Below is the chord diagram for the C Major chord in the 1st position. The 1st position is a location on the neck where you will play many common chords
A chord is just three or more notes played together. The most common chords are made of three notes and are called triads. Chords are the backbone of songs, setting
Below are some nice jazz licks I found on the internet somewhere. E---------------8-10-12--B--5-----7-8-10----------G--5-4-5-7-9-11---10-12--D--5-5-7-----------------A------------------------E------------------------E-------------------------B--8-7-6---5-----------5--G------------7-6-5-4---5--D--------7-----------5-3--A----------------------5--E-------------------------E-----------------7--------B--8------------8---10-8---G---------4-7-9------------D--10---5--------------10--A--7--7----------------7---E--------------------------E-----------8-7-------------5-3--------B--10-----------8---------6---------1--G-----10----------7-------------4---2--D--------10---------9-7-7---------5-3--A--------------------------------------E--------------------------------------E--3----------------------------B--5-5-4-3---3-------8----------G----------5-------5---8-7---4--D--------------5-7---------5-5--A-------------------------------E-------------------------------E--------------3-5-8-7----------------B--------3-5-6---------8-----------3--G------5-----------------7-5-4-5---5--D----5---------------------------5-5--A-------------------------------------E--5-------------------------------5--E--10-12-13-12-----B--------------12--G--10----12----12--D--9-----12--------A------------------E------------------E----------6-4-3------B--------4-------6-4--G----3-4-----------3--D--6---------------5--A------------------3--E---------------------
Root Major Scale Shape 4 Notes Per String - Start at Fret one do this up the neck until you run out of fretsE-------------------------------------------------12-13-15-17--B-------------------------------------10-11-13-15--------------G---------------------------7-9-10-12--------------------------D------------------5-7-8-10------------------------------------A----------3-5-7-8---------------------------------------------E--1-3-5-6-----------------------------------------------------E--17-15-13-12-------------------------------------------------B--------------15-13-11-10-------------------------------------G--------------------------12-10-9-7---------------------------D------------------------------------10-8-7-5------------------A---------------------------------------------8-7-5-3----------E-----------------------------------------------------6-5-3-1--2nd Degree Major Scale Shape 4 Notes
Harmonic Minor Scale 4 Notes Per StringStart on the First Fret and move up until you run out of fretsE------------------------------------------------12-13-16-17--B-------------------------------------9-11-13-15--------------G---------------------------7-9-10-12-------------------------D------------------5-6-8-10-----------------------------------A----------3-5-7-8--------------------------------------------E--1-3-4-6----------------------------------------------------E--17-16-13-12------------------------------------------------B--------------15-13-11-9-------------------------------------G-------------------------12-10-9-7---------------------------D-----------------------------------10-8-6-5------------------A--------------------------------------------8-7-5-3----------E----------------------------------------------------6-4-3-1--Start on the First Fret and move up until you run
G Major Scale Harmonizing in ThirdsE------------------------2-3-5-7--B--------------------3-5-3-5-7-8--G--------------2-4-5-4-5----------D--------2-4-5-4-5-7--------------A--2-3-5-3-5-7--------------------E--3-5-7--------------------------G Major Scale Harmonizing in Thirds up the NeckE-----------------B-----------------G-----------------D-----------------A--2-3-5-7-9--10--E--3-5-7-8-10-12--E-----------------B-----------------G-----------------D--0-2-4-5-7-9----A--2-3-5-7-9-10---E-----------------E-----------------B-----------------G--0-2-4-5-7-9----D--2-4-5-7-9-10---A-----------------E-----------------E---------------------B--0-1-3-5-7-8-10-12--G--0-2-4-5-7-9-11-12--D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------E--0-2-3-5-7--8-10--B--1-3-5-7-8-10-12--G-------------------D-------------------A-------------------E-------------------G Major Scale Harmonizing by SixthsE--------------------3-5-7-8-10-12--B--------------3-5-7-------5-7--8---G--------2-4-5-------4-5-7----------D--2-4-5-------4-5-7----------------A--------3-5-7----------------------E--3-5-7----------------------------
