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Chord Construction
Rhythm Notation

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Belwin’s 21st Century

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Autography by Glyn Dryhurst

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 Music Notation
There are seven natural notes. They are named for the first seven letters of the alphabet: ABC DEF G.
After G, we begin again with A.

Music is written on a staff. The staff consists of five lines with four spaces between the lines:

steel ee ee ee ee Ae
: 3rd line sue a ee a enaeeee
Ist line a st space 3

At the beginning of the staff is a treble or G clef. (The treble clef is known as the G clef because it encircles the
2nd line G.) The clef determines the location of notes on the staff. All guitar music is written on a treble clef.

The notes are written on the staff in

alphabetical order. The first line is E:

Notes can extend above, and below, the treble clef. When they do, ledger lines are added.
Following is the approximate range of the guitar from the lowest note, open sixth string ‘'E,’ -B-

to ‘‘B” on the first string, |7th fret. Peg

os De
E ee
Gg ABS — — —— —
ee eee
A

&D Gekwes
D
eget. Boo
inpaee ‘i
The staff is divided into measures by bar lines. A heavy double bar line marks the end of the music:
es Bar Lines ———-

Measure Measure Measure

Tablature is a type of music notation that is specific to the guitar; its use dates back to the 1600s. Tablature illustrates
the location of notes on the neck of the guitar: Tablature is usually used in conjunction with a music staff. The notes
and rhythms are indicated in the music staff; the tablature shows where those notes are played on the guitar.

The location of any note is indicated by the placement

of fret numbers on the strings.

Ist string
2nd string
3rd string
4th string
5th string
6th string
 Rhythm Notation and
Time Signatures
At the beginning of every song is a time signature. 4/4 is the most common time signature:

4 FOUR COUNTS TO A MEASURE

4 A QUARTER NOTE RECEIVES ONE COUNT

The top number tells you how many counts per measure.
The bottom number tells you which kind of note receives one count.

The time value of a note is determined by three things:

|) note head: i) s

2) stem: 4 .

3) flag ) p
This is a whole note. The note head is open and has no stem. In 4/4 time, a whole note receives 4 counts.

This is a half note. It has an open note head and a stem. A half note receives 2 counts.

This is a quarter note. It has a solid note head and a stem. A quarter note receives | count.

ttt This is an eighth note. It has a solid note head and a stem with a flag attached. An eighth note receives
1/2 count.
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Whole Note:
Count:

Half Note:
Count:

Quarter Note:
Count:

SatEE

Eighth Note:
SESE
Ei

Count out loud and clap the rhythm to this excerpt from “Jingle Bells.”
Four counts per measure
y

Jin - gle — bells! Jin - gle — bells! Jin - gle all the way!
| 2 3 4 | 2 3 4 | yh 3 4 | 7 3 4
A quarter note receives one count
 Chord Construction

All chords are built from the major scale. You can figure out the notes in any major scale by applying this
pattern of whole- and half-steps: W WH W W W H. (A half-step is equal to the distance from one fret to
the next, a whole-step is two frets.)

For example, the A major scale:

Kel Bo 1Gh > Cp es eONae rca es

Ww W H WwW WW WwW 4H
The scale tones can be numbered:

A EBT Ge oD: EBM GE Ae "ae Gr say ate a

ee oe Are 15 ue 7) 2 le oO Ml Ome aly eaal

Any chord can be built from tts corresponding major scale by applying the appropriate chord pattern.

LIEU EE ae

Chord Patterns Examples (Keyof A)

Dominant 79): | 3 5 b7 + A7(9): A C# EG Bb

Minor 7(°5): Am7(’5):A C Eb G

Augmented:

(i (#9); A CHEG
rccaccacases supe
 How to Read Chord Frames

A chord frame is a diagram of the guitar neck.

Don’t play the C <+—— Chord name

open string —, X oO ‘
The Nut <— Play the open string

The root ———>

(Name of chord)

1
<—_ Left hand fingerings

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The six strings: ©AOEG® ©

The location of chords played higher up the neck is indicated with a fret number.

5 fr <— The Sth fret

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 Guitar Chord Chart
The following chart shows all of the most commonly used guitar chords.
“o” indicates an open string. ‘x’ indicates the string is not to be played.
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 GUITAR TAB GLOSSARY
TABLATURE EXPLANATION ARTICULATIONS
READING TABLATURE: Tablature illustrates the six strings of the guitar. Notes
and chords are indicated by the placement of fret numbers on a given string(s).
HAMMER ON:
Play lower note,
then “hammer
on” to higher
note with another
finger. Only the
first note is
attacked.

Swing ©, 3d Frer String DM 12th Fret -A“C” Chord C Chord Arpeggiated

Swing ® W3th Frets
PULL OFF:
Play higher note,
then “pull off” to
BENDING NOTES lower note with
another finger.
Only the first note
is attacked.

HALF STEP: Play

the note and
bend string one LEGATO
half step.* =e Se | SLIDE:
Play note
and slide to
PREBEND AND
the
RELEASE: Bend
following
the string, play it,
note. (Only
[~~ then release to
first note is
the original note.
attacked).

WHOLE STEP:
Play the note and PALM MUTE:
bend string one The note or
whole step. notes are muted
by the palm of
the pick hand
by lightly
touching the
string(s) near
‘the bridge.
RHYTHM SLASHES
ACCENT:
Notes or
G Cc STRUM chords are
J ea 5) INDICA- to be played
: TIONS: © ©O OO®@ INDICATING with added
= = | Strum with eee pee SINGEE emphasis.
indicated
rhythm. 0 Jp Spy USING
The chord voicings are found on = — : RHYTHM
the first page of the transcription SLASHES:
underneath the song title. Very often DOWN
single notes are incorporated into STROKES
a rhythm part. The note name is AND
indicated above the rhythm slash UPSTROKES:
with a fret number and a string Notes or
*A half step is the smallest interval in
indication. chords are to
Western music; it is equal to one fret.
be played with
A whole step equals two frets.
either a
**By Kenn Chipkin and Aaron Stang downstroke
( m.-)or upstroke ( v_) of the pick.

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