Basic chord patterns mapped into notes

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Below, for the reference, there are short diagrams of the most popular chord patterns given in several keys. This is the only table in the book where numbers indicate fingering. (For all other PAD diagrams, numbers near notes represent an order of the note in the mode: the root (1), 3-rd, 5-th.) Barre, if needed, is taken with finger 1. Chord notes are marked as whole notes. Notes marked dark are additional.

Am fingering

 

C minor fingering of the chord

 

Em chord fingers

 

G minor fingering pattern

 

E

 

F chord finger

 

E7

 

C major chord fingering PAD

 

G pattern on fretboard

 

C7 PAD pattern chord

 

A major chord

 

B chord guitar finger position

 

D chord on acoustic guitar

 

D7 guitar chord

 

Dm on C major scale chord

 

B diminished guitar chord

 


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Available PAD in the key C - Am: Help | Home | Explanation | Musical Structure of Guitar | Success without memorizing | Forums, Groups
Notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B
Triads of C major scale: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim, tetrads: Bm7b5, G7
Triads of A minor scale: E, other: A
C blues scale C7, F7, G7
Chords over C major scale: C, G, F, Em, Am, Dm, Bdim
Chords over A minor scale: Am, Dm, E, G, C, F, Bdim
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