open D string.
_ Learning how to see and hear I, IV, and V chords
is very helpful for learning and memorizing tunes.
[G] One way to get it under your fingers visually
is to memorize how the roots of each chord
move as we shift from chord shape to chord shape.
So if we're going from our I to our IV here, G to C,
we're going to start here, third fret of the E.
And then when we move to C, we're just moving a string.
[C] Third fret of the A.
So we go from third fret of [G] E to third fret of the A.
Same fret, different string.
Now when we're going from C to D, our IV to V chord,
we're going to start here, third fret of the A,
for our root, moving to the [D] open D.
So we see that we're moving a string,
[C] and then moving over three [D] frets.
_ _ Now moving from our [C#] V to our I, D to G,
we're going to start with that [D] open D string,
and then move to the third fret of the [G] E.
So we're shifting over two strings now,
[D] and then shifting over also three [G] frets there
to get back to the third fret of the E.
_ _ Let's listen to a progression now using those I, IV,
and V chords in G,
and try to keep track of the root movement.
We'll do this with whole notes and half notes.
We're going to start with a bar of G.
One, two, three, four.
Then a [D] bar of D.
Two, three, [C] four.
Half a bar of C.
[D] Half a bar of D.
And then a bar [G] of G.
Two, three, four.
That's a I, V, IV, V, I progression.
So let's do that together now with whole notes
and half notes, and we're going to play it two times through.
Get ready, I'll count you in.
One, two, three, four.
We have our I chord.
Two, three, four.
And [D] our V chord.
Two, three, four.
[C] Now we have IV chord, [D] moving to the V chord,
[G] back to the I chord.
Two, three.
Now do it all again.
I chord.
Two, three, [D] four.
And our V.
Two, three, four.
And [C] then our IV chord [D] to our V chord,
[G] back to the I.
Two, three.
_ [F] These three chords will continue to come up again and again.
So it's important to understand how they work together
in the context of the key of G.