Movable Chords for the Guitar Don Comanda
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MOVABLE CHORDS FOR THE GUITAR DON COMANDA FOREWORD This book was designed specifically for those chord forms which can be moved up the fingerboard and which originate in the first fret. A section showing chords in frets other than the first is included in order to give a more complete presentation of chords to you. This second group of chords, plus the movable forms originating in the first fret, brings to 34, the total amount of different chords in each key shown in this book. This book is designed specifically for chords. Those desiring to learn to pick single string melodies may do so by acquiring the book: For The Guitar—A Way Of Learning by Don Comanda. Copyright © 2012, Don Comanda, 1197B Rockland Ave Staten Island, NY 10314-7700 International Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved Published by Royal Fireworks Press, PO Box 399, 41 First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988-0399 (845) 726-4444 fax: (845) 726-3824 email: [email protected] website: rfwp.com ISBN: 978-0-88092-991-2 Printed and bound in Unionville, New York, on acid-free paper using vegetable-based inks at the Royal Fireworks facility. 2 Contents Chord Diagram (Explanation) - --------------- 5 Chord Symbols (Explanation) ---------------- 3 Signs and Symbols (Abbreviations) (Explanation) -------- 2 (This page) Fingerboard Chart -------------------- 14,15 Similar Chords with Varied Names -- ---- -- ---- - - 4 Tuning -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - 5 Index Movable Forms Forms shown in Originating in the frets other than First fret. the first. c ... 6 25 DP (C#) 7 25 D 8 26 E~ (D#) 9,10 26 E .. .ll 26 F .. .12,13 26 G~ (F#) .16 27 G ... .17 27 A~ (G#) .18,19 27 A ... .20 28 B~ (A#) .21,22 28 B (C~) . .23,24 28 Explanation of Signs and Symbols (Abbreviations) - = Flat ~ = Flat. (Also indicated by a hyphen.) # = Sharp + = Augmented m or mi = minor Maj or Ma or M = Major o = Diminished (also indicated by dim.) Co7 or C dim.7 = C diminished 7 sus. = suspend (suspension) ...--.....Indicates finger used is to be placed flat, as shown, across two or more strings. (A Barre) Strings not marked are not played. x = Strings marked x are made mute by either one of your fingers or part of the hand fingering the chord. C7+~9 would be read C seven augmented (fifth) flat nine. D7 sus 4 would be read D7 suspend 4 3 EXPLANATION OF CHORD SYMBOLS C, A~. B~, G etc. are major chords (C major) em, G~m. Dm. Fm, etc. are minor chords (C minor) G+. F+, D~+5, B+, etc. are augmented chords (G augmented fifth) F6. A~6, G6, F#6. etc. are major sixth chords (A flat major sixth) Gm6, Dm6, B~m6, E~m6, etc. are minor sixth chords (G minor sixth) A~maj7, Dmaj7, C#maJ7, Amaj7, etc. are major seventh chords (D major seventh) B~7, D~7, B7, G7. etc. are dominant seventh chords (B flat dominant seventh) C7/6, A~7/6, G7/6, F#7/6 etc. are dominant seventh chords with an added sixth (C dominant seventh add 6) Am7, Gm7, E~m7. G~m7, etc. are minor seventh chords (G flat minor seventh) F7+, A~7+, D7+5, G7+5, etc. are seven augmented fifth chords (D seven augmented fifth) co7, A07, F#07, B~07 etc. are dim1D1shed seventh chords (F sharp diminished seventh) A~maj9, Dmaj9, F#maj9, D~maj9 etc. are major ninth chords (D flat major ninth) D9/6, G~9/6 1 B9/6, C#9/6, etc. are major sixth chords with an added ninth (C sharp six-Dine) (C sharp Dine-six) F9, D9, B~9 1 F#9, etc. are dominant ninth chords (F dominant ninth) Cm9, A~m9, Gm9. Fm9, etc. are minor ninth chords (G minor n1Dth) All, Gll, C#ll, B~ll etc. are dominant eleventh chords (B flat dominant eleventh) A7sus4, G7sus4, C#7sus4, B~7sus4, etc. are dominant seventh chords with a suspended fourth (B flat seven suspend four) Amll, D~mll, F#mll, Cmll, etc. are minor eleventh chords (D flat minor eleventh) Am7sus4, D~m7sus4,F#m7sus4 1 Cm7sus4 etc. are minor seventh suspended fourth chords (F sharp minor seventh suspend four) D13 E~l3, A13, B~13, etc. are dominant thirteenth chords (E flat domiD.ant thirteenth) B~7~5, G7~5, D7~5, C#7~5, etc. are dominant