Chords for Learn Guitar - 02 - Major Scale Chord Construction
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[A] [E] Okay, so this is the next lesson [D] in the series of Mastering the Basics Pictures Within Pictures.
We're going to look at chord construction.
Now, we [B] have the major scale C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
Now what we have is C to D is a whole step, D to E is a whole step, E to F is a half step,
F to G is a whole step, [G] G to A is a whole step, E to B is a whole step, B to C is a half step.
We can actually number those, we call that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and we go to 8.
I'm trying to draw this [E] with my mouse.
Now [N] what we see with major scale construction is that 3 and 4 and 7 and 8 are half steps, all the rest are whole steps.
Every single major scale is created like that.
If we were to do, say for example, the G major scale, we would say [G] G, A, B, C, B to C is a half step, C, [B] D, E,
E to F is a half step, so we have to make that a whole step, so we have to call that F sharp to G,
and that would create the half step.
So every major scale is constructed in exactly the same way, so the patterns are always the same.
Now I'll just rub that out.
Now the thing about chords, the 7 notes in a scale, [Em] now the chords, there's one chord for each note in the scale,
so we've got 7 different notes and [Gm] that's just C just repeating there.
So what we do for a C chord [B] is we take the first note, the third note, and the fifth note.
Those 3 notes, C, E and G, C, E, G, make [D#] a C major chord.
[Em] For the next chord, which would be a D chord, we would take the D, skip that, we take the F and we take the A,
so that would be like 1, [B] 3 and 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so we're taking the first, the third and the fifth.
So we've got D, F, A and that equals a D minor chord, and so on, you can see that from here.
Now what I've done in our chart over here is I have just put in red all the C, E's and G's for a C major chord.
That does the C major chord mapped out over the whole fretboard.
Now the first chords you [Gm] usually learn is a C chord and it would have that note in it [B] there,
it would have that note, it would have that note there, which is the G, it would have that note there,
and it would have that note there.
You can either play this note or this [D#] note or you can play them both,
because [B] that's a G, a C, an E, a G, a [D] C and an E.
Now when you're playing these full 6 string open chords, they are basically just C, E and G,
but some of those notes are repeated, because we have a C here [B] and a C here,
we have a G here and a G [F#] here, we've got an E here and we've got an E here.
So you see they've just doubled up.
So really, basically, a [B] C chord is just 3, so strictly speaking a C chord would be our C, E and G note there.
OK, we understand that, that makes up a C chord, but you can find all sorts of C chords in here.
We can find a G, a C and an E, so we could make that, those 3 notes, a C chord.
OK, understand that?
Now we look at the barre chords, when you're getting into the barre chords,
we have this note here, which is a G, we have this note, E, we have that note, C,
we have this note, which is G, and we have that note, [E] which is C.
That's usually barred with the 1st finger, and these [B] are played with the 3rd finger.
So it's barred right across there, and that's played with the [F] 3rd finger,
and that's usually an X, because the [Em] 3rd finger mutes that note there,
so you don't really generally hear that, so your C [B] chord is basically that, so that's your barre chord there.
So we've got a form 2 barre chord.
Now the other barre chord shape is this note here, this note here, and [F#] that one.
And this one across [G] here is usually barred with the 1st finger,
and this is the 2nd finger, 3rd finger and 4th finger.
So that's your other barre chord shape.
[B] So you can find all sorts of different ways to play a C chord in here.
You just explore through them, like we could have that note there, that's a C, that's an E, and that's a G.
So that's a C chord there.
This is a C, that's a G, that's an E.
So this could be a C chord, just like that.
Here, that's a C chord, just like that.
Just here, just those 3 notes just there, it's a C chord.
Just these 3 notes here is a C chord.
And because this is open [C#] strings, and this is the 12th fret, that shape repeats [D] itself here too.
So when you get past the 12th fret, all these patterns start repeating themselves over again.
[F#] So that's basically how chords are constructed, and we just find all the little shapes that we can make,
that could be a C chord there.
So we just find all the different shapes that we could make a C chord out of, and there's quite a few of them.
And we'll discuss those later on when we talk about [D] triads, which are 3 note chords,
like some of those I just did there, and there's patterns of the scale,
which you can play all these chords, and triad patterns, which are really, really good for soloing and [C] everything like that.
So that's it for this lesson, I hope you enjoyed [B] it.
Oh, I just wanted to say one other thing, that under this lesson here you'll find a download link,
where you can actually download a blank chart [G] of fretboard grids,
and you can fill these in for yourself if you like, it's a good exercise, good exercise, you've got to fill them in.
You can fill in all the C, C, E, G notes, you can fill in all the D, F, A notes, you can fill in all the E, G, B notes, F, A, C,
for [E] all the chords, you can just fill in all the notes over the fretboard, and try and find the
We're going to look at chord construction.
