Now that we know the notes in the chord we can now construct the A major Triad Chord. Look at the chord window on the right which shows a Caged /Open A Major chord. You can see we start with the ROOT note ( open A string), then we play E (5th note of the major scale), then A again, then C# (3rd note of the major scale), then finally E again. __________ Now lets suppose we want to play the A Minor chord. Also written as Am. The A minor chord has a chord formula 1 - 3(b) - 5. This means the 1st note (ROOT), the flattened 3rd note and the 5th note of the Diatonic A Major Scale. Therefore, we know the 3rd note is C# so by flattening it, the note becomes C instead. So the new chord notes become A - C - E and the new chord window for the Caged / Open A Minor (Am) Triad Chord window will look as below. |