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March 2001

Chord Exercises

Over the past couple of issues of GuitarLife, we've talked about finger exercises to help your dexterity. But what about chord changes that challenge even experienced guitarists? Here are some exercises that will help.

Just as you can play single-note scales to improve your dexterity, you can play "chord scales" to improve your chord changing skills.

Each note in the major scale has a corresponding chord. Let's use the C Major scale for simplicity to begin with.

The single-note C Major scale is:

C - D - E - F - G - A - B - C

When this single-note scale is changed to a "chord scale", each note takes on a major, minor or other form. This is sometimes written in Roman numerals such as:

I - ii - iii - IV - V - vi - vii - I

The numbers represent the positions of the scale, i.e., "I" is the root, "ii" is the second note of the scale, etc.

The uppercase Roman numerals represent "major" chords. Lower case numerals represent "minor" chords. The only exception is the "vii", which is a "diminished" chord. If you aren't familiar with major, minor, diminished, and other chord forms, I recommend that you go to your local bookstore or purchase a guitar chord book online. However, for immediate impartation of knowledge into your brain, you can see these chords below.

In the example above, using the C Major scale, here is the chord scale:



Begin with the C Maj chord, then to D min, E min, etc. until you are back at the C Maj chord. Pick whatever rhythm and strumming style you prefer. Remember to practice this scale both forward and backward. Consistent tempo is more important than speed so start slow. Another alternate would be to continue with the same chord progression, moving from simply strumming to various picking patterns (which we will cover in future issues).

Until next time, "Play More. . . with StringLife!"

Stay Tuned,
Steve



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