Modes on All 6 StringsAeolianE--------------------------------2-3-5--B--------------------------1-3-5--------G--------------------0-2-4--------------D--------------0-2-4--------------------A--------0-2-3--------------------------E--0-2-3--------------------------------LocrianE--------------------------------3-5-7--B--------------------------3-5-7--------G--------------------2-4-5--------------D--------------2-4-5--------------------A--------2-3-5--------------------------E--2-3-5--------------------------------IonianE--------------------------------5-7-8--B--------------------------5-7-8--------G--------------------4-5-7--------------D--------------4-5-7--------------------A--------3-5-7--------------------------E--3-5-7--------------------------------DorianE---------------------------------7-8-10--B--------------------------7-8-10---------G--------------------5-7-9----------------D--------------5-7-9----------------------A--------5-7-9----------------------------E--5-7-8----------------------------------Phrygian E--------------------------------------8-10-12--B------------------------------8-10-12----------G-----------------------7-9-11------------------D----------------7-9-10-------------------------A---------7-9-10--------------------------------E--7-8-10---------------------------------------LydianE-------------------------------------------10-12-14--B----------------------------------10-12-13-----------G--------------------------9-11-12--------------------D------------------9-10-12----------------------------A----------9-10-12------------------------------------E--8-10-12--------------------------------------------MixolydianE-----------------------------------------------12-14-15--B--------------------------------------12-13-15-----------G-----------------------------11-13-14--------------------D--------------------10-12-14-----------------------------A-----------10-12-14--------------------------------------E--10-12-14-----------------------------------------------Modes on Bottom 3 StringsAeolianE--------------2-3-5--B--------1-3-5--------G--0-2-4--------------D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------LocrianE--------------3-5-7--B--------3-5-7--------G--2-4-5--------------D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------IonianE--------------5-7-8--B--------5-7-8--------G--4-5-7--------------D---------------------A---------------------E---------------------DorianE---------------7-8-10--B--------7-8-10---------G--5-7-9----------------D-----------------------A-----------------------E-----------------------Phrygian E-----------------8-10-12--B---------8-10-12----------G--7-9-11------------------D--------------------------A--------------------------E--------------------------LydianE-------------------10-12-14--B----------10-12-13-----------G--9-11-12--------------------D-----------------------------A-----------------------------E-----------------------------MixolydianE--------------------12-14-15--B-----------12-13-15-----------G--11-13-14--------------------D------------------------------A------------------------------E------------------------------Modes on Top 3 StringsAeolianE-------------------B-------------------G-------------------D--------------0----A--------0-2-3------E--0-2-3------------ w h w w h wLocrianE-----------------B-----------------G-----------------D--------------2--A--------2-3-5----E--2-3-5---------- h w w h w wIonianE-------------------B-------------------G-------------------D--------------4----A--------3-5-7------E--3-5-7------------ w w h
Position 1E------------------------------------------4-5-7-8--B------------------------------------5-7-8----------G--------------------------4-5-6-7-8----------------D------------------4-5-6-7--------------------------A----------4-5-6-7----------------------------------E--4-5-7-8------------------------------------------E--8-7-5-4------------------------------------------B----------8-7-5------------------------------------G----------------8-7-6-5-4--------------------------D--------------------------7-6-5-4------------------A----------------------------------7-6-5-4----------E------------------------------------------8-7-5-4--Position 2E-----------------------------------------------7-8-9-10--B--------------------------------------7-8-9-10-----------G------------------------------6-7-8-9--------------------D---------------------6-7-9-10----------------------------A--------------7-9-10-------------------------------------E--7-8-9-10-11--------------------------------------------E--10-9-8-7-----------------------------------------------B-----------10-9-8-7--------------------------------------G--------------------9-8-7-6------------------------------D----------------------------10-9-7-6---------------------A-------------------------------------10-9-7--------------E--------------------------------------------11-10-9-8-7--Position 3E-----------------------------------------------7-8-9-10-11--B--------------------------------------7-8-9-10--------------G------------------------------6-7-8-9-----------------------D---------------------6-7-9-10-------------------------------A--------------7-9-10----------------------------------------E--7-8-9-10-11-----------------------------------------------E--11-10-9-8-7-----------------------------------------------B--------------10-9-8-7--------------------------------------G-----------------------9-8-7-6------------------------------D-------------------------------10-9-7-6---------------------A----------------------------------------10-9-7--------------E-----------------------------------------------11-10-9-8-7--Position 