Jamorama - Book 3

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C

2004 Rock Star Recipes Ltd.

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Contents Preface................................................................................ 4

Lesson: 1. The Minor Scale............................................................. 5 2. Minor Seventh Chords, E minor 7 and A minor 7 open chords, F minor 7 and Bb minor 7 barre chords................................... 7

3. Major 6 barre chords.......................................................10 4. Power chords .............................................................. 11 5. Accents, Compound meter................................................ 13 6. C Shape Barre chord........................................................14 7. Suspended barre chords ...................................................15 8. Root 6 and Root 5 Major 7th Barre chords.................................17 9. Ninth chords, F9(Root6), B9(Root5).......................................19 10. Diminished chords.........................................................21 11. Augmented chords, A aug, Db aug and F aug...........................23 Supplementary Chord Refernce.............................................25 Index...........................................................................28

Preface Welcome to the Jamorama Rhythm Guitar series of books. This series is designed to take the guitar student from a beginner level through to an advanced standard of playing. The series was constructed on the premise that learning should not be an arduous task. Therefore, each book is written in a step by step lesson plan with instruction that is both easy and enjoyable to follow. Book three of the series takes the student on to advanced barre chords and chord substitution. This book also covers advanced rhythm and introduces further articulation techniques. The aim of this book is to further the knowledge of the intermediate guitarist and extend their capabilities. By the end of this book, the student will have a broad understanding of advanced rhythm guitar technique and music theory. While this book is a valuable tool and resource for learning, the guidance of an experienced guitar teacher is recommended as this will accelerate learning greatly.

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Lesson One Lesson Outline: • The Minor Scale

The Minor Scale The minor scale is different from the major scale because of it third note. In the major scale there is a major third. The minor on the other hand has a minor third, meaning that its third note is flattened from that of the major scale. For example In the key of C, the major and minor scales are as follows. Major

C

D

E

F

G

A

B

C

Minor

C

D

Eb

F

G

A

B

C

Compared to the major triad sound, the minor triad has a sad unhappy sound. Try and play through both the major and minor scale in the key of A or G, starting with the first finger on fret 5 for A, or fret 3 for G. Compare the sound of the major scale to that of the minor scale. Listen for the third note which is natural in the major scale but flattened in the minor scale.

Exercise: Play the following A major scale using the down/up picking technique. Make sure to start with the correct finger on the fifth fret note, A.

A major scale





T A B



5

7

#





4

5

7

2 2

#

4

6

 7

1

A major Scale fingering:

1 1

#

3

4 4 4

5

Exercise: Notice the difference, on the fretboard, between the A minor scale shape and the A major scale shape. It is good to remember scales as visual patterns on the guitar. Play the following A minor scale using the fingering shown.

A minor scale







T A B

5

7



8





5

7

#



#

4

6

 7

A minor Scale fingering:

1

2 1

3

4 4 3

4

2

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Lesson Two Lesson Outline: • Minor Seventh Chords • E minor 7 and A minor 7 open chords. • F minor 7 and Bb minor 7 barre chords.

Minor Seventh Chords The minor seventh chord is made by adding a flattened 7th to a minor triad. The minor 7th chord therefore has a flattened 3rd and 7th. Compare the differences between major and minor triads and major and minor seventh chords (see below).

Major and Minor triads. C Major triad:

C

E

G

Note number:

I

III

V

C Minor triad:

C

Eb

G

Note number:

I

IIIb

V

Major and Minor Seventh Chords. C Major Seventh:

C

E

G

B

Note number:

I

III

V

VII

C Minor Seventh:

C

Eb

G

Bb

Note number:

I

IIIb

V

VIIb

The minor triad has the 3rd flattened. The minor 7th chord has the 3rd and 7th flattened.

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The root six minor seventh takes its shape from the E minor seventh open chord:

Fm 7 (root 6)

Em 7 (open)

1 1 1 1

2

3

1

3 The root five minor seventh takes its shape from the A minor seventh open chord:

Am 7 (open)

Bbm 7 (root 5) 1

1

1 2

1 1

2 3

4 Notice that, like other root 5 and root 6 shape barre chords, you can move the chord shape up the fretboard to play the minor 7 in any chord.

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Exercise: In this exercise, the change from D minor to Dminor 7 adds variation and interest to the piece.

== = •

Strum:

•

Count:

1+

•

2+

3+a

4 +

D minor D minor 7 D minor D minor 7 C sus2

root 5

D minor D minor 7 D minor D minor 7 C sus2

root 5

44

A major

root 6

A7

G major

Bb major

root 6

5

9

root 5

root 6

Lesson Three Lesson Outline: •

Major 6 barre chords.

Major 6 Barre Chords The major sixth chord can be played in root 5 and root 6 barre chord form. Below we use the first fret examples, F6 (root 6) and Bb6 (root 5) to demonstrate the chord shapes of each.

F 6 (Root 6) 1

4 2

X

3

1

•

Note that the fourth string is deadened by the third finger.

