《Musical Theory - The Basic Jazz Guitar Handbook (Excellent)》.pdf

The Basic Jazz Guitar Chord Book By Dirk Laukens / January 25, 2005 Hello and welcome to the basic jazz guitar chord book, brought to you by www.jazzguitar.be. How are guitar chords built? What makes a chord minor or major? If you fail to answer these questions, read on... Contents p.2 …………………………………………………. Jazz Guitar Chord Theory p.17 …………………………………………………. Major Guitar Chord Chart p.18 …………………………………………………. Minor Guitar Chord Chart p.19 …………………………………………………. Dominant Guitar Chord Chart p.21 …………………………………………………. Diminished Other Chords p.22 …………………………………………………. Useful Resources You are allowed to distribute this free e-book to others. It may however not be reprinted in electronic, print, web or other format without express written permission and without mentioning the author and www.jazzguitar.be. Contact: dirk@jazzguitar.be Page 1 Copyright © 2005, Dirk Laukens (www.jazzguitar.be) Jazz Guitar Chord Theory In this tutorial I’ll teach you how guitar chords are built and how this translates to the guitar. Lets get started with the C major scale : C Major Scale C D E F G A B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Triads (a chord that is built with 3 notes) and seventh chords (chords that are built with 4 or more notes) are based on thirds. There are 2 kinds of thirds (or 3rds) : minor third interval of 3 half notes symbol : b3 major third interval of 4 half notes symbol : 3 Lets start by stacking 2 thirds on the first note (1) of the C major scale : C E G 1 3 5 The result is a C major triad or C. From C to E is a major third and from E to G a minor third : every major chord has this structure. The thing to remember here is what we call the chord formula for major chords: 1 3 5 Another thing to remember : another name for the 1 of a chord is the root. Page 2 Copyright © 200