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More silly questions about Fretboard Wizard,

1) When you create a chord matrix (e.g., C major C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C) and 1, 4, 5 are major and 2, 3, 6 are minor, how do you figure out the shape of each chord and where it lands on the fretboard?

2) Are we using the major and minor scales to identify the keynote and where the notes land on the strings to form a chord?

3) When you find the keynote as you listen to a song (e.g., B major, B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#, B), are the main chords for that song within the B major matrix?

4) Can you mix the minor and major chords within the matrix to play a song, or would you match major with major and minor to minor?

I am sure I will have more silly questions and I hope you may be able to guide me through my struggles lol.

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Hello,

I am not sure if Campfire was able to become unstuck with her question about fretboard wizard, and I am finding myself with the same question. I do not see any connection with the chord matrix approach, locating the 3 notes, understanding if it is a major 3rd or a minor 3rd, and how to locate those notes on the neck of the guitar to form the correct chord. I don’t even know where to start to try and unpack which note would be the lowest or highest within the 3 notes that form the chord. I feel really stuck here and apologies in advance if I am not explaining my blocker in detail that well. I am thinking this may need a conversation to help further explain this approach, so that I may have an aha moment lol 🙂

Hoping someone might be able to further assist here.

Cheers,

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Hi campfilre and friends,

So, I had another question, and let me see if I able to explain this well enough so it may make sense, lol. I tried to put together a quick visual to help me explain and show you how I am following the chord matrix. I attached the images below.

When I put together the major and minor chord matrix as Tony shares with us in our lessons, I seem to follow the pattern of transitioning the chords down the neck of the fretboard toward the body of the guitar and matching the A-G notes to the chords accordingly (e.g., D major based on progression 1 – 6 in the D major chord matrix).

When I read the chord matrix in this way, what am I doing wrong?

If I am completely off here, please share, and if you could do so in a way as if I am brand new to learning guitar 😉

Thank you, all!

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Sure, and thank you for looking while you’re away. Unfortunately, I am still struggling to understand how to put the chords together by writing down the major/minor chord matrix and identifying the 1st, 3rd, and 5th degrees. I am still not seeing the correlation lol. It would be nice to be able to do a Zoom session with him to ask questions. Keeping at it.

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Thank you so much campfire for getting back to me so quickly and it sounds like you are having a great time in the outdoors!

It would be great to understand a little better about your approach when you have an opportunity to look at the tab once again.

I will continue to struggle through, although, I think I am to follow the chords on the tab and then see how the numbers land on each string…or something to that effect.

I feel that this was not explained during the anatomy of chords session really well. Either way, I do wish to see if I can work through this, so I am able to see how different chords come together nicely and eventually come up with my own style.

Have a great time and looking forward to hearing back.

Cheers!