Progression study Writen By: Pat Cerreta - pcerreta@hotmail.com |--------------------------| These are the main notes for the C scale |--------------------------| But as power chords are changeable in position |-5--------------------(7)-| So are the positions of chord progretion |-5---5---7---3---2----(7)-| structures. Therefore, if you move a C chord |-3---5---7---3---2----(5)-| Two frets (one step) up to a D major, then |-----3---5---1---0--------| all of the progrsion chords do as well. C G Am F Em Dm One should note that the Dm in the progretion is in parenthesis because its main use is as *----------Open Note 5---------- a passing chord not to be used in a Major * | | | | |1st Fret 4 | | | | | progression. | | | | | | | | | | | | * * | | | | 2 1 | | | | In the first fret board on the left, the stars | | | | | | | | | | | | represent the main fret/string locations of the * * | | | | 3 6 | | | | 5 most important base postions of the 5 most | | | | | | | | | | | | important chords in a progression or scale. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The second figure shows the numbers of the | | | | | | | | | | | | chords in order of importance: | | | | | | | | | | | | 1: The Major Chord 2: The Dominant 7th 3: The Relative Minor 4: The Reletive Major 5: The Dominant Minor 6: This is a Reletive Minor in a sense used as a passing note in most cases. Refer To the Chromatic Scale for note names and positions, and to the explenation of power Chords to learn correct fingering and locations of the discussed notes.