The 4th in this case is G, the 4th of the D major scale. The G replaces the 3rd (F#), meaning sus chords are neither major ...

Guitar lessons: The CAGED system is a well known approach that makes it very easy to access any chord across the whole neck. Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the ...

This is the A major scale. As you can see there are seven notes, with the first note (called the root note) repeated at the end in a higher register. A minor 7th chord is constructed by using the 1st, ...

Tuned D G D G Bb D, open G minor will give you a fresh perspective on the instrument, and with it new chord shapes to learn. Tuned D G D G Bb D, ...

In short, a chord is formed at each step of this scale, and the chords follow a pattern of (from steps I through VII) major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished. Here that is in practice: I ...

Johnny Cash's Hurt hits way different in A Major, as much so as Ring of Fire in G Minor. The dissonance in tone between the chords is, ahem, a minor one: simply the third note lowered to a flat ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which ...