Guitar Chords


Guitar Chords

  • Chords are two or more strings played at the same time to create a letter chord.
  • We have a few basic chords that we will use during the guitar unit.
  • G, C, and Em are three basic chords that we need to create any kind of song.

A-Chord

A Minor Chord

C- Chord

d-chord

d Minor chord

e-chord

e-minor chord

g chord

open chords

first chords we will learn

another way to read notes:

Tabulature

Tabulature

  • Tabulature is a form of musical notation indicating instrument fingering rather than musical pitches.
  • It is common for fretted stringed instruments
  • Common during the renaissance and Baroque eras
  • Commonly used in noting:
    • Rock
    • Pop
    • Folk
    • Ragtime
    • Bluegrass; and
    • Blues Music

Advantages of Tabulature

  • Tabulature is more easily read by a novice musician but it has some significant deficiencies compared to standard notation.
  • Advantages:
    • Direct Visual Representation
      • Fretboard Tabs is a closer visual representation of the instrument's fretboard compared to standard notation. It does not require as much training for players to be able to read tabs; therefore it is often easier and quicker to interpret.
    • Fingering Position Determination
      • Fretboard Tabs removes the requirement for the player to determine fretboard position within which notated music is to be executed.

Advantages of Tabulature Continued...

    • Simple Typewriter Font Representation
      • Tabs can be easily represented as ASCII tab. 
      • Plain-text computer file using numbers, letters, and symbols to construct tabulature. 
      • This characteristic makes it easy to distribute tabs electronically, a practice that has become very widespread.

disadvantages of tabulature

  • Indication of Pitch
    • Fretboard tabs show how the notes are fingered but not the pitch itself. 
    • Serious limitation because obtaining the actual pitch requires calculation by considering tuning.

  • Instrument-Specific
    • Tabs are instrument specific; Notation is generic
    • Tabs can only be read easily by a player of one particular instrument but not others.
    • Staff notation is universal
    • Compromises communication between players of other instruments.

disadvantages of tabulature continued...

  • Rhythmic Information
    • Tab notation provides limited information on rhythm and timing.
    • writers sometimes provide limited rhythmic information by adding note stems, flags, and beams above the fret glyphs but the system is not as well-defined as in standard notation

  • Distinction Between Musical Parts
    • Multiple parts cannot be rhythmically distinguished within fretboard tabulature notation. 
    • Harder to convey information for proper renditions

Guitar Chords

By jenniferdawnwalsh

Guitar Chords

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