Now, we [B] have the major scale C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
Now what we have is C to D is a whole step, D to E is a whole step, E to F is a half step,
F to G is a whole step, [G] G to A is a whole step, E to B is a whole step, B to C is a half step.
We can actually number those, we call that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and we go to 8.
I'm trying to draw this [E] with my mouse.
Now [N] what we see with major scale construction is that 3 and 4 and 7 and 8 are half steps, all the rest are whole steps.
Every single major scale is created like that.
If we were to do, say for example, the G major scale, we would say [G] G, A, B, C, B to C is a half step, C, [B] D, E,
E to F is a half step, so we have to make that a whole step, so we have to call that F sharp to G,
and that would create the half step.
So every major scale is constructed in exactly the same way, so the patterns are always the same.
Now I'll just rub that out.
Now the thing about chords, the 7 notes in a scale, [Em] now the chords, there's one chord for each note in the scale,
so we've got 7 different notes and [Gm] that's just C just repeating there.
So what we do for a C chord [B] is we take the first note, the third note, and the fifth note.
Those 3 notes, C, E and G, C, E, G, make [D#] a C major chord.
[Em] For the next chord, which would be a D chord, we would take the D, skip that, we take the F and we take the A,
so that would be like 1, [B] 3 and 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so we're taking the first, the third and the fifth.
So we've got D, F, A and that equals a D minor chord, and so on, you can see that from here.
Now what I've done in our chart over here is I have just put in red all the C, E's and G's for a C major chord.
That does the C major chord mapped out over the whole fretboard.
Now the first chords you [Gm] usually learn is a C chord and it would have that note in it [B] there,
it would have that note, it would have that note there, which is the G, it would have that note there,
and it would have that note there.
You can either play this note or this [D#] note or you can play them both,
because [B] that's a G, a C, an E, a G, a [D] C and an E.
Now when you're playing these full 6 string open chords, they are basically just C, E and G,
but some of those notes are repeated, because we have a C here [B] and a C here,
we have a G here and a G [F#] here, we've got an E here and we've got an E here.
So you see they've just doubled up.
So really, basically, a [B] C chord is just 3, so strictly speaking a C chord would be our C, E and G note there.
OK, we understand that, that makes up a C chord, but you can find all sorts of C chords in here.
We can find a G, a C and an E, so we could make that, those 3 notes, a C chord.
OK, understand that?
Now we look at the barre chords, when you're getting into the barre chords,
we have this note here, which is a G, we have this note, E, we have that note, C,
we have this note, which is G, and we have that note, [E] which is C.
That's usually barred with the 1st finger, and these [B] are played with the 3rd finger.
So it's barred right across there, and that's played with the [F] 3rd finger,
and that's usually an X, because the [Em] 3rd finger mutes that note there,
so you don't really generally hear that, so your C [B] chord is basically that, so that's your barre chord there.
So we've got a form 2 barre chord.
Now the other barre chord shape is this note here, this note here, and [F#] that one.
And this one across [G] here is usually barred with the 1st finger,
and this is the 2nd finger, 3rd finger and 4th finger.
So that's your other barre chord shape.
[B] So you can find all sorts of different ways to play a C chord in here.
You just explore through them, like we could have that note there, that's a C, that's an E, and that's a G.
So that's a C chord there.
This is a C, that's a G, that's an E.
So this could be a C chord, just like that.
Here, that's a C chord, just like that.
Just here, just those 3 notes just there, it's a C chord.
Just these 3 notes here is a C chord.
And because this is open [C#] strings, and this is the 12th fret, that shape repeats [D] itself here too.
So when you get past the 12th fret, all these patterns start repeating themselves over again.
[F#] So that's basically how chords are constructed, and we just find all the little shapes that we can make,
that could be a C chord there.
So we just find all the different shapes that we could make a C chord out of, and there's quite a few of them.
And we'll discuss those later on when we talk about [D] triads, which are 3 note chords,
like some of those I just did there, and there's patterns of the scale,
which you can play all these chords, and triad patterns, which are really, really good for soloing and [C] everything like that.
So that's it for this lesson, I hope you enjoyed [B] it.
Oh, I just wanted to say one other thing, that under this lesson here you'll find a download link,
where you can actually download a blank chart [G] of fretboard grids,
and you can fill these in for yourself if you like, it's a good exercise, good exercise, you've got to fill them in.
You can fill in all the C, C, E, G notes, you can fill in all the D, F, A notes, you can fill in all the E, G, B notes, F, A, C,
for [E] all the chords, you can just fill in all the notes over the fretboard, and try and find the
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[A] _ _ _ [E] _ Okay, so this is the next lesson [D] in the series of Mastering the Basics Pictures Within Pictures.
