How Guitar Chords are Made - Part 4 of 6
These Chords are based around the Key of A. The Key of A has 3 sharps (#) C sharp, F sharp and G Sharp. As before in the last article, if you look at the music stave above, you’ll notice that I have numbered each note and also given it an alphabetical name.
I’ll also remind you once again that the way chords are made is generally by taking the 1st, 3rd and 5th of a scale.
If you look at the top line of music above, you’ll see it is A, C# and E, this is called an A major triad. You could also play a couple of A’s C#’s or E’s instead of just one, it’s still a A major chord.
If you look at the second line of music above, you’ll see it is A, C natural and E, this is called an A minor triad. Also, just like the major chord, you could play a couple of A’s C’s or E’s instead of just one, it’s still aa A minor chord.
The seventh chord consists of the 1st, the 3rd, the 5th and also the 7th note, but this is IMPORTANT. Once again, as in previous article, look closely at the note though, in truth what is known as a 7th is really a flattened 7th, it is one note lower than the seventh note of the normal major scaleTo download the Free High Quality Printable version Click the following Link:
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