For example, in the key of C, the 2nd and 9th are both D. You should notice that they could also be considered the 2, 4, or 6. Extended ChordsĮxtended chords are simply chords that contain a ninth, eleventh, or thirteenth. The most common seventh chords are major 7, minor 7, and dominant 7.

These are 4 note chords that have a seventh degree, which is a note that is usually a major or minor seventh interval above the root. All the CAGED chord forms that most beginners learn use double notes. Although triads are exactly 3 notes, you can play major, minor, diminished, augmented and suspended chords with more notes by simply doubling some of the notes. They can be major, minor, diminished, augmented, or suspended chords. These are triads, seventh chords, and extended chords. I’m not talking about chord qualities, rather I’m talking about categories of chords. Three Types of Chordsįor practical purposes there are a three different types of chords that you should know. You can also find this information in Guitar Lesson World The Book. You should also know the major scale since it is used in one of the two methods of chord construction. If you don’t know them yet, I recommend reading my intervals lesson.

This lesson requires some knowledge of intervals. This lesson covers everything you need to know about chord construction along with my practical tips and intuition to make it easy to learn. I didn’t just learn the notes, I started to own the notes and make them work for me. When I learned the chord tones, I was able to locate and play chord tones and think musically. I couldn’t break this rut because I didn’t truly know the notes of the chords that I was playing over or the notes of the scale pattern that I was using. The pattern made it easy, but I started to play the same licks over and over.

This was so much fun because I could suddenly solo over a lot of chords and songs. When I was improvising for the first time, I memorized scale patterns. You’ll learn how to construct chords using two methods, how to name chords, how chords relate to each other, simple rules to remember chords, and a lot more. This is a complete guide to chord contruction with simple rules that broke me out of my playing rut.

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