Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

Though not as commonplace as its major counterpart, G minor tuning is used in many songs including John Renbourn’s The Mist ...

If we continue this process we add B (major 7th), D (9th) and so on, right up to A (13th). If we start on D then a D minor chord is created (D F A) and so on. For slash chord notation, remember that ...

Here’s how it works. Once you know how to construct major and minor scales on the piano, you can take the notes within them and start stacking them up together to play chords. While it’s possible to ...

In theory, the name of a chord should describe its content, especially if it differs from the root-3rd-5th of a standard ...

and the chords follow a pattern of (from steps I through VII) major, minor, minor, major, major, minor, diminished. So – as represented by the bold text in the above diagram – a I-IV-V in C ...

Some quick context for the uninitiated: A chord consists of three notes — first note (root note), major third, and perfect fifth. In a minor key, the second note in the triad is lowered a half ...

Having played the piano for most of my exceedingly long life (Mozart was like a little brother), there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that major and minor chords and the music based upon them are ...

Johnny Cash's Hurt hits way different in A Major, as much so as Ring of Fire in G Minor. The dissonance in tone between the chords is, ahem, a minor one: simply the third note lowered to a flat.