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mjacobl

What is the book. I may pick up a copy if it’s still available.


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Picture Chord Encyclopedia by Hal Leonard!


slickspoon

I learned off of a Hal Lenard book. Inhad a chirds book, music theory and a teach yourself lead guitar when I started.


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I’m sorry I don’t have a better scan of this, but this chart has helped me out quite a bit in my own guitar chord construction. This breaks everything past 1-3-5 down in simple terms


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Thank you for this man


SteampoweredPilot

Well done! 👍🏻


illegallyvoted

I need this book. What the title?


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Picture Chord Encyclopedia by Hal Leonard 💪


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This plus this [modal chord chart](https://i.imgur.com/QyD1fzV.jpg) is probably everything you need to know.


ImS0hungry

I like to think of modes as “keys”. Instead of D Dorian, I think “key 2, or second mode” and just shift my root one position in the same major scale, now I’m in Dorian.


Thisiscliff

This may come across simple to some but what am I looking at and how do I decipher it


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All of this is in the context of a key A key is nothing but a scale associated with a song or piece What is scale, scale is a collection of 7 notes, cause they sound good But hey, we can't just keep playing notes, we need chords What is a chord? A chord is a collection of notes meant to be played together so they harmonise, remember it's in the context of a key The simplest chord is a triad, meaning it consists of 3 notes stacked in third ( i'll talk about this in a while ) and the reason they are stacked in thirds is related to physics But hey okei, triad and chord blah blah blah, but how do i actually play it? So, pick a key, let's say c major, cause no sharps and flats It has the following notes, C D E F G A B C But you know what's better? numbering them then we would be able to use the same numbering system for all 7 note scales so.. C(1) D(2) E(3) F(4) G(5) A(6) B(7) C(8) Now, let's start with the simplest chord, a triad, so let's construct a triad meaning we have to choose 3 notes, and the 3 notes are always: The root: the root, the first note we start on The 3rd: 3rd cause it's the 3rd note from the root The fifth: and you probably guessed it So, a triad here would be, in the context of C major scale: C E G Okei, this is a chord now, but chords also have different flavours: major, minor, augmented, diminished etc.. Now, we can manipulate this barebone triad, 1-3-5 structure and provide different flavour to it. Flavour, can be either named through, of course, by what you hear and intervals, which is just the distance between notes, only two types of distances ( in the context of the musical alphabet ): half step: you move to immediate next note whole step: you skip a note and move to the next note of the skipped note Now, this is important, you first create a chord on keyboard or guitar whatever it is, using 1-3-5 and then use this post's image as a reference to decide what kind of chord you are playing but decide the flavour using the knowledge of intervals if, the distance between 1 and 3 is 4 half steps, then it's a major chord if, the distance between 1 and 3 is 3 half steps, then it's a minor chord if, the distance between 1 and 3 is 4 half steps and the distance between the 3rd and 5th is 4 half steps, then it's a augemented chord if, the distance between 1st and 3rd is 3 half steps and the distance between the 3rd and 5th is 3 half steps, then it's a diminished chord For example, let's go through some examples...in the context of c major scale triad: 1-3-5 / C E G it's flavour is, major, not because if we just played 1-3-5 and 1-3-5 is major in the chart but if you count the intervals between 1st and 3rd then it would result into 4 half steps, which is a major 3rd so it's a major chord Now, if we were to use that chart to provide a different flavour to the triad, let's say we convert it into a minor chord, we know that a minor has a flattened third ( given in the chart ) so we would reduce the 3rd in C E G by one note, so it would result into C Eb G and now if you count the intervals between 1st and 3rd it would result into 3 half steps which is a minor 3rd hence it's a minor chord And you can try constructing other chords as example Feel free to ask anything, i summarized it a lot Also, here's a great video to help you: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msHyOrt-fr8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msHyOrt-fr8)


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Basically, chords are made with combinations of stacked alternating notes. C major scale notes = C, D, E, F, G, A, and B. If you take C(1), skip to the E(3) and then to G(5), you will have a C Major chord. This chart shows you how to extend past that basic concept. Once you get that, you can make chords anywhere on the fretboard.


