Mandolin Notes
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Two Finger Mandolin Chords
Add fingers as you can
Three/Four Finger Chords
Minor Chords
Sevenths Chords
Notes and the Fretboard
Moving a chord shape up or down the fretboard will raise or lower it to the next chord
on the list below in relation to the lists and the diagram. Remember there's no sharp
or flat between B - C and E - F. In other words, moving a C chord shape on the
fretboard toward the tuning pegs will give you a B chord.
A - A# - B - C - C# - D - D# - E - F - F# - G - G#
A - Bb - B - C - Db - D - Eb - E - F - Gb - G - Ab
Triads
Triads are three notes that make up a chord. Major keys follow a 1 3 5 organization so a triad in the key of G major would be any G, B, D. To find those notes, take the root, in this case G, and follow the A-G alphabet to get the other two notes.
So, G-A-B-C-D-E-F are the 1, 3, 5. That would make up the G major triad. To get a minor triad, you do the same thing, but drop the 3 note down a half-step. So instead of 1-3-5 a minor triad is written as 1 b3 5 and the Gm or Gminor triad would be G-A-Bb-C-D. -E-F. Augmented triads raise the 5th note up a half-step making 1 3 #5.
1 - 4 - 5 Progression
1 |
4 |
5 |
minor |
A |
D |
E |
F#m |
B |
E |
F |
G#m |
C |
F |
G |
Am |
D |
G |
A |
Bm |
E |
A |
B |
C#m |
F |
B |
C |
Dm |
G |
C |
D |
Em |
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