Uncle Bob's Guitar Lessons
Lesson 4 - Basic Chord Progressions
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OK - now that we've seen how to make chords, let's do something with them.
If you will recall from earlier lessons, in the key of G you have G Major, A Minor, B Minor, C Major, D Major, E Minor, and F# Diminished. For ease, these are often notated as...
| Triad |
Chord |
Shorthand |
Notation |
| 1st |
G Major |
G |
I |
| 2nd |
A Minor |
Am |
ii |
| 3rd |
B Minor |
Bm |
iii |
| 4th |
C Major |
C |
IV |
| 5th |
D Major |
D |
V |
| 6th |
E Minor |
Em |
vi |
| 7th |
F# Dim. |
F#dim |
vii° |
You'll notice that the major chords have capital Roman numerals, and the minor chords have lowercase Roman numerals. If you play just the I-IV-V chords in any key, you make up the bulk of all popular music in the Western hemisphere. (Really.)
If you start with the preceding 1-4-5 pattern and throw in the 6 chord for a little variation, you can create a large number of songs.
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