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  • CHORD MATRIX

    Posted by campfire on July 24, 2021 at 3:13 pm

    I am working in the Fretboard Wizard, finishing lesson 3 of foundations. Have a question:

    Given the G Major scale, I was to write row 2 & 3. None of the answer choices were what I had. So I taught myself like I used to do Calculus, get the answer and work backwards. Actual question is, “when writing the 2nd and 3rd rows, you don’t add sharps, unless there is one in row 1….right?” (At first I was doing the “wwhwwwh” and that’s where I got so many sharps that wasn’t an answer choice.)

    OK — if no one wants to tackle this, I understand. It’s very deep for me.

    Bill_Brown replied 3 years, 6 months ago 4 Members · 6 Replies
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  • JohnV

    Member
    July 24, 2021 at 3:47 pm

    If I remember it correctly, your first row is the notes in the g scale. The second row used the same g scale notes only you start with the third note. The third row starts with the fifth note of the g scale. The notes are the same as the first row sharps and all.

    G A B C D E F#

    B C D E F# G A (same notes as row one, shifted two notes left)

    D E F# G A B C ( same notes as row one, shifted 4 notes left)

    So yes, the only sharps (or flats) are from row one. It sounds like you were writing the B major and D major scales for your second and third row which gave you all those extra sharps. And as you discovered was not correct.

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by  JohnV.
    • the-old-coach

      Member
      July 24, 2021 at 10:09 pm

      A few months back, a TAC friend, “Punder”- (are you out there Punder?), had a thread that was long this same line. It was very interesting to me.

      It’s a ways “ahead of me” but I remember the thread well- it fascinated me!

      Cool stuff!

      MJ

    • campfire

      Member
      July 25, 2021 at 12:34 pm

      I pretty much get it now .I understand that I was making Major chords instead of ? chords. It’s almost like I don’t want to think too much or I come up w/ a question and confusion sets in. LOL


      Thanks JohnV

  • Bill_Brown

    Member
    July 25, 2021 at 9:38 am

    Hi @campfire , @JohnV has laid everything out for you perfectly👍 so nothing else needs to be said. Well, let me take that back, I can add that the vertical columns created in that matrix are the notes contained in those particular chords. Where the 1st column contains the notes that make up the G Major chord, and the 2nd column contains the notes that make up an A minor chord, and so on. But you will soon find this out yourself!

    I’m glad to see that you’re taking on FW and asking questions – I’m really happy for you and think you’ve made an excellent decision💡involving your guitar journey👏👏

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by  Bill_Brown.
    • This reply was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by  Bill_Brown.
    • campfire

      Member
      July 25, 2021 at 12:36 pm

      Yes, I understood the vertical piece. Very geometrical. Appears to be a lot of math in guitar music theory, patterns, matrixes. Math was my favorite! so I think I chose a good instrument for me!

      Thanks Bill_Brown!

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