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
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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.
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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|---------------------|