Originally Posted by: Fret spiderif u take c majour it has the notes c d e f g a b

you can make chords out of any of these notes. but what is comonly done is called ading thirds

u take the first note, skip one take the second note skip one and takin the third note. then move one note up and do this again.

for example start on c

take c then skip d and get e and skipf and get g
so you have c e g these are the notes that make the c majour chord
start on d and do the same and you get d f a which is d minor
start on e and you get e g and b and you get e minor
start on f u get f a c which is f majour
start on g u get g b d which is g majour
start on a u get a c e which is a minor
start on b and you get b d f which is b minor b5 or b diminished


so you get the chords c majour, d minor, e minor, f majour, g majour, a minor, b diminished

That is very interesting. Never thought of that in my playing. I love this board i am really getting a lot of great ideas and instruction from some talented people. One of the tricks i like to use in riff playing is running through the sharps and flats in a scale. That is playing consecutive frets eg 7,8,9 etc. Adds some interest to a riff. As for augmented and diminished chords, easier on a piano but add extra flavour to a piece but somewhat difficult to fit in unless i am playing Jazz. I am deffinitely going to look at that more seriously.

thanks guys.