PRO II

Level 6

THE G FAMILY

some chords were just made to be together

click on the playback buttons below to hear this family of chords

G MAJOR

C MAJOR

E MINOR

D MAJOR

D MAJOR

THE G FAMILY

D major

the notes on the bottom strings form a "direction" arrow toward the body

1

3

2

o

x

x

E MINOR

THE G FAMILY

E minor

almost a twin of E major, but with the 1st finger removed from the G string

 

the chord is a "minor" because of this simple note change

3

2

o

o

o

o

A MINOR

THE MUSICAL ALPHABET

A MINOR

THE MUSICAL ALPHABET

playing all the notes in a row is called the "chromatic scale"

these notes are laid out across your frets; they repeat at the 12th fret

THE CHROMATIC SCALE

you can play through the musical alphabet twice (two OCTAVES) using the first five frets. play the tab below using a metronome.

1

2

3

4

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------0-1-2-3-4-|
A|-----------0-1-2-3-4-----------|
E|-0-1-2-3-4---------------------|

 

e|-------------------0-|
B|-----------1-2-3-4---|
G|-0-1-2-3-4-----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|