4E--------------------------------------------------------------12-14-15--B-----------------------------------------------12-13-14-15-16-----------G-----------------------------------11-12-13-14--------------------------D-----------------------11-12-13-14--------------------------------------A-----------11-12-14-15--------------------------------------------------E--12-14-15--------------------------------------------------------------E--15-14-12--------------------------------------------------------------B-----------16-15-14-13-12-----------------------------------------------G--------------------------14-13-12-11-----------------------------------D--------------------------------------14-13-12-11-----------------------A--------------------------------------------------15-14-12-11-----------E--------------------------------------------------------------15-14-12--Position 5E------------------------------------------2-3-4-5--B----------------------------------2-3-4-5----------G----------------------------2-4-5------------------D--------------------2-4-5-6------------------------A----------2-3-4-5-6--------------------------------E--2-3-4-5------------------------------------------E--5-4-3-2------------------------------------------B----------5-4-3-2----------------------------------G------------------5-4-2----------------------------D------------------------6-5-4-2--------------------A--------------------------------6-5-4-3-2----------E------------------------------------------5-4-3-2--
AE------------------------------------B------------------------------------G--------------1-2--2-1--------------D--------0-2-4----------4-2-0--------A--0-2-4----------------------4-2-0--E------------------------------------BE------------------------------------B------------------------------------G------------1-3-4--4-3-1------------D------1-2-4--------------4-2-1------A--2-4--------------------------4-2--E------------------------------------CE------------------------------------B--------------0-1--1-0--------------G----------0-2----------2-0----------D----0-2-3------------------3-2-0----A--3------------------------------3--E------------------------------------DE------------------------------------B--------------2-3--3-2--------------G--------0-2-4----------4-2-0--------D--0-2-4----------------------4-2-0--A------------------------------------E------------------------------------EE----------------0--0----------------B----------0-2-4------4-2-0----------G------1-2------------------2-1------D--2-4--------------------------4-2--A------------------------------------E------------------------------------FE--------------0-1--1-0--------------B----------1-3----------3-1----------G----0-2-3------------------3-2-0----D--3------------------------------3--A------------------------------------E------------------------------------GE------------------------------------B------------------------------------G----------------0--0----------------D----------0-2-4------4-2-0----------A----0-2-3------------------3-2-0----E--3------------------------------3--
All Major Triads 4th String SetA MajorE--0--5--9---12--B--2--5--10--14--G--2--6--9---14--D----------------A----------------E----------------B MajorE--2--7--11--14--B--4--7--12--12--G--4--8--11--12--D----------------A----------------E----------------C MajorE--0--3--8--12--B--1--5--8--13--G--0--5--9--12--D---------------A---------------E---------------D MajorE--2--5--10--14--B--2--7--10--15--G--2--7--11--14--D----------------A----------------E----------------E MajorE--0--4--7--12--B--0--5--9--12--G--1--4--9--13--D---------------A---------------E---------------F MajorE--1--5--8---13--B--1--6--10--13--G--2--5--10--14--D----------------A----------------E----------------G MajorE--3--7--10--15--B--3--8--12--15--G--4--7--12--16--D----------------A----------------E----------------
A Major Scale Triads 1st Inversion 4th String SetE--5--7--9--10--12--14--16--B--5--7--9--10--12--14--15--G--6--7--9--11--13--14--16--D---------------------------A---------------------------E---------------------------A Major Scale Triads 2nd Inversion 4th String SetE--9---10--12--2--4--6--7--B--10--12--14--3--5--7--9--G--9---11--13--2--4--5--7--D--------------------------A--------------------------E--------------------------A Major Scale Triads Root Inversion 4th String SetE--0--2--4--5--7--9---10--B--2--3--5--7--9--10--12--G--2--4--6--7--9--11--13--D-------------------------A-------------------------E-------------------------A Major Triads All StringsE--0--5--9---B--2--5--10--G--2--6--9---D------------A------------E------------E------------B--2--5--10--G--2--6--9---D--2--7--11--A------------E------------E------------B------------G--2--6--9---D--2--7--11--A--4--7--12--E------------E------------B------------G------------D--2--7--11--A--4--7--12--E--5--9--12-- B
Six Types of Triads on Different String Sets4th String SetE--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--B--4-----3-----3-----2-----3-----3-----3--G--4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----5-----4--D-----------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------E----------------------------------------- Gaug G Gm Gdim Gsus2 Gsus4 G3rd String SetE-----------------------------------------B--4-----3-----3-----2-----3-----3-----3--G--4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----5-----4--D--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--A-----------------------------------------E----------------------------------------- Gaug G Gm Gdim Gsus2 Gsus4 G2nd String SetE-----------------------------------------B-----------------------------------------G--4-----4-----3-----3-----2-----5-----4--D--5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--A--6-----5-----5-----4-----5-----5-----5--E----------------------------------------- Gaug G