seventh flatted fifth chords (G dominant seven flat five) C7~9, E7~9, etc. are dominant seventh flat nine chords (B flat dominant seven flat Dine) A7#9 1 F#7#9, etc. are dominant seventh sharp nine chords (A dominant seven sharp nine) D~7~5~9, A7~5~9, C#7~5~9, C#7-5-9, etc. are dominant seventh flat five flat nine chords (D flat dominant seven flat five flat nine) G7+~9 1 etc. are dominant seventh augmented fifth flat Dine chords (G dominant seven augmented fifth flat nine) A7+#9, E~7+#9, D7+#9, etc. are dominant seventh augmented fifth sharp Dine chords (A dominant seven augmented fifth sharp Dine) Cm7~5, Gm7-5, A~m7~5, etc. are minor seventh flat five chords (C minor seven flat five) D9~5. A~9~5, C#9~5, etc. are dominant ninth flat five chords (D dominant Dine flat five) G~9+, A9+5, F#9+, etc. are dominant ninth augmented fifth chords (G flat Dine augmented fifth) A+ll, F#+ll, D+ll, etc. are (dominant) augmented eleventh chords (A augmented eleventh) Gl3~9 1 A~l3~9. B13~9, etc. are dominant thirteenth flat nine chords (G dominant thirteen flat nine) B~13~5, 013~5 1 C#13~5, etc. are dominant thirteenth flat five ~9 ~9 ~9 flat nine chords (B flat thirteen flat five flat nine) CmMaj7, F#mMaj7, GmMaj7, etc. are minor chords with an added major seventh (C minor Major seventh) Csus, B~sus, F#sus, Asus, etc. are major chords with a suspended fourth (C Major suspend 4) A~7~5#9. C7~5#9, G~7~5#9, C#7b5 #9, etc. are dominant seventh chords with a flatted fifth and a raised ninth (A flat 7 flat 5 sharp 9) B13~5, D~13~5, E13~5, C~13~5. etc. are dominant thirteenth chords with a flatted fifth (B dominant 13 flat 5) C9sus, G9sus, A~9sus, C~9sus 1 etc. are dominant 9th chords with the 4th suspended (no third) (C dominant 9 suspend 4) G~m9sus, C~m9sus, Dm9sus, E~m9sus, etc. are minor ninth chords with the fourth suspended (with the third) (G~ minor 9 suspend 4) 4 Similar Chords which may be shown with varied names: Example Example A major chord shown as F may also be written F major, F maj. A major chord with a suspension shown as 0 sus may also be written 0 sus4, 0 add G A minor chord shown as Gm may also be written G minor, G mi An augmented chord shown as F+ may also be written F+5,Faug,Faug5 A diminished chord shown as co may also be written C0 7, Cdim., Cdim7 A sixth chord shown as A6 may also be written Ama6, A maj6 A sixth chord shown as B~m6 may also be written B~mi6 A seventh chord shown as Gmaj 7 may also be written GM7, Gma7 A seventh chord shown as B7 may also be writt.en Bdom7 A seventh chord shown as A~m7 may also be written A~mi7 A seventh chord shown as F7 + may also be written F+7,F7+5,Faug7 A ninth chord shown as G~maj9 may also be written G~maj9, G~M9 A ninth chord shown as 09 may also be written 0 dom9 A ninth chord shown as O~m9 may also be written O~mi9 An eleventh chord shown as E ~ 11 may also b~ written E~7sus4, E~7susA~ An eleventh chord shown as C ~mll may also be written C~mll, C~m7sus4 A thirteenth chord shown as E 13 may also be written Edoml3 A minor major seventh chord may be written FmMaj7, FmiMaj7, FmM7, Fm+7, Fm#7 A seven flat five chord may be written G7~5, G7-5 A seven flat nine chord may be written C7~9, C7-9, C9~ A seven sharp nine chord may be written A7#9, A7(+9) A seven flat five, flat nine chord may be written 07~5~9. 07-5-9 A seven flat five sharp nine chord may·be I written B7~5#9, B7-5#9 A minor seven flat five chord may be written A~m7~5, A~m7-5 An augmented seven flat nine chord may be written 07+5~9. 0+7~9. 0+7-9 An augmented seven sharp nine chord may be written C7+5#9, C+7#9, Caug7#9 A nine flat five chord may be written C#9~5, C#9-5 A nine augmented five chord may be written A9+5, A9+ An augmented eleventh chord may be written F+ll, F7#11, Fll+ A thirteenth flat five, flat nine, flat five flat nine chord may be written Gl3~5,Gl3-5/Gl3~9,Gl3-9/ Gl3~5119, Gl3-5-9 5 TUNING There are a number of ways to tune the guitar. One is with a pitchpipe, which can be acquired through your teacher or at a local music store. Blow the pitchpipe one note t a time, until each string is the same in sound to the corresponding note on the pitchpipe.