For this open tuning lesson ... then use a spare finger to raise the minor 3rd to make a major chord in this minor tuning. The G chord is the fifth chord of G major and completes our three ...

Mid-neck open chords You already know your open chords, right? We’re talking about C, A, G, E, D and their minor variants at the headstock end of the fretboard. Well, adapting and moving those shapes ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord.