Part 5

Finding other chords

The full twelve note chromatic scale :-

C, C#, D, Eb, E,  F, F#, G, G#, A, Bb, B, C, C#, D, Eb,E, F, F#, G, G#, A, Bb, B, C,

A Major triad chord is made up from the first , third and fifth note from the major chord

Working out a Gmajor chord -
The G major scale is G,A,B,C,D,E,F#,G
The G major chord is(1st)G,(3rd)B,(5th)D
for the moment disregarding the fifth sting they are four strings available to play,
so another note can be played with the basic triad to give a modified chord

The G triad is G B D played on the 4th, 3rd and 2nd strings with a duplicated G on the first string at the fifth fret

The pitch of the notes on the first string are shown here following the twelve tone chromatic system the first string starts open at D

The seventh note on the G major scale is F# so this chord is called G major seventh and it has a jazz feel to it

If the seventh note on the G scale is flattened by one semitone ( one fret) the chord becomes G flattened seventh or G7

Flattened Seventh up the fretboard

This F shape can be used at every fret location. The fret position of the root note of this shape will give it its name and pitch. After the fifth fret the fifth string becomes available to play .

The flattened seventh note is exactly two frets below the root. Since the 1st and 5th string are the same pitch after the fifth fret the thumb can be used to fret the fifth string to produced the flattened seventh note.