Lesson #104, Minor Chords IV

Hi Everyone,

Practice these new chord shapes in the three full positions. Since they are new to you , they will feel a little weird at first, so take your time and get these new minor chords under your fingers.

It is also important to finger these new formations using just three notes with your left hand......especially with the second string position, and the bar position.

Practice these minor chords with the index, middle and ring finger of your left hand leaving your pinky free. This will help later when we start to work with upper neck fretting in our soloing, and in our backup in the scruggs style.

Keep it goin Everyone,

David

Lesson #103, Minor Chords III

Hi All,

Always remember........where ever you have the 1 within your major or minor triads.............that is the root............that note is what you are going to name your major or minor triad chords. If you need to refresh yourself, you can always go back in the lessons to "naming notes on the fingerboard", in the beginning banjo lessons.

Rock on All,

David

Lesson #102, Minor Chords II

Hi All,

CLOCKWISE........... I made a verbal mistake at one point in this video. The rotation will be clockwise as you move up the fretboard.

The formula for a minor chord is this......the 1, 3b and the 5. That is the formula for a minor chord. Since we know from previous lessons where the 1,3,5 notes are along the fretboard with the major chords, all we have to do to form minor chords is to flat the 3. Remember to flat a note, all we have to do is go back one half step, or one fret. Waalaa........we now can form all of the minor chords on the five string banjo and also we know why they are minor chords.

Keep it going everyone, if you have any questions, just give us a holler.

Rock on,

David

Lesson #101, Minor Chords I

Hi Everyone,

In this next series of lessons we will be discussing Minor chords. The Minor chords will come to you very easily if you've learned the Major chords and their construction. Every chord has a formula, and we will be discussing many formulas in the future. Its the science of music!

David

Lesson #100, Amazing Grace VI

Hi Everyone,

I hope you've enjoyed the series on Amazing Grace. I sure did enjoy bringing the lessons to you. Keep it going everyone, and feel free to ask any questions along the way.

David