| Understanding Guitar Chord Harmonies, | | | | 1st, 3rd, 5th and 6th degrees or C, E, G and |
| Embellishments & Substitutions Part 1Welcome | | | | A*C major7th - which contains the 1st, 3rd, |
| to the fascinating world of guitar chords! | | | | 5th and 7th degrees or C, E, G and B*C major6 |
| While this report is not meant to replace any | | | | 9 - which contains the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th and |
| of the fine harmony/theory books available | | | | 9th degrees or C, E, G, A and D*C major9th - |
| that elaborate in greater detail, I think you | | | | which contains the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th |
| will find it contains information that you | | | | degrees or C, E, G, B and D*C major13th - |
| can quickly and easily use to enhance and | | | | which contains the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th |
| expand your own guitar playing - regardless | | | | and 13th degrees or C, E, G, B, D and |
| of what style of music you play. So let's get | | | | AHopefully, this report has helped clarify |
| right into it!A two octave C major scale | | | | some of the confusion and mystery surrounding |
| would contain the following notes going from | | | | "major" chords and harmony in general. |
| low to high:C1 - D2 - E3 - F4 - G5 - A6 - B7 | | | | |
| - C8 - D9 - E10 - F11 - G12 - A13 - B14 - | | | | I hope you'll start having some real fun |
| C15. Notice that there is a number following | | | | experimenting with all the new possibilities |
| each of the notes. These are the scale | | | | that you've just learned in this report!Never |
| degrees that will be used to explain the | | | | B#, Never Bb, Just B Natural,Steven |
| "spelling" of the various chords.A C major | | | | HerronPeabody Conservatory trained guitarist |
| chord would consist of the 1st, 3rd and 5th | | | | Steven Herron is the owner of Chord Melody |
| degrees of the major scale or C, E and G. | | | | Guitar Music which specializes in fingerstyle |
| Instead of just playing a C major chord you | | | | and pickstyle guitar sheet music, tab books |
| could "embellish" the song by using any of | | | | with CDs, instruction videos and DVDs for all |
| the following chords which will sound richer | | | | styles of guitar - including jazz, classical, |
| and fuller:*C major6th - which contains the | | | | flamenco, rock, blues, country and acoustic. |