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DAF: Chord Fragments And Families
This chart gives you three chord/family fretboard positions that help you play chords and chord-based licks all over the fretboard in any key. You can move automatically from I-IV-V in three different places on the guitar (per key) using the same three or four note chord fragments you played when we discussed the DAF formation lesson.
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Seventh Flat Ninth Chord
Common chord symbols include: C7-9, C7♭9
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Dominant 7th Chords
There are 5 dominant 7th shapes in the open position. They are C7, A7, G7, E7, and D7. All other dominant 7th chords must be played with a barred version of one of these chords.
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Major Chords
The five basic chord shapes are the open C, A, G, E, and D chords. Together they spell the word CAGED which helps us remember them.
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Amending Chords
Here we’ll deal with Amending Chords and Leaving Out Notes.
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C Shape Barre Chord
While the C major in open position should be no sweat to you by now, the barred version is a little more challenging. It’s hard to get at first, but don’t you dare skip it. It’s important know this shape.
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G Shape Barre Chord
This can be the trickiest barre chord shape to play. To play it, you may want to just omit playing the high E string. This is how I play it. It makes it much more practical to use.
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Minor Chords
Newton’s Third Law of motion says that for every action is and equal and opposite reaction. One could say this about music, also. The major chord produces a sound that can be considered “happy” while the minor chord sounds “sad”. The interaction between major and minor chords is what drives many songs.
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Added Ninth Chords Overview
Added ninth chords are major chords with the 9th scale step (same as the 2nd scale step) added on top. They are not the same thing as a 9th chord. 9th chords are a totally different animal and are built upon 7th chords. They use the 7th scale step whereas added 9th chords do not. Don’t look at added 9th chords…