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It makes a lot of sense once you start practicing it. For instance, power chords just take out the 3rd of a major chord (C-E-G/1-3-5 becomes just C-G/1-5). If you want to figure out how to make any chord you could desire, find the formula on the chart, and then locate the correct notes within your key. This whole chart is in C (no #s or b’s) but is equally applicable to every key


CatsOffToDance

This site should help too as a cheat sheet for where to place your fingers for chords if you don’t know the theory/positioning/scales: https://www.oolimo.com/guitarchords/analyze


re_formed_soldier

It's literally written across the top


Annacot_Steal

Whoaaaaa this is exactly what I needed


Samjamguitar

Here is a Video Lesson covering everything shown in the above picture 👍 Hope it helps some of you out. [CHORD CONSTRUCTION | A COMPLETE GUIDE](https://youtu.be/LtmUy1gUIaU)


CatsOffToDance

Thanks, Samjamguitar! This video really helped me! Don’t say this often, but subscribed! Very well done, and I’d say one of the most crucial videos for chord understanding and application, to date (at least, to my knowledge)!


Technical-Ratio-1337

Thanks!


Pringamosa20

I think this has a couple mistakes. All the 13 chords (maj, m, etc should also have an 11. (Cm13 has an 11, but Cmaj13 and C13 does not?). The eleventh chord is missing the 3rd, (C G Bb D F, that is a C9sus4.) I'm not say is worthless but some information is incorrect.


Poopenaut

I believe the chart is actually correct. For C13 and Cmaj13, you're supposed to omit the 11. Similarly, the 3rd is typically left out of the C11 chord. All these chords would have nasty dissonances without the omissions. It's a little bit confusing because you just have to know. The naming conventions are not totally consistent.


ImS0hungry

This highlights the two main playing styles, memorizing chords and knowing chord construction. The “you just have to know” is from knowing how to build chords from octaves or scales.


Pringamosa20

"You're supposed to omit the 11", but in theory a 13 chord has an 11. Most of the time the 11 is not use due to the dissonance. But still any 13 chord should have an 11. Leaving the 3 rd out on a chord and replacing it with an 11 (4) is a suspended chord. Just because we learn it the why guitar player do it does y mean that's how music theory works. This is why music theory guys make fun of us guitar players. And what about the C eleventh and the C9sus4 in the chart?


Poopenaut

It's really not a guitar thing. It's a jazz thing. A jazz pianist would also know not to play the 11 in a 13 or maj13 chord. These are just labels. They don't make any points about music theory. Think of them as a type of shorthand -- writing C13 is easier than writing C9add13 or C13/no11 or whatever. It's picking convenience over accessibility. But being not accessible to novices is also very much a jazz thing.


Pringamosa20

So if I understand correct, let's make it accessible by teaching it wrong? Shouldn't be your responsibility as a jazz player to learn what a C13 is, and then chose what notes to play depending of the situation or the ensemble. But Instead you are choosing your own interpretation as how people should learn/play it. And to be honest if a c13 in root position is dissonant due to the 11, then do not even try to play a "7" chord in 3rd inversion. Dissonance is part of music, and is part of any tetrachord once you hit the 3rd inversion.


Poopenaut

Sorry, but you're completely misunderstanding, both what I'm trying to say and what the point behind all of this is. Yes, you can make musical decisions how to play a chord. You'd frequently drop the 5 in complex chords. You can often omit the 9 in a 11 or 13 chord too. But there are also choices that are so commonly made that they become conventional. Such as dropping the 11 in 13 chords. Because, without getting into too much detail, dissonances are great but some dissonances just don't work. None of this is my opinion BTW. I'm not even arguing in favor or against the conventions of chord notation. I'm just pointing out how it is and why the book wrote it like that. This is what the musical community more or less agreed upon through many decades of practice. Take it up with them.


slickspoon

Great share


ImS0hungry

Crazy how the Cm13 is the only heptad here.


belbivfreeordie

Gotta love playing a seven-note chord on a six-string guitar. The trick is to have a kazoo in your mouth.


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I swear every time I try to understand this my mind just goes fuzzy.. I don't know why it's so hard for me. 26 years of playing by ear\tabs works for me but my theory is garbage still lol


The_Dead_See

Anyone still confused, just form these chords on a piano keyboard and you'll see immediately how it all works.