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How To Play All Of The Chords In All Of The Keys
Okay, we've done it for the 7th chords and for the major chords.
You've probably figured out that we can do it for any other type of chord
as well. And you're right. Here are the patterns for eight
common chord types:
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Figure 21.
All the most common
chords
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You've already seen the major and 7th patterns. What's new here
are the other six chord types. The chords illustrated here are in
the key of B (B, Bm, B7, Bdim, etc.), but as you know, the same sequence
of patterns is used for any other key – you'll just shift the patterns
up or down the fretboard. (Don't worry, we'll show you some easy
ways to figure out where to shift these patterns to. Just hang in
there!)
| TIP: You don't need to start off by memorizing all of the patterns
for every type of chord. Begin with the most useful chord types,
and add the others later, after the first ones have really sunk into your
playing. I'd recommend the 7th chords as the first set to learn –
you'll use these the most often. Then learn the diminished chords,
just because they're so easy (there's only one pattern; you shift it up
three frets to form the next position). After that, learn the major
and minor chords. These four chords will take care of almost anything
you want to do. |
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