Uncle Bob's Guitar Lessons
Lesson 11 - "Open" Chords
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The following chord diagrams list an open chord progression for the A major scale.
A Bm C#m D
X 0 0 X 0 0 X 0 0 X 0 0
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | 3f | | | | 1 | 5f | | 2 3 4 | 7f
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 2 3 4 | | | 2 3 | | | | 2 3 | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
E F#m G#dim A
X 0 0 X 0 0 X 0 0 X 0 0
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 2 3 4 | 9f | | | | 1 | 10f | | | | 1 | 12f | | 2 3 4 | 14f
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | | | | 2 3 | | | | 2 3 | | | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
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+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
Please note that many of the chord names are not the "real" names; these are all open chord (pedal-point) substitution chords for the actual chords the you would find in the scale.
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