Guitar chords help from
M.A.M.I. Scale Atlases!
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Guitar chords basic theory...
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- You may know
that a "Major triad" is based on this musical note
interval sequence:
- "Triad" means
a grouping of three. Playing these three scale intervals: Root tone,
perfect third, and
- perfect fifth (R,3,5) simultaneously will create a
"Major triad sound". What's important is that
triads,
- and chords (harmonies containing 4 or more intervals
simultaneously) are generated from scales.
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- If we take a
"C" Major Scale consisting of the following notes: C=Root,
D=perfect 2nd, E=perfect 3rd,
- F=perfect 4th, G=perfect 5th A=perfect 6th,
B=perfect 7th, and play the notes C, E, and G together we will
- have
created a "C" Major Triad. Add a fourth note with the
interval quality of a perfect 7th ("B") to this group
- then we
will have created a "C" Major Chord. Okay, let's continue on...
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- Guitar chords concepts
applied...
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- A really great (but perplexing) thing about the guitar is that
there are notes "all over the place".
- Melodies are played horizontally (notes across a single string), but
to play harmonies (chords) we must
- play
vertically (across multiple strings) to sound the simultaneous notes
(intervals) to compose the desired chord.
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- This necessity,
combined with the fact that the interval locations resulting from most
guitar tunings can make
- visualizing, forming and sounding chords a
real challenge. Often the notes of a guitar chord are
fingered and sounded
- in an inverted (out of order) sequence.
For example, a C Major 7th guitar chord might be played by sounding
- these
notes in this sequence: C, G, B, E. This inversion is often employed
to ease fingering.
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Guitar Chords Inversions...
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- Guitar chords sharing the same root notes can sound quite
"different" from keyboard chords, due to various
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instrumental inversion possibilities. Advanced guitarists use inversions to ease
fingerings and enhance chord sonorities.
- One huge key to improvement and playing well
is knowing all note locations on the instrument and understanding the
- interval relationships
of the chords and melodies being played within their scalar context.
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- The "Matrix
Approach to Music" addresses this using an easy, complete, and logical system.
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M.A.M.I. Musical Scale Atlases are valuable guitar chord study books
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and have been sought
by players and instructors the world over.
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