Bb 6 (Root 5)

6

4 4 4 4

1 1

7

Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the suggested 3/4 strum.

Strum:

•

Count:

34

1+

A6

2+

= 3e+a

D6

G6

8 10

Lesson Four Lesson Outline: •

Power chords

Power Chords Power chords are an easy way to play any chord. They are easy to play because they use only three strings to play the three notes of a chord. Power chords create a great full sound when used with the dampening technique. Like the root 5 and root 6 barre chords the power chords can be moved up and down the fretboard to change chords.

F Power Chord

1

3 2

9 Bb Power Chord

1 1

3 2

10 When you play these chords, be sure to only strum the strings that are affecting the chord.

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Exercise: Play the following chord progression using power chords and the strum provided.

m m m m mm

\

Strum: Count:



\ \

mm

\

1 e+a2 e+a3e+a 4 e+a

4 4

A

B

C

B

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Lesson Five Lesson Outline: • •

Accents Compound meter.

Accents To accent means to play the strings of your guitar louder and with more attack. Accents are notated by a wedge placed above the strum indicator. Example:

Strum:

Compound Meter

As you have progressed through the previous sections of this book you will now be familiar with simple time, i.e 4/4 and 3/4. If you revise the theory behind 4/4 you will remember that there are 4 beats to a bar and that each beat is worth a quater note. The quater note can be divided into two eighth notes or four sixteenth notes. When a beat falls on a dotted note this is called Compound Time. The most common example of compound time is 6 /8 which is made up of two dotted quarter notes in its simplist form. 6/8 time is very similar to 3/4, but in 6/8, dotted quater notes are usually split into 3 eighth notes and grouped together. This gives 6/8 a different feel to 3/4. Compare 6/8 to 3/4 time, where they both contain 6 eighth notes in a bar:

  

3 4



Simplified Beat: Count:

1

+

 2

+

 3

6 8 Simplified Beat: •

+

Count:

   

 1

• +

a

 2

+

a

Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the 6/8 strum provided. Try accenting beats 1 and 4.

68

C#sus2

Bsus2

A root6

Ab root 6

Strum: Count:

12

1+2+ 3+4+5+6+ 13

Lesson Six Lesson Outline: •

C Shape Barre chord.

C Sharpe Barre Chord To play the C shape barre chord, place your barre finger directly in front of the open C major chord. The C shape barre chord can move up the fret similar to other barre chords.

C major

C# / Db 1

1 2

1 1

3

2 3

4

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Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the strum provided.

44

F C Formation

Dm Root 5

Bb Root 6

Strum: Count:

C Open

14 1+2+3+4+5+6+

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Lesson Seven Lesson Outline: •

Suspended barre chords

Suspended Barre Chords We covered open suspended chords in book one. Now we look at the bar chord version of the suspended chord.

Bb sus2

root 5

1 1

3 2

1 1

15 Bb sus4

root 5

1

1 1

3 3

4

16 F sus4 root 6 1 1 X 1

4 3

17 15

Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the suggested strum. Strum: Count:

44

•

=

•

=

1e+a 2e+a 3e+a 4e+a

C# root5 C# C#sus44 E root5 E sus44

B root5 BBsus44 F# root6

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Play the following chord progression using the strum provided.

x

Strum: Count:

 44

x

x

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

E

x

x

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

EEsus44

DDsus22

D

19

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Lesson Eight Lesson Outline: •

Root 6 and Root 5 Major 7th Barre chords

Root 6 and Root 5 major seventh barre chords The major seventh chord, written Maj7, is not to be confused with the dominant 7 which is written as the chord name followed by the number 7. The difference between the two is that the dominant 7 has a flattened 7th note where the major 7 has a natural 7th note.

F major 7 Root 6 In the chord, strings 1 and 5 are muted by fingers 1 and 2.

2

4 3

1

20 Bb Major 7 Root 5 1 2 1 1

4 3

21 Like all other barre chords, the root 5 and root 6 major seventh barre chords can be played at any position along the fret board. Note that the first and fifth strings are not played in the root 6 shape. You deaden these strings with your first finger.

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Exercise:

Play the following chord progression usind the strum provided. Strum: Count:

68

•

==

•

1+2+3+4+5+6+

Gb maj77 Root 5

mm

mm

1+2+3+4+5+6+

B maj77 Root 6

D maj77 Root 5

EEsus22 Root 5

22

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Lesson Nine Lesson Outline: • • •

Ninth chords F9 (Root 6) B9 (Root 5)

Ninth Chords

A ninth chord is made by adding a ninth note to the dominant 7 chord. It is made of the notes I III V VIIb IX of the major scale. As you know, the major scale only has seven notes. The ninth (IX) note in the ninth chord is actually the second note in the scale. We call this second note a ninth because when it is added to the seventh chord it is a third above the flattened seventh note. For this reason, it is better to think of the note as an added ninth.

