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Old 05-23-2017, 06:19 PM
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Default Intro to triad chords, updated

Here is a freshly inked chart of six movable chord shapes that will provide endless hours of variation possibilities to your arrangements.

Notes:
I do not know why the shape names are what they are. Its how i learned them.

1,3,5 indicates the note position within a seven note scale in any key.
Black dot is root note(tonic).

Forget the two fat strings exist for now. Later you can work them back in.

To start you need only to know the named location of the keynote (root) that you want. I suggest G to start.

Then pick a shape , any shape, and form the shape around that root note.

Make it really simple and just play on three of the four strings.

Practice each shape until you can smoothly move from one to another.

Listen to the way the chord construction changes flavor as the root note moves from one strng to another as the shapes change.

Then start usng it, first as the tag ending chord of any song you already know stone cold.

It will work its way into your life , if you're looking for a
This sort of quick start that gets you playing pretty soon (without requiring a whole lot of theory but getting it in anyhow).

Happy to explain anything not clear.
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