GUITAR CRASH COURSE
DAILY PRACTICE NOTES
HOLDING GUITAR
SCALES/NOTES
C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, G, G#/Ab, A, A#/Bb, B
- First, You have to know the Fretboard and how these Notes are applied on the Fretboard.
- Those are the 12 scales(Notes) in Music, You can make Music using only these 12 scales(Notes).
- In these, you will have Major Scales & Minor Scales.
- Now, you will have to learn & practice the PENTATONIC SCALES
- PENTA = FIVE, TONIC = NOTES means Five note scales
- You will have Major & Minor PENTATONIC SCALES
A minor, 1st position Pentatonic, Start at 5th Fret on 6th string
A# minor, 1st position Pentatonic, Start at 6th Fret on 6th string
B minor, 1st position Pentatonic, Start at 7th Fret on 6th string
- So, Just like this, all the patterns are repeated as same
- Am - start at 5th fret on 6th string
- A#m - start at 6th fret on 6th string
- Bm - start at 7th fret on 6th string
- Cm - start at 8th fret on 6th string
- C#m - start at 9th fret on 6th string
- Dm - start at 10th fret on 6th string
- D#m - start at 11th fret on 6th string
- Em - start at 12th fret on 6th string
- Fm -start at 1st fret on 6th string
- F#m - start at 2nd fret on 6th string
- Gm - start at 3rd fret on 6th string
- G#m - start at 4th fret on 6th string
- Em can also be played in open position
- NOTE : The Starting Note is called ROOT NOTE which means we start at 6th string as a first note on a particular note on a fret.
Now let's move to Major Pentatonic scales of 1st position
C major 1st position Pentatonic, start at 8th fret on 6th string
C# major 1st position Pentatonic, start at 9th fret on 6th string
C# major 1st position Pentatonic, start at 10th fret on 6th string
- So, Just like this, all the patterns are repeated as same
- C - start at 8th fret on 6th string
- C# - start at 9th fret on 6th string
- D - start at 10th fret on 6th string
- D# - start at 11th fret on 6th string
- E - start at 12th fret on 6th string & This also has open position, follow the tab below
- F - start at 1st fret on 6th string, but this is to be played in open position
- F# - start at 2nd fret on 6th string
- G - start at 3rd fret on 6th string
- G# - start at 4th fret on 6th string
- A - start at 5th fret on 6th string
- A# - start at 6th fret on 6th string
- B - start at 7th fret on 6th string
- NOTE : The Starting Note is called ROOT NOTE which means we start at 6th string as a first note on a particular note on a fret.
CHORDS
Chords : When two or three or more notes played together at different pitches, those are called Chords.
- In the Chords, we will have Major Chords & Minor chords as well.
- Chords are two types, those Open chords & Bar chords
- Open chords - Some strings are open and some are closed
- Bar chords - All are closed, no open strings are applied.
- Let's move to Open Major chords
- Now, all the Chord shapes are given below in Tabs
Start at 1st fret
Start at 1st fret
Start at 3rd fret
Start at 1st fret
All are at 2nd fret
- Now, Let's move to Open Minor Chords
- Now, all the Chord shapes are given below in Tabs
Start at 1st fret
Start at 1st fret
On 2nd fret alone
MAJOR BAR CHORDS
- Bar chords are always closed and you will get some pain behind the thumb, but it will go off by practice
- You have to close all the strings with your index finger together as shown in the tabs
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 1st fret
G Major can also be played as Bar chord, Close the strings at 3rd fret
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 4th fret
MINOR BAR CHORDS
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 1st fret
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 4th fret
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 1st fret
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 3rd fret
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 4th fret
Close all the 6 strings together with index finger at 5th fret
FAMILY CHORDS
MAJOR FAMILY CHORDS
C - F - G
C# - F# - G#
D# - G# - A#
E - A - B
F - A# - C
F# - B - C#
G - C - D
G# - C# - D#
A - D - E
A# - D# - F
B - E - F#
MINOR FAMILY CHORDS
Am - F - G
A#m - F# - G#
Bm - G - A
Cm - G# - A#
C#m - A - B
Dm - A# - C
D#m - B - C#
Em - C - D
Fm - C# - D#
F#m - D - E
Gm - D# - F
G#m - E - F#
FAMILY & RELATIONS
- One Major has its Relative minor and One minor has its Relative major as well.
- Suppose for example, if we take C major, the Relative minor for C major is A minor and the C major is called Parent major and similarly if we take A minor as a parent minor, then the relative major is C major.
- All the Relations are given below.
C - Am - F - G
C# - A#m - F# - G#
D - Bm - G - A
D# - Cm - G# - A#
E - C#m - A - B
F - Dm - A# - C
F# - D#m - B - C#
G - Em - C - D
G# - Fm - C# - D#
A - F#m - D - E
A# - Gm - D# - F
B - G#m - E - F#
- But sometimes, you need to play some chords in these, you can find them below as a list.
C - Am - F - G - Dm - Em
C# - A#m - F# - G# - D#m - Fm
D - Bm - G - A - Em - F#m
D# - Cm - G# - A# - Fm - Gm
E - C#m - A - B - F#m - G#m
F - Dm - A# - C - Gm - Am
F# - D#m - B - C# - G#m - A#m
G - Em - C - D - Am - Bm
G# - Fm - C# - D# - A#m - Cm
A - F#m - D - E - Bm - C#m
A# - Gm - D# - F - Cm - Dm
B - G#m - E - F# - C#m - D#m
NOTE : These chord progressions can be applied in a song according to the key of the song, for example if the song is in Minor key, you have to start with Minor chord progression, if its Major song, you can start with Major progression,
Example: If the song is in C major key, you can play those C major chord progression , C - Am - F - G - Dm - Em, if the song is in A minor key, then you just have to start with Am and rest of the progression is the same as well, ex: Am - F - G - Dm - Em
STRUMMING PATTERNS
- To play the strumming pattern, you need to do two things, i.e., Down stroke & Up stroke
- Strumming Patterns always could be on our own choice, This doesn't have any particular patterns to play as the same, but inorder to make you understand, there are some patterns given below for examples of strumming patterns.
- D = Down stroke U = Up stroke
1. D DD
2. DDD DDD DDD DDD
3. D DUDU
4. D D UDUD
5. D DU UDU
6. D UDUD UDUD
7. DDD UDUD UDU
8. DU DU UDU
9. DDD DU DDD DU
10. DDD DU UD D DU
11. D D UDUD D
12. DDD UUD UDU
13. D UDUD UDU D DU
14. D UDD UDD DU
15. D D UDUD D DU
FINGER EXERCISES
*ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR FUTURE MUSIC JOURNEY*
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