Guitar chords minor are frequently associated with feelings of melancholy or even fear, due to their perceptual dissonance which captures our attention and provokes responses in us.
Chords are constructed by joining ascending thirds (or more). Sometimes the process of changing from Major to minor chords can be as effortless as lifting off one finger!
Major Triad
Triads are simple consonant chords that serve as the fundamental building blocks of tonal music. Composed from three consecutive notes arranged in thirds – with the lowest note known as the root note and each subsequent note represented as either thirds or fifths, respectively.
Triads based on any three notes from a major scale can serve as the building blocks of triads; their qualities vary, from major chords built around do (1-1-1) to minor triads built from 4/2/3/5 and so 6/6.
Modified triads may be altered by switching up their order or adding extra notes. A power chord, for instance, is created by replacing the third note with either C (and leaving out its third tone altogether) or adding a seventh (C-7) into the chord structure – these modified triads are often referred to as sus2 chords; Roman numerals provide an easy way of labelling chords quickly and concisely.
Minor Triad
Triad chords are composed of the first, third and fifth notes in any scale and may be either major or minor depending on where their roots lie. Triads possess various qualities determined by the quality of intervals between root, third and fifth notes – major triads usually sound “happy,” minor ones “sad,” while diminished ones have an unnerving or supernatural sound that distinguish them.
To create a minor triad, simply write its root note (or first note) on the staff and follow with generic third and perfect fifth notes above it. To identify their qualities, look at a table of note intervals and count how many half-tones (or semitones) separate the root from each interval – this will reveal its name that corresponds with this triad quality; for instance if there are three semitones between root and third note then its chord quality would be minor.
Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor pentatonic scale is one of the essential scales for guitarists to learn, serving both blues and rock musicians alike in crafting captivating licks over chord progressions.
Minor 7th chords provide the ideal vehicle to showcase this scale’s distinctive sound; dissonance between its minor third and the major third of the root chord adds an effective element of blues music that can be heard in guitar solos by artists like Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and B.B. King.
Start playing the minor pentatonic scale by fretting an A note on the sixth string, moving your pointer finger down one fret and playing all remaining notes of the scale from there on outward until all five positions of your fretboard have been covered by it.
Major Pentatonic Scale
The major pentatonic scale is an indispensable tool in any guitarist’s toolkit, used to craft solos and main riffs across blues and rock genres – particularly its emotional expressive qualities often associated with blues music.
Similar to its minor pentatonic cousin, this scale contains only five notes (hence its prefix “penta,” meaning five), making it very straightforward for anyone learning it to memorize its pattern up and down the fretboard. Furthermore, these notes appear frequently in chord progressions.
Major and minor pentatonic scales differ by taking out notes that work perfectly with minor chords (i.e., #4 and #6) which creates dissonant sounds when played over minor chord progressions. By contrast, major pentatonic works well over both minor and major progressions without creating dissonance – though be wary when switching between patterns as their root notes differ significantly.