Uncle Bob's Guitar Lessons
Lesson 12 - "Open" Chords
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The following chord diagrams list an open chord progression for the E major scale.
E F#m G#m A
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 2f | | | 1 | | 4f | | | 2 | | 6f
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| 3 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 4 | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 4 | | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
B C#m Ddim E
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | | 8f | | | 1 | | 9f | | | 1 | | 11f | | | 2 | | 13f
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| 3 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 4 | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | 3 4 | | | | 3 4 | | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
Please note that many of the chord names are not the "real" names; these are all open chord (pedal-point) substitution chords for the actual chords the you would find in the scale.
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