Six-string guitars with standard tuning
Guitar chords take advantage of the intervals between the strings, which in each case are perfect fourths excepting the interval between the B (second) and G (third) strings, which is a major third. One common non-standard tuning, found in hard rock and heavy metal music, is called drop-D tuning. This requires the player to change the low E string tuning to that of a D note. This tuning allows power chords (see below) to be played relatively easily on the bottom three strings, as the strings are now tuned to a root-fifth-octave (D-A-D) tuning. Many other forms of guitar tunings exist as well.
[edit] CAGED major chords
Major chords contain a root note, a major third above the root and a note a perfect fifth above the root.
C Major
In the case of C Major, these notes are C, E and G. The graphical representation on the right shows how left-hand fingering produces:
E on the first string
C on the second string
G on the third string
E on the fourth string
C on the fifth string
No note is played on the sixth string.In a similar way, the chords A Major, G Major, E Major and D Major are often played as:
A Major
G Major
E Major
D Major
These five chords are fundamental to guitar for a variety of reasons including:
they are all major triads, and as such they are all primary reference chords
they all occur and are available in open position: the first three frets plus open strings
each has its root on a different string
their overall gross large shapes become the basis of the CAGED system
they can be connected and linked together to create one large long contiguous 12-fret or one-octave greater resource pattern of major triad tones encompassing the entire fretboard.
Six-string guitars with standard tuning
Guitar chords take advantage of the intervals between the strings, which in each case are perfect fourths excepting the interval between the B (second) and G (third) strings, which is a major third. One common non-standard tuning, found in hard rock and heavy metal music, is called drop-D tuning. This requires the player to change the low E string tuning to that of a D note. This tuning allows power chords (see below) to be played relatively easily on the bottom three strings, as the strings are now tuned to a root-fifth-octave (D-A-D) tuning. Many other forms of guitar tunings exist as well.
[edit] CAGED major chords
Major chords contain a root note, a major third above the root and a note a perfect fifth above the root.
C Major
In the case of C Major, these notes are C, E and G. The graphical representation on the right shows how left-hand fingering produces:
E on the first string
C on the second string
G on the third string
E on the fourth string
C on the fifth string
No note is played on the sixth string.In a similar way, the chords A Major, G Major, E Major and D Major are often played as:
A Major
G Major
E Major
D Major
These five chords are fundamental to guitar for a variety of reasons including:
they are all major triads, and as such they are all primary reference chords
they all occur and are available in open position: the first three frets plus open strings
each has its root on a different string
their overall gross large shapes become the basis of the CAGED system
they can be connected and linked together to create one large long contiguous 12-fret or one-octave greater resource pattern of major triad tones encompassing the entire fretboard.
Guitar chords take advantage of the intervals between the strings, which in each case are perfect fourths excepting the interval between the B (second) and G (third) strings, which is a major third. One common non-standard tuning, found in hard rock and heavy metal music, is called drop-D tuning. This requires the player to change the low E string tuning to that of a D note. This tuning allows power chords (see below) to be played relatively easily on the bottom three strings, as the strings are now tuned to a root-fifth-octave (D-A-D) tuning. Many other forms of guitar tunings exist as well.
[edit] CAGED major chords
Major chords contain a root note, a major third above the root and a note a perfect fifth above the root.
C Major
In the case of C Major, these notes are C, E and G. The graphical representation on the right shows how left-hand fingering produces:
E on the first string
C on the second string
G on the third string
E on the fourth string
C on the fifth string
No note is played on the sixth string.In a similar way, the chords A Major, G Major, E Major and D Major are often played as:
A Major
G Major
E Major
D Major
These five chords are fundamental to guitar for a variety of reasons including:
they are all major triads, and as such they are all primary reference chords
they all occur and are available in open position: the first three frets plus open strings
each has its root on a different string
their overall gross large shapes become the basis of the CAGED system
they can be connected and linked together to create one large long contiguous 12-fret or one-octave greater resource pattern of major triad tones encompassing the entire fretboard.
Six-string guitars with standard tuningGuitar chords take advantage of the intervals between the strings, which in each case are perfect fourths excepting the interval between the B (second) and G (third) strings, which is a major third. One common non-standard tuning, found in hard rock and heavy metal music, is called drop-D tuning. This requires the player to change the low E string tuning to that of a D note. This tuning allows power chords (see below) to be played relatively easily on the bottom three strings, as the strings are now tuned to a root-fifth-octave (D-A-D) tuning. Many other forms of guitar tunings exist as well.
[edit] CAGED major chords
Major chords contain a root note, a major third above the root and a note a perfect fifth above the root.
C Major
In the case of C Major, these notes are C, E and G. The graphical representation on the right shows how left-hand fingering produces:
E on the first string
C on the second string
G on the third string
E on the fourth string
C on the fifth string
No note is played on the sixth string.In a similar way, the chords A Major, G Major, E Major and D Major are often played as:
A Major
G Major
E Major
D Major
These five chords are fundamental to guitar for a variety of reasons including:
they are all major triads, and as such they are all primary reference chords
they all occur and are available in open position: the first three frets plus open strings
each has its root on a different string
their overall gross large shapes become the basis of the CAGED system
they can be connected and linked together to create one large long contiguous 12-fret or one-octave greater resource pattern of major triad tones encompassing the entire fretboard.
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