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G Major scale: G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G
G Major chord: G, B, D
On a piano it would be a simple construction process as the notes are consecutive.
On a guitar however you have to consider the note positions on each string.. again using the examples provided above..
6th string - G major barre chord fretting would be 3-5-5-4-3-3 (low E to high e) but consider the actual notes being played.. G-D-G-B-D-G. All the important notes appear, taken from different octaves, and often duplicated, that is the beauty of guitar.
One of the nuggets I like is that this position the 5-4-3 middle section (partial chord) of the entire barre chord, best reflect that of a piano's chord voicing... handy to know if you wanted to emulated crude piano chord work.
is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?
Learn the root, 3rd, 5th
Learn every note on every fret.
Sorted !
Example:
C Major scale
C D E F G A B - C D E F G A B C
C E G = C Major
D F A = D minor
E G B = E minor
F A C = F Major
G B D = G Major
A C E = A minor
B D F = B minor (b5)
A-shape chord have theirs on the 5th string
Once you have nailed the majors and the minors, consider the 7th-type chords
I maj7
ii -7
iii -7
IV maj7
V7
vi -7
vii -7-5
not as scary as the nomenclature looks, and the A-shape fingerings are surprisingly easy.
Try also D-shapes (root on 4th string)
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It can however help to associate a practical chord shape with a given arpeggio pattern or one of the 5 pentatonic patterns or one of the 7 shapes of the 3-note-per-string scale patterns. EG the e-shape minor chord shares a lot of notes with the minor arpeggio with its root on the 6th string, shape 1 of the minor pentatonic scale, and the lower part of the 3-note-per-string pattern for the aeolian mode (natural minor, 6th mode of the major scale). The latter takes you a little out of position on the upper strings, but I'm sure there's probably a classical guitar equivalent that doesn't (probably by playing only 2 notes on the G string).
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself