A major chord uses the first, third and fifth notes of the major scale. In minor chords, the 3rd interval is lowered by a semitone, taking you to a note that’s not found in the scale: in the key of A ...

These major or minor chords contain three different notes: a root (eg the E note in E), a 3rd interval up from the root (eg the G# note in E) and a 5th interval up from the root (eg the B note in E).

Guitar lessons: The CAGED system is a well known approach that makes it very easy to access any chord across the whole neck. Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the ...

Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another version of the minor key known as the melodic minor. This is used when writing a melody. Each key signature has two possible keys ...

Perhaps because on a guitar it involves more frequent, difficult barre chords than the other keys. In other words, this chart isn’t telling us just about musical listening tastes, it’s telling ...

Each key signature has two possible keys. The major key and the minor key, which will begin on a different note. This is known as the relative minor. So G major, for example has a key signature of ...