How to make a minor chord

Before we build a major or minor triad which is a fancy name for a chord with 3 notes stacked on top of each other it helps to build the outer shell. There are two different kinds of thirdsmajor third and minor third.

For example the A minor triad being the confluence of the F and C major triads.

How to make a minor chord. To build a minor chord using semitones start with the root note of the chord or the note which gives the chord its name. Then go three semitones higher than the root to get your second note. To get the third note in the chord add the note that is 7 semitones higher than the root note.

To get a minor chord simply move the 3rd note down the fretboard by a half step by one fret. For example in the C major scale the notes are C E and G. After finding these notes simply move the 3rd note the E down by one fret.

This note is called a lowered or flat third 3. The root is the bottom note of the chord the starting point to which the other notes relate. The root of an A Minor chord is A.

The Min 3rd The minor third of an A Minor chord is C. So once you know major chords its easy to find minor diminished augmented and extended chords. So to find a minor chord all we need to do is lower the 3rd of each chord 12 step.

So to make the C major chord into a C minor chord we just need to lower E the 3rd of the chord 12 step to Eb. So C minor chord is C Eb G. The A minor Chord Guitar Lessons For Beginners Stage 2Help and More Info.

This is how to fret the A minor barre chord rooting on the low E string. Use your index finger to form a barre over every string at fret 5. Now line up your other fingers to form a regular E minor shape barre chord.

This starts with putting your 3rd finger. The 4th finger goes to string D at fret. Every major key has a relative minor key which uses the same notes and chords but has a different home note and chord.

The 6th chord of the major key is the first chord of the relative minor key. For example A minor is the relative minor key to C major and iAm iiBdim IIIC ivDm vEm VIF and VIIG. The iii chord is Bm.

Stacking thirds we get B-D-F B to D spans 3 halfsteps CCD and D to F spans 4 halfsteps DEFF. So we have our Root then 3 halfsteps then 4 halfsteps. How to play a A Minor chord on the guitar.

Put your 1st finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string. Put your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the 4th string. Put your 3rd finger on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string.

Strum only the highest five strings. Think of this chord like climbing a little mountainstart with your first finger on the first fret of the second string and then your next two fingers will go up on the next two strings just over one fret. To make it even easier for you to experiment with chords beyond the standard major and minor triads I have made two chord charts.

One for the major scale and another for the natural minor scale. And then added each chord type out of these most common ones that is compatible with the specific scale degree. In the same way to build an A minor chord we need a 1 b3 flat 3 and 5.

Now a b3 just means to take the normal 3 that we had for the major chord and lower it by one step so that C is going to lower down by one note to C. So if we want to make an A minor chord we need. A C and E.

What Notes Are In An A Minor 7 Chord. You can make a minor chord two different ways. Play the root note and add the third and fifth notes of the minor scale on top.

For example play A as the root note and add the third note C and fifth note E of the A minor scale. Play a major chord and lower the middle note or third interval by one half-step. A Minor 7 chord Piano you can add the 7th on all the above HOW TO CREATE CHORD PROGRESSIONS USING THIS KNOWLEDGE.

Like I mentioned above the scale is numbered from 1 8 A A. Now like each scale note each chord starting from that note is numberedSo our A Minor chord would be 1 and our C Major chord would be 2. Rather than directly from the harmonic series Sorge derived the minor chord from joining two major triads.

For example the A minor triad being the confluence of the F and C major triads. Given justly tuned major triads this produces a justly tuned minor triad. Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Submediant Chord - 715.

Chord Substitutions for the Subtonic Chord that is within a Minor Key Different Chord Substitutions for the Natural Minor Key Subtonic Chord - 420. How to make use of Chord Substitutions in all the 12 Major Keys. The reason a chord is major or minor is because of the third.

There are two different kinds of thirdsmajor third and minor third. It is the interval between the root and the third that determines which one it will be. A minor third has three half steps between the root and the third and a major third has four half steps.

In its full form the F minor chord looks like this. If you dont understand the above image please read our article How To Read Guitar Chordboxes In 60 Seconds. It will make everything clear As you can see the Fm chord is too difficult for beginner guitarists to play so we need to look at some easier options.

Before we build a major or minor triad which is a fancy name for a chord with 3 notes stacked on top of each other it helps to build the outer shell. This is where the first part of the chord formula applies. From your root note the one you chose remember count up 7 HALF-STEPS.