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Understanding Majors, Minors, 7s, And Minor 7s Ec

Track 1Guitar
TabSheetNotes
Tuning: A D G C E A

Capo: No capo

BPM: 200

    Examples will be shown with the E and A scales and chords
    E major scale E F#   G#        A          B         C#         D#        E          F#        G#
a|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
C|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------1----|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----1---------2----|-----4--------------|
D|----------------------|---------------0----|-----2---------4----|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-------0---------2----|-----4--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

                                                              1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
         A         B     C#             D#         E     A major scale A B    C#             D
a|----------------------|--------------------|-----0----|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-----------------0----|-----2---------4----|----------|--------------------|--------------------|
C|-------2--------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|---------------0----|
D|----------------------|--------------------|----------|-----0---------2----|-----4--------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|--------------------|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

         E         F#    G#             A          B         C#         D         E          F#        G#

               What makes a chord a major vs a minor?
               In major chords you play the 3rd
               In minor chords you play a minor (or flat) 3rd
               Note: you typically use the 2nd 3rd (or the higher 3rd) because the first third often conflicts with the root
         A     E (major) E minor A (major) A minor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1

                    What does it mean when there is a 7 next to a chord? What does it mean when a chord is a minor AND has a 7?
                    It means that the 7th is flat        It means that the chord must include a flat 3rd and a flat 7th
                    E7                             A7    Em7                       Am7

    G major scale
    G         A          B         C          D         E          F#        G          A         B

                                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
                                                    D major scale
    C         D          E    F#              G     D         E          F#        G

    A         B          C#        D          E         F#         G         A          B         C#

          1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
          C major scale
    D     C         D          E         F          G         A          B         C

                                                                         1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1
                                                                         Assingment: Show me the chords given
    D         E          F         G          A         B          C     D              Dm

              D7              Dm7                  G         Gm              G7              Gm7

         C         Cm              C7         Cm7
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Instruments
Guitar
Genres
Rock
Tracks
1
Tempo
200 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
A D G C E A
Difficulty
Intermediate
Bars
49
Frets used
Frets 0-10
Published 17 Apr 2022

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Understanding Majors, Minors, 7s, And Minor 7s Ec is a Guitar score arranged by Ammon Baker and filed under Rock. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 200 BPM, tuned A D G C E A. The arrangement runs 49 bars. We grade it intermediate — it stays between frets 0 and 10. It is written as plain fretted notes, with no bends, slides or hammer-ons to learn first.

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