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.
The following example uses Minor Triads in Am.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE--------0--B-----1-----G--2--------D-----------A-----------E----------- A C E R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE--------5--B-----5-----G--5--------D-----------A-----------E----------- C
A slash chord is a chord where a specific bass note (different from the chord’s root) is written after a slash in the chord symbol. This bass note usually adds
A ninth chord is a chord that includes the basic notes of a seventh chord (root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th) with an added ninth. Ninth chords create a complex, jazzy