F9 (Root 6) 1

4 2

1

3

1

23 B9 (Root 5)

1

3 3 3 2

24 It maybe hard to land these chords for a start. With a little practice, you will be able to move between the root 5 and root 6 easily as well as moving up and down the fret cleanly in the root 5.

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Exercise: Play the following chord proression using the strum provided. •

Strum: Count:



6 8

= = •

1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+ 6+

F maj 7

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6+

F9 root 6

Cmajor

C maj 7

25 Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the suggested strum. Strum: : Count:

1+



6 8

2+

C9 root 5

3+

4+

5+

6+

Bb9 root 6

G9root 6

F9 root 5

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Lesson Ten Lesson Outline: •

Diminished chords

Diminished 7th Chords The diminished 7th chord has a flattened third and fifth and a double flattened seventh. The major chord has the interval of a perfect fifth. This is the interval that gives stability to a chord. The diminished chord does not have that perfect fifth, and as a result, gives us an unstable and restless chord. The diminished chord can be notated in many different ways. Sometimes with the word dim, for instance Cdim. You will also see same chord notated as C-. In this book we will notate it with the symbol o , for example, C o is C diminished. Because each note is an equal distance apart (all minor third intervals) the diminished 7th chord inverts or repeats every 3 frets. In other the words, the notes of the chord are the same only in a different order.

Ebo 1st fret, Gbo4th fret , Ao 7th fret , Co 10th fret

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4

2

3

1

As the diminished 7th chord is played up or down the neck of the guitar, the order of its notes change about so that the root note of the chord changes. This means that, at the first fret, the above shape has the root note Eb. At the forth fret, the root note is Gb. The seventh fret: the note A, and the tenth fret has the root note C.

Exercise: Play the following series of diminished 7th chords. You will hear that this chord sequence builds in suspense. Use any form of strum you like to hear the chords.



Eb

o

(1st fret)

Gb o(4th fret)

A o(7th fret)

21

C o(10th fret)

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Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the suggested strum. Strum: Count: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +

68

C

o

Db

2nd fret

Dm7

G7

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Lesson Eleven Lesson Outline: • •

Augmented chords A aug, Db aug and F aug

Augmented Chords The Augmented chord is a triad with the sharpened fifth e.g. Notes The Augmented chords structure has a unique property being that,

When note one is

F

note three is

A

note five is

When note one is

A

note three is

C# / Db

note five is

I

III

C# / Db F

At the fifth fret the pattern starts again.

Play the following augmented chord in root position:

A aug, Db aug, F aug - No Bass note 1

3 2

4

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#V.

Exercise: Play the following chord progression using the suggested strum.



6 8

Dm open

A+ open

Bb7root6

A7root6

strum: count:

31

1+ 2+ 3+ 4+ 5+6+

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Supplementary Chord Reference Ninth chords in open position. A#9/Bb9

A9 2

B9 4 3 2

4 3 2

1 3 1

1 1

D9

C#9/Db9

C9 4 3 2

3 1 2

2 1

1

D#9/Eb9

E9

2

F9

4

3

3

4 1

1

1

2 2

F#9/Gb9

G9 4

G#9/Ab9

1

2

1

1 2

2

3

1

1

x 3

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Diminished chords in open position. Ao

A# o/Bbo

4

Bo

4

2

3

1

2

2 3

1

1

Co

C#o/Dbo

4 2

4

1

3

2

2 3

1

1

D# o/Ebo

Eo

4 2

Fo 4

2

3

1

2 3 1

1

F# o/Gbo

Go

4 2

G# o/Abo 4

2

3

1

2 3

1

Do

1

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Augmented chords in open position. A+

A# +/Bb+

B+

1

1

1 3 2

3 2

3 2 4

4

C+

4

D+

C# +/Db+ 1

1 2 1

3 2

3 2 3

4

4

D# +/Eb +

E+

F+

1

1 3 2

3 2

2 1 3

4

4

F# +/Gb+

G+

1

1 3 2

G# +/Ab+ 3 2

4

2 1 4

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Index A

F

A major scale, 5 A minor 7 chord, 8 A minor scale, 6 Accents, 13 Augmented chords, 23

F 6 root 6 barre chord, 10 F9 root 6 barre chord, 19 F major seventh root 6 barre chord, 17 F minor 7 root 6 barre chord, 8 F power chord, 11 F sus4 root 6 barre chord, 15

B B sus2 root 5 barre chord, 15 B sus4 root 5 barre chord, 15 Bb 6 root 5 barre chord, 8 Bb9 root 5 barre chord, 19 Bb major seventh root 5 barre chord, 17 Bb minor 7 root 5 barre chord, 8 Bb power chord, 11

M Major seventh barre chords, 17 Major six barre chords, 10 Minor scale, 5 Minor seventh chords, 7

N C C# major C shape barre chord, 14 C major chord, 14 C shape barre chord, 14 Compound meter, 13

D

Ninth chords, 19

P Power chords, 11

S

Db major C shape barre chord, 14 Diminished seventh chords, 21

Suspended barre chords, 15

E

T

E minor 7 chord, 8

Triads, 7

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