We're going to look at chord construction.
Now, we [B] have the major scale C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
Now what we have is C to D is a whole step, D to E is a whole step, E to F is a half step,
F to G is a whole step, [G] G to A is a whole step, E to B is a whole step, B to C is a half step.
We can actually number those, we call that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, _ 6, _ 7, and we go to 8. _
I'm trying to draw this [E] with my mouse.
Now [N] what we see with major scale construction is that 3 and 4 and 7 and 8 are half steps, all the rest are whole steps.
Every single major scale is created like that.
If we were to do, say for example, the G major scale, we would say [G] G, A, B, C, B to C is a half step, C, [B] D, E,
E to F is a half step, so we have to make that a whole step, so we have to call that F sharp to G,
and that would create the half step.
So every major scale is constructed in exactly the same way, so the patterns are always the same.
Now I'll just rub that out. _
Now the thing about chords, the 7 notes in a scale, [Em] now the chords, there's one chord for each note in the scale,
so we've got 7 different notes and [Gm] that's just C just repeating there.
So what we do for a C chord [B] is we take the first note, the third note, and the fifth note. _
Those 3 notes, C, E and G, C, E, G, make [D#] a C major chord.
_ [Em] For the next chord, which would be a D chord, we would take the D, skip that, we take the F and we take the A,
so that would be like 1, [B] 3 and 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so we're taking the first, the third and the fifth.
_ So we've got D, F, A and that equals a D minor chord, and so on, you can see that from here.
Now what I've done in our chart over here is I have just put in red all the C, E's and G's for a C major chord.
That does the C major chord mapped out over the whole fretboard.
Now the first chords you [Gm] usually learn is a C chord and it would have that note in it [B] there,
it would have that note, it would have that note there, which is the G, it would have that note there,
and it would have that note there.
You can either play this note or this [D#] note or you can play them both,
because [B] that's a G, a C, an E, a G, a [D] C and an E.
Now when you're playing these full 6 string open chords, they are basically just C, E and G,
but some of those notes are repeated, because we have a C here [B] and a C here,
we have a G here and a G [F#] here, we've got an E here and we've got an E here.
So you see they've just doubled up.
So really, basically, a [B] C chord is just 3, _ so strictly speaking a C chord would be our C, _ E and G note there.
OK, we understand that, that makes up a C chord, but you can find all sorts of C chords in here.
We can find a G, a C and an E, so we could make that, those 3 notes, a C chord.
OK, understand that?
Now we look at the barre chords, when you're getting into the barre chords,
we have this note here, which is a G, we have this note, E, we have that note, C,
we have this note, which is G, and we have that note, [E] which is C.
That's usually barred with the 1st finger, and these [B] are played with the 3rd finger.
So it's barred right across there, and that's played with the [F] 3rd finger,
and that's usually an X, because the [Em] 3rd finger mutes that note there,
so you don't really generally hear that, so your C [B] chord is basically that, so that's your barre chord there.
So we've got a form 2 barre chord.
Now the other barre chord shape is this note here, _ this note here, _ _ _ _ and [F#] that one.
And this one across [G] here is usually barred with the 1st finger,
and this is the 2nd finger, 3rd finger and 4th finger.
So that's your other barre chord shape. _
[B] So you can find all sorts of different ways to play a C chord in here. _
_ You just explore through them, like we could have that note there, that's a C, that's an E, and that's a G.
So that's a C chord there.
This is a C, that's a G, that's an E.
So this could be a C chord, just like that.
_ Here, _ _ that's a C chord, just like that.
Just here, just those 3 notes just there, it's a C chord.
Just these 3 notes here is a C chord.
And because this is open [C#] strings, and this is the 12th fret, that shape repeats [D] itself here too.
So when you get past the 12th fret, all these patterns start repeating themselves over again.
[F#] So that's basically how chords are constructed, and we just find all the little shapes that we can make,
that could be a C chord there.
So we just find all the different shapes that we could make a C chord out of, and there's quite a few of them.
And we'll discuss those later on when we talk about [D] triads, which are 3 note chords,
like some of those I just did there, and there's patterns of the scale,
which you can play all these chords, and triad patterns, which are really, really good for soloing and [C] everything like that.
So that's it for this lesson, I hope you enjoyed [B] it.
Oh, I just wanted to say one other thing, that under this lesson here you'll find a download link,
where you can actually download a blank chart [G] of fretboard grids,
and you can fill these in for yourself if you like, it's a good exercise, good exercise, you've got to fill them in.
You can fill in all the C, C, E, G notes, you can fill in all the D, F, A notes, you can fill in all the E, G, B notes, F, A, C,
for [E] all the chords, you can just fill in all the notes over the fretboard, and try and find the
We're going to look at chord construction.
