Topic: 3rds. and Chord Construction
Not sure if I've posted this befroe, but I thought it might get some conversation going:
3rds. and Chord Construction
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One of the most useful ways I've found for organizing the fretboard, is using 3rds. to build Arpeggios starting from any note, at any point on the fretboard. And it's really not as overwhelming as I thought it would be.
I started using this type of organizational method quite a few years ago. And since I had to write this out for a couple of students recently, I thought I'd share it with you guys.
------------------|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-
------------------|------------------|--------------------|------8----------|-
------------------|------------------|------7-------------|---8------8--12--|-
------------------|-----7------------|---8-------8---12---|-----------------|-
---7--------------|--8-------8--12---|--------------------|-----------------|-
-8--------8--12---|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-
M3rds.
----7------------|------------------------------------------------------------
-8------8---12---|------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------|------------------------------------------------------------
----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|---6---------|-
----------------|---------------|---------------|---7---------|-8----8--11--|-
----------------|---------------|---6-----------|-8-----8--11-|-------------|-
----------------|---6-----------|-8-----8--11---|-------------|-------------|-
----6-----------|-8-----8--11---|---------------|-------------|-------------|-
--8-----8--11---|---------------|---------------|-------------|-------------|-
m3rds.
-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|--------5--|-------------------------
-------------|---------10--|-----7--10--|-----7-----|-------------------------
--8--12--15--|--8--12------|--8---------|--8--------|-------------------------
M3rd. with m3rd. on top = Major Triad
------------|-----------|-----------|--------3--|-----------------------------
------------|--------8--|-----5--8--|-----5-----|-----------------------------
--5--9--12--|--5--9-----|--5--------|--5--------|-----------------------------
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|-------------------------
-------------|-------------|------------|--------5--|-------------------------
-------------|---------10--|-----6--10--|-----6-----|-------------------------
--8--11--15--|--8--11------|--8---------|--8--------|-------------------------
m3rd. with M3rd. on top = Minor Triad
------------|-----------|-----------|--------3--|-----------------------------
------------|--------8--|-----4--8--|-----4-----|-----------------------------
--5--8--12--|--5--8-----|--5--------|--5--------|-----------------------------
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|------
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|------
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|------
-----------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|------
-----------------|-------------14---|---------10--14--|-----7--10--14--|------
--8--12--15--19--|--8--12--15-------|--8--12----------|--8-------------|------
M3rd. with m3rd with M3rd. on top = Major 7th. Chord
--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------
--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------------------
--------------|--------------|-----------4--|---------------------------------
-----------9--|--------5--9--|--------5-----|---------------------------------
----7--10-----|-----7--------|-----7--------|---------------------------------
-8------------|--8-----------|--8-----------|---------------------------------
In the above Example, I used "M3rd." for a Major 3rd., and "m3rd." for a Minor 3rd.
Anybody else use this concept?
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