Posted on 17 November 2009
A great way to explore chords and at the same time learn to use them is to learn them together in usable guitar progressions like II-V-I. Let’s concentrate on the key of C!
What is a II-V-I progression?
Is is a chord progression with three chords built on the roots of the second, fifth and first note of a key.
The three roman numerals correspond to the digits 2, 5 and 1. In it’s most basic form the numbers indicate the root of a triad. For example, the roman number I in C-major means a triad built from the note C. This triad consists of the notes C, E and G.
The Roman numeral II in the key of C-major indicates that you are to play a triad built from the notes in the C-major scale beginning with the second note. The notes will be D, F and A.
The Roman numeral V indicates a triad built from the fifth step on the C-scale. The fifth note in the C-scale is G so the triad will include the notes G, B and D.
Our first guitar chords will be the most commonly used II-V-I chords in the key of C. The first chord is of course Dm. This is the way it is normally played:
Dm: 0/4 2/3 3/2 1/1
What does this notation mean?
This is a type of guitar tablature notation with numbers showing what fret to press down and on which string. 2/3 for example means, press down the second fret on string three.
The V chord G7 we will play this way:
G7: 3/6 2/5 0/4 0/3 0/2 1/1
The remaining chord in this progression is C-major. It is played this way:
C: 3/5 2/4 3/0 1/2 0/1
If we write this progression with ordinary chord notation it will look like this:
Dm / / / G7 / / / C / / /
I will now take this lesson up one level. We will only use four strings at a time. I suggest that you use your right hand fingers as you pluck the strings.
I also recommend that you play the lowest string in a chord with your thumb and the other notes with your index, middle finger and ring finger. Remember, it is only a suggestion!
We will now spice the guitar chords in the previous progression by first changing Dm to Dm7:
Dm7: 0/4 2/3 1/2 1/1
The G7 chord we will change to G9:
G9: 3/6 2/3 0/2 1/1
Finally we will change the C-major chord to Cmaj7:
Cmaj7: 3/5 0/3 0/2 0/1
The resulting guitar chord progression looks like this:
Dm7 / / / G9 / / / C / / /
As you can see as you play the notes on your guitar the minor changes on the first three strings results in a smooth transition between the chords.
This is one way to make the chords in guitar progressions work well together.
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Posted on 16 November 2009
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Posted on 16 November 2009
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Posted on 12 November 2009
The key of A is full of possibilities for a guitarist. Many exciting chords can be created by moving a finger or sliding the guitar chord between the frets. Let's create our first guitar progression. .
Let's start with the most common A-major chord:
A: 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 1
What do the bars and numbers? 2 / 4 means, press down the second fret on string four. In other words, fret / string
Now, when you know how this guitar tab notation works we will add more of a guitar chord to the A-main and make a little progress.
We call this A11:
0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1
As you can see that fiber is a very easy to play. Now let's build a progression little that can be used as an introduction to a song in A-major:
A / / / A11 / / / A / / / A11 / / /
Our next guitar progression starts with the A-minor chord in its most common:
Am: 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1
By sliding the guitar chord up two frets, we've created a chord that sounds pretty name under which the note is considered the root of guitar chords.
Bm11 will call him because I personally feel the B-minor in the chord. Perhaps you are of another opinion. That's okay with me!
Bm11: 0 / 5 4 / 4 4 / 3 3 / 2 0 / 1
Now we have another guitar chord progression on the basis of the rope to a minor:
Am / / / Bm11 / / / AM / / / Bm11 / / /
We will continue with this guitar lesson, expanding with a new chord progression with the same shape as a basic major chord fret slipped to number five. We will call Am7. This guitar chord looks like this:
Am7: 0 / 5 5 / 4 5 / 3 5 / 2 0 / 1
With this line at our disposal, we can now create the next progression that can be repeated as a change:
Am / / / Bm11 / / / Am7 / / / Bm11 / / /
Now let's make a similar progression in the recycling of guitar A-some of the major chord forms used previously but in other dishes.
In the first guitar chord progression will be an important base used initially. We will then use the I chord Bm11 name. Last Exit will be built Amaj7 sliding Bm11 two frets.
Here are the guitar chords we will use:
A: 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 1
Bm11: 0 / 5 4 / 4 4 / 3 3 / 2 0 / 1
Amaj7: 0 / 5 6 / 4 6 / 4 5 / 4 0 / 1
Here is the progression:
A / / / Bm11 / / / Amaj7 / / / Bm11 / / /
Let's end this lesson from the music playing a very simple but impressive progress with another form of A-major chords. It looks like this:
A: 0 / 5 7 / 4 6 / 3 5 / 2 0 / 1
By sliding the guitar chord for two dishes we will open an interesting and pleasant sound of the chord will name A11:
A11: 0 / 5 5 / 4 4 / 3 3 / 2 0 / 1
Now slide the rope up the first box and you will get an interesting Fmaj7:
Fmaj7: 0 / 5 3 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 0 / 1
Here is a progression from the previous three chords that can be used as an introduction to guitar in the key of A-Main
A / / / A11 / / / Fmaj7 / / / A11 / / /
In fact, the key of A is full of possibilities for a guitarist! One fifth of the open-chain and perhaps the first open-E string mixes well with other forms of string chords on the second, third and South Side.
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