CHORD CREATION

To create a major chord we use the 1,3, and 5 notes.

For example:

Let’s figure out the "G" chord.

Go to the table above and figure out what the three notes we would use are.

Pick the first, third, and fifth notes of the G scale.

They would be G, B, & D.

When we play the "G" chord (that you learned), the notes are – G, B, D,G,B,G because the fretboard looks like this:

Fret #	String name
Open	E	A	D	G	B	E
1	F	Bb	Eb	G#(Ab)	C	F
2	F#	B	E	A	C#	F#
3	GG	C	F	Bb	D	G
4	G#(Ab)	C#	F#	B	Eb	G#(Ab)

Let’s do another one. What makes the "D" chord? If we look at the scale for "D" we see that the first, third, and fifth notes of the scale are D, Gb (or F#) and A. The chord you learned did not include the lowest string because "E" is not the first third, or fifth note of the scale of D. The chord you played looked like this (A,D,A,D,F#):

Fret #	String name
Open	E	A	D	G	B	E
1	F	Bb	Eb	G#(Ab)	C	F
2	F#	B	E	A	C#	F#
3	G	C	F	Bb	D	G