Throughout these lessons there will be fretboard diagrams. Like the one following:
This fretboard diagram represents a C Major scale.
The string on the top is the high E string. The string on the bottom is the low E string. The numbers across the bottom are the fret numbers. The dots represent the notes to be played in the scale. The blue notes represent the Root notes in the scale.
p i m a p i m a p i m a p i m a p i m a p i m aE---------------------------------------------------B--------0-------1-------0-------0-------3-------1--G------0-------0-------0-------1-------0-------0----D----2-------2-------0-------1-------4-------0------A--3-------3-------2-------0-------5-------2--------E--------------------------------------------------- p i m a p i
To find the relative minor chord of any major key you just count down three half steps. The two keys share the same notes. Using relative minor chords is a