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