"Guitar chord" refers to the "chord" played on the "guitar", and also refers to the harmony composed of several different tones. Polyphonic ringtones are far more pleasant to listen to than tinkling single-note ringtones. Their sounds are fuller and mellower, giving people a beautiful listening experience. Chords in guitar playing and singing are generally classified into three chords, seventh chords, sixth chords, added ninth chords, suspended chords, etc. Different chords have different functions.

What are the classifications of guitar chords? What are the guitar chord functions?

1. Basic chords:

All chords here have 1 as the root note, which makes it easy to see the intervals. change.

1. Triad

Major triad, composed of tones: 1, 3, 5.

A minor triad consisting of notes 1, b3, and 5.

Diminished chords: 1, b3, 5.

Augmented chords: 1, #3, 5.

2. Seventh chords

Major seventh chords: 1, 3, 5, 7.

Minor seventh chords: 1, b3, 5, b7.

Diminished seventh chords: 1, b3, 5, bb7{6}.

Dominant seventh chords: 1, 3, 5, b7.

Half-diminished seventh chords: 1, b3, b5, b7.

Minor major seventh chords: 1, b3, 5, 7.

Major seventh sharp fifth chords: 1, 3, #5, 7.

3. Sixth chords

Major sixth chords: 1, 3, 5, 6.

Minor sixth chords: 1, b3, 5, 6.

4. Added ninth chords

Major added ninth chords: 1, 3, 5, 2.

Minor plus ninth chords: 1, b3, 5, 2.

5. Suspension chords

Suspension four chords: 1, 4, 5.

Dominant seven hangs four chords: 1, 4, 5, b7.

6. Sixty-nine chords

Major sixty-nine chords: 1, 3, 5, 6, 2.

Minor sixth and ninth chords: 1, b3, 5, 6, 2.

2. Extended chords:

1. Ninth chords

Major ninth chords: 1, 3, 5, 7, 2.

Minor ninth chords: 1, b3, 5, 7, 2.

Dominant ninth chords: 1, 3, 5, b7, 2.

2. Eleven chords

Major eleven chords: 1, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4.

Major eleven chords: 1, b3, 5, b7, 2, 4.

Dominant eleven chords: 1, 3, 5, b7, 2, 4.

3. Thirteen chords

Major thirteen chords: 1, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6.

Major thirteen chords: 1, b3, 5, b7, 2, 4, 6.

Dominant thirteenth chords: 1, 3, 5, b7, 2, 4, 6.

3. Changed chords:

1. Seven-diminished nine chords: 1, 3, 5, b7, b2.

Two, seven and nine chords: 1, 3, 5, b7, #2.

Three and nine diminished fifth chords: 1, 3, b5, b7, 2.

Four, nine and five chords: 1, 3, #5, b7, 2.

Five, seven minus nine plus five chords: 1, 3, #5, b7, b2.

Six, seven plus nine minus five chords: 1, 3, b5, b7, #2.

About changing chords:

In guitar harmony, in order to match the harmony progression, the chords will be changed with rising and falling marks. These intervals are called changing notes. Chords formed using inflections are called inflected chords.

For example: in a nine-chord structure, each interval can become a changed interval, changing the interval of 3 degrees becomes a major and minor triad; changing the interval of 5 degrees becomes an augmented and diminished triad; changing the interval of 7 degrees The interval becomes a major seventh dominant diminished seventh chord; changing the 9th interval becomes a major or minor diminished augmented chord.

When the ninth interval is marked with diacritical marks, the name of the chord must use the seventh chord as the basic chord and the ninth note at the end, such as: 7+9 or 7-9. If the changing tone appears on the inner tone of the chord, the changing tone needs to be written directly after the chord, such as: 9-5 or 7-9, etc.

Functions of chords

In popular music, we generally only talk about major chords and rarely use minor as a mode to redefine chords, because the relationship between major and minor chords in pop music* The phenomenon of ** is very common, and if we use classical harmony to explain it, it will be confusing.

