This is similar to the triad (E-A-C#) that forms the A major chord at the 2nd fret of the fourth, third and second strings (in that order). Like sus4, sus2 is neither major nor minor. Try mixing ...

Step 5: We’ll make the next chord a minor one - C minor. Taking C as our root note, we count up an interval of three semitones (a minor third), landing on E. From there, we go up a further four ...

The C major scale is made up of all the white notes on a piano keyboard, but other major scales (starting on different notes) include black notes - G major, for example, contains one sharp note, F#, ...

The major key and the minor key, which will begin on a different note. This is known as the relative minor. So G major, for example has a key signature of one sharp, but this is also the key ...