Guitar Chords
In my previous article I wrote about guitar chords consisting of a 1st , a 3rd, and a 5th. I thought I’d write a short article to reinforce the learning.
The key of C consists of the notes: C D E F G A B and for those that live in Europe, the B is often called H.
We established that a C major chord consists of C, E and G notes, which are the 1st, 3rd and 5th of C. Using that principle, to create a C6 chord, we would add the 6th note of the scale of C, which is A.
We arrived at that because C = 1, D =2, E = 3, F =4, G =5 and C = 6.
A C6 chord = C E G and A. The notes don’t necessarily need to be in that order when you play them.
Working out a C6 chord is quite easy, however some of the other chords such as C9, c13 etc gets a little more complex. Whoever wrote the rules originally didn’t write in a very user friendly manner. I will be writing more in depth information about chords in the very near future, as I said this is just a short refresher article…with a little more info.