Let’s use the key of C major as an example. There are 7 basic chords: C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, Bdim. They are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th degree chords respectively. 1, 4, 5 are called positive triads, and 2, 3, 6 are called minor triads. 7th degree chords are extremely rarely used in popular music. Level 1 chords are also called tonic chords, level 4 chords are also called subordinate chords, and level 5 chords are also called dominant chords.

1. C, the 1st degree chord, is used to clarify the tonality.

Most major-key songs begin and end with it. However, you can use as few main chords as possible in the middle of the song, otherwise it will always give people a sense of termination and the progression of the music will be very hard.

2. Dm, the 2nd degree chord, is a very soft chord. Its most important use is to be placed before the dominant chord, the 5th degree chord. The 5th degree chord naturally returns to the 1st degree chord, so it is easy to form a 2-5-1 progression. This is an extremely common progression.

3. Em, the 3rd degree chord, is also a very soft chord. As the music progresses, it will immediately become soft and slightly sad. The 1-3-4 progression, C-Em-F in the key of C major, is a very common progression. Sometimes in a piece of music where a 1st degree chord is used, you can consider replacing it with a 3rd degree chord, and the music will immediately become less tough. This technique is very commonly used in Hong Kong and Taiwan music.

4. F, the 4th degree chord, is another regular triad in the major key and is one of the backbone chords. It is very bright, making people feel open-minded and feeling like they are "flying" all of a sudden. The American country music we hear and the songs describing the western prairies and the Grand Canyon are all expressed using 4th degree chords. There is absolutely a difference between a 1st degree chord followed by a 4th degree chord and a 3rd degree chord.

Fifth, G, the 5th degree chord, the third positive triad in the major key, is indispensable for any song. It supports the main chord. The sense of ending of the music is generated by the progression of 5-1. Of course, there are many songs in modern pop music, especially European and American music, that do not use 5-1 termination. This is the characteristic of pop music, but the 5th degree chord is still unshakable as the skeleton chord of music.

Sixth, Am, that is, the 6th degree chord, a neutral chord, if it is used as the main chord, it will be a minor key. The songs are definitely going to be melancholic and sad. If a 6th degree chord appears in some parts of a major key, it serves to connect different chords. The 6th degree chord is like a bridge. Almost all chords can be connected in front of it, and the same is true behind it. It makes the chords coherent and less rigid. 1-6-4-5 is a very commonly used bridge section. In fact, you can write a song using just these four chords.

Seventh, Bdim, the 7th degree chord, is rarely used in pop music. Because it is a diminished triad, it has a sense of inward contraction and is generally only used in certain progressions or for the flow of the root note.

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Do you need to learn to read music to learn guitar? Should you learn simplified musical notation, six-line musical notation or five-line musical notation?

What are the consequences of not learning to read music? If the teacher teaches you a piece of music step by step, you will only be able to play this one piece. You will not be able to learn new music by yourself, and you will not be able to learn it if you have not listened to it. Now that you have decided to learn guitar, you need to get rid of the habit of learning singing based on impressions, and you should play accurately according to the rhythm of the music score. Learning to read musical notation is actually not difficult. I think the key is to learn to beat time and understand the meaning and use of various musical symbols. Simplified music notation is simple and easy to learn, suitable for popular music, and easy to memorize melodies; six-line music notation (including grid music notation for recording chords) is intuitive and remembers phonemes, but it is not conducive to memory; five-line music notation is more professional and versatile, but relatively difficult to learn. A large number of classical guitar etudes and solo pieces are notated in five-line notation. Therefore, in the long run, all three types of scores must be learned, and combined learning is the most scientific. However, the response to reading the music score will be slow at first. You need to read the music more often, get used to it slowly, and try to use a fixed solfa method. Each of the three musical notations has its own characteristics. If you are a hobby, you can choose simple musical notation plus six-line musical notation, which is easy to get started.

After that, it’s all about how to practice guitar. There are many students who only complete the exercises arranged by the teacher after class, and then do not know how to practice and do not have a clear direction of practice.

So here, I will tell you the 5 directions you must practice every day when learning guitar!

NO·1 Finger Exercise

NO·2 Chord Exercise

NO·3 Fragment Exercise

NO·4 Scale Exercise

NO·5 Strumming and Rhythm