G Major diatonic triads using type 2 fingering.
The illustration above shows the key of G major and the notes of this major key.
 | Please review the lesson on type 2 fingering patterns. |
Recall from the previous lessons that each major scale is constructed with 7 different notes and chords. The notes and chords in the key of G major are, G Am Bm C D Em F# diminished. The lesson below will show you how to play over each chord in the key of G major. You will play each chord below using arpeggios and also the scale over each chord. The numbers under each illustration are the suggested fingering for each note. Notice that the tablature for each chord below begins with an arpeggio. Once again, an arpeggio is playing each note of the chord one note at a time. Also notice how each chord below leads into the next.
The G chord below ends on the B note and then leads into the A for the Am chord. The A minor chord ends on the C note and then leads into the B minor and so on. I will give you an example of how this can sound while playing. You should play this exercise until you can play each note smoothly and at a good pace. But, it is always a good idea to start out slow or at a comfortable speed.
Once you learn to play this exercise in the key of G major, move everything up two frets higher and play it in the key of A major. This means you can use this same pattern to play in another key. We know that the key of G major root note fret is at the 3rd fret, low E string. By moving the first pattern to the 5th fret we would be in the key of A major. By moving the first pattern to the 7th fret we would be in the key of B major and so on. All the other patterns move up as well. If you moved up two frets higher to the key of A major, the notes and chords would be: A, Bm, C#m, D E F#m G# diminished. All the fingering patterns would be the same.
In the sound file to follow, I've used the first 4 chords only. I played the G major, Am, Bm and Chord in the background and then played the first 4 arpeggios under each chord. I played each of the first 4 arpeggios once and the second time around I played them using a different timing.
I also used the electric guitar with distortion added, but you can play this with an acoustic guitar too. I must apologize for the quality of the recording though. Try to play each arpeggio in a different timing. Listen to how I played it differently the second time around. I did only use the first four arpeggios, but it is highly recommended that you play all of them.
Listen to the first 4 G, Am, Bm and C.
Practice the C major arpeggio.
Good luck,
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