Now, we [B] have the major scale C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C.
Now what we have is C to D is a whole step, D to E is a whole step, E to F is a half step,
F to G is a whole step, [G] G to A is a whole step, E to B is a whole step, B to C is a half step.
We can actually number those, we call that 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, _ 6, _ 7, and we go to 8. _
I'm trying to draw this [E] with my mouse.
Now [N] what we see with major scale construction is that 3 and 4 and 7 and 8 are half steps, all the rest are whole steps.
Every single major scale is created like that.
If we were to do, say for example, the G major scale, we would say [G] G, A, B, C, B to C is a half step, C, [B] D, E,
E to F is a half step, so we have to make that a whole step, so we have to call that F sharp to G,
and that would create the half step.
So every major scale is constructed in exactly the same way, so the patterns are always the same.
Now I'll just rub that out. _
Now the thing about chords, the 7 notes in a scale, [Em] now the chords, there's one chord for each note in the scale,
so we've got 7 different notes and [Gm] that's just C just repeating there.
So what we do for a C chord [B] is we take the first note, the third note, and the fifth note. _
Those 3 notes, C, E and G, C, E, G, make [D#] a C major chord.
_ [Em] For the next chord, which would be a D chord, we would take the D, skip that, we take the F and we take the A,
so that would be like 1, [B] 3 and 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so we're taking the first, the third and the fifth.
_ So we've got D, F, A and that equals a D minor chord, and so on, you can see that from here.
Now what I've done in our chart over here is I have just put in red all the C, E's and G's for a C major chord.
That does the C major chord mapped out over the whole fretboard.
Now the first chords you [Gm] usually learn is a C chord and it would have that note in it [B] there,
it would have that note, it would have that note there, which is the G, it would have that note there,
and it would have that note there.
You can either play this note or this [D#] note or you can play them both,
because [B] that's a G, a C, an E, a G, a [D] C and an E.
Now when you're playing these full 6 string open chords, they are basically just C, E and G,
but some of those notes are repeated, because we have a C here [B] and a C here,
we have a G here and a G [F#] here, we've got an E here and we've got an E here.
So you see they've just doubled up.
So really, basically, a [B] C chord is just 3, _ so strictly speaking a C chord would be our C, _ E and G note there.
OK, we understand that, that makes up a C chord, but you can find all sorts of C chords in here.
We can find a G, a C and an E, so we could make that, those 3 notes, a C chord.
OK, understand that?
Now we look at the barre chords, when you're getting into the barre chords,
we have this note here, which is a G, we have this note, E, we have that note, C,
we have this note, which is G, and we have that note, [E] which is C.
That's usually barred with the 1st finger, and these [B] are played with the 3rd finger.
So it's barred right across there, and that's played with the [F] 3rd finger,
and that's usually an X, because the [Em] 3rd finger mutes that note there,
so you don't really generally hear that, so your C [B] chord is basically that, so that's your barre chord there.
So we've got a form 2 barre chord.
Now the other barre chord shape is this note here, _ this note here, _ _ _ _ and [F#] that one.
And this one across [G] here is usually barred with the 1st finger,
and this is the 2nd finger, 3rd finger and 4th finger.
So that's your other barre chord shape. _
[B] So you can find all sorts of different ways to play a C chord in here. _
_ You just explore through them, like we could have that note there, that's a C, that's an E, and that's a G.
So that's a C chord there.
This is a C, that's a G, that's an E.
So this could be a C chord, just like that.
_ Here, _ _ that's a C chord, just like that.
Just here, just those 3 notes just there, it's a C chord.
Just these 3 notes here is a C chord.
And because this is open [C#] strings, and this is the 12th fret, that shape repeats [D] itself here too.
So when you get past the 12th fret, all these patterns start repeating themselves over again.
[F#] So that's basically how chords are constructed, and we just find all the little shapes that we can make,
that could be a C chord there.
So we just find all the different shapes that we could make a C chord out of, and there's quite a few of them.
And we'll discuss those later on when we talk about [D] triads, which are 3 note chords,
like some of those I just did there, and there's patterns of the scale,
which you can play all these chords, and triad patterns, which are really, really good for soloing and [C] everything like that.
So that's it for this lesson, I hope you enjoyed [B] it.
Oh, I just wanted to say one other thing, that under this lesson here you'll find a download link,
where you can actually download a blank chart [G] of fretboard grids,
and you can fill these in for yourself if you like, it's a good exercise, good exercise, you've got to fill them in.
You can fill in all the C, C, E, G notes, you can fill in all the D, F, A notes, you can fill in all the E, G, B notes, F, A, C,
for [E] all the chords, you can just fill in all the notes over the fretboard, and try and find the