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
The following example uses Major Triads in C.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE---------B---------G------0--D----2----A--3------E--------- C E G R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE---------B------1--G----0----D--2------A---------E--------- E
A Pedal Tone is a constant note while other notes around it change. Think of a pedal on an organ that you hold with your foot, while you play other
E-----------------------------------------------------B-----------------------------------------------------G-----------------------------------------------------D----------------------------7----7-9-7-9-10----------A-------7----7-8-7-8-10-8-10---10---------------------E--8-10---10------------------------------------------E-------------------------------------------7----7-8--B----------------------------8----8-10-8-10---10------G-------7----7-9-7-9-10-9-10---10---------------------D--9-10---10------------------------------------------A-----------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------E--8-7----7-------------------------------------------B------10---10-8-10-8----8----------------------------G---------------------10---10-9-10-9-7-9-7------------D------------------------------------------10---------A-----------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------E-----------------------------------------------------B-----------------------------------------------------G--7--------------------------------------------------D----10-9-10-9-7-9-7----7-----------------------------A--------------------10---10-8-10-8-7-8-7----7--------E-----------------------------------------10---10-8---E------------------------------------------------4---5-4-7----B----------------------------------------5---7-5---7----------G----------------------------4---6-4-7-6---7------------------D----------------4---6-4-7-6---7------------------------------A----4---5-4-7-5---7------------------------------------------E--5---7------------------------------------------------------E--5---4------------------------------------------------------B----7---5-7---5----------------------------------------------G------------7---6-7-4-6---4----------------------------------D------------------------7---6-7-4-6---4----------------------A------------------------------------7---5-7-4-5---4----------E------------------------------------------------7---5-7-4-5-- Pinky Exercises Finger Stretching The EyeE--------------------------------2-4-5---5-4-2--------------------------------B--------------------------2-3-5---------------5-3-2--------------------------G--------------------2-4-5---------------------------5-4-2--------------------D--------------2-3-5---------------------------------------5-3-2--------------A--------2-4-5---------------------------------------------------5-4-2--------E--2-3-5---------------------------------------------------------------5-3-2--E-----------------------------------3--3-----------------------------------B--------------------------3-----2--------2-----3--------------------------G-----------------3-----2-----1--------------1-----2-----3-----------------D--------3-----2-----1--------------------------------1-----2-----3--------A-----2-----1--------------------------------------------------1-----2-----E--1--------------------------------------------------------------------1--E--3--------------------------------------------------------------------3--B-----2-----3--------------------------------------------------3-----2-----G--------1-----2-----3--------------------------------3-----2-----1--------D-----------------1-----2-----3--------------3-----2-----1-----------------A--------------------------1-----2--------2-----1--------------------------E-----------------------------------1--1-----------------------------------E|-5-4-2-------------------------------------------------------------2-4-5-B|-------5-3-2-------------------------------------------------2-3-5-------G|-------------5-4-2-------------------------------------2-4-5-------------D|-------------------5-3-2-------------------------2-3-5-------------------A|-------------------------5-4-2-------------2-4-5-------------------------E|-------------------------------5-3-2-2-3-5-------------------------------
Below are some timing exercises to work on your picking hand. d d d d d d d dE-----------------|-----------------B-----------------|-----------------G-----------------|-----------------D-----------------|-----------------A--2---2---2---2--|--2---2---2---2--E-----------------|----------------- 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 d d d
Chromatic exercises for your fingers in position 3. Down Each String Down Each String – String Skipping Up and Down Each String – String Skipping Up and Down Each String
Chromatic exercises for your fingers in position 2. Down Each String Down Each String – String Skipping Up and Down Each String – String Skipping Up and Down Each String
Chromatic exercises for your fingers in position 1. Down Each String Down Each String – String Skipping Up and Down Each String – String Skipping Up and Down Each String