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10. All the above exercises can and should be played on top of the C major scale PAD. You know now how chords are build. It is easy with musical notation. Each triad and tetrad across all octaves can take many shapes on the fret board. Since they are so important, there are special diagrams to help practicing. These are PAD chord charts where notes of particular tetrads and triads in every octave are presented without other notes. Here we can come outside of "white keys" and introduce notes with sharps and flats. Take these PADs and practice notes in any order. You will find familiar chord patterns as well as some surprises, no doubt. It is important to know what note of a triad is the first, second ( "third"), and third ("fifth"). It is marked. Here is the PAD of Am: And here is the PAD of a tetrad C7:
Here, on the website you can work with some other triads and tetrads:
Other triads like E and tetrads like C6, Cmaj7 and Dm6 are available in the book. Here is a suggestion how to practice with the chord PADs:
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May 31, 2011
One of the great ways to work with PADs is to make one of your own. Take your ( reasonable amount of ) notes, like of a chord or in several measures of music, and colorize them on an appropriate key scale diagram. And improvise with it.
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Available PAD in the key C - Am: | Help | Home | Explanation | Musical Structure of Guitar | Success without memorizing | Forums, Groups | ||
Notes: | C, D, E, F, G, A, B | ||
Triads of C major scale: | C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim, tetrads: Bm7b5, G7 | ||
Triads of A minor scale: | E, other: A | ||
C blues scale | C7, F7, G7 | ||
Chords over C major scale: | C, G, F, Em, Am, Dm, Bdim | ||
Chords over A minor scale: | Am, Dm, E, G, C, F, Bdim |
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