I recommend that you memorize the fingerings for every group of strings, playing slowly, and then developing them in each of the four exercises. As you will see, some triads are unchanged while other fingerings are new. Obviously, the scales are used only as an example and for convenience because they can start from a bass position on the fretboard.
Scale of A major
6th, 5th and 4th Strings
Scale of G major
4th, 3rd and 2nd Strings
Scale of C major
3rd, 2nd and 1st Stings
The purpose of this series of exercises was to learn the essential components of the chords, which is the triad. A chord, however can be composed of many notes. These can be the three basic notes of the triad that form the chord plus the addition of other degrees of the scale of reference or the doubling of one or more notes of the same triad. To see how the chords are formed using this rule, lets look at the following examples.
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The most classical fingering of the chord of C major in the 1st position. As you can see from the stave, the C and E notes have been doubled one octave above. This makes the chord more full-bodied, and better adapted to arpeggios and accompaniments. |
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The Cadd9 chord seen to the right is obtained by adding the D note to the basic triad, which in the scale of C major is the ninth (which is the second, one octave above). |
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