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For the English guitar the open chord is C major (C–E–G–C–E–G); [67] for the Russian guitar which has seven strings, G major (G–B–D–G–B–D–G). [ 68 ] [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Mixing a perfect fourth and a minor third along with a major third, these tunings are on-average major-thirds regular-tunings.
List of musical scales and modes Name Image Sound Degrees Intervals Integer notation # of pitch classes Lower tetrachord Upper tetrachord Use of key signature usual or unusual ; 15 equal temperament
The irregular major third breaks the fingering patterns of scales and chords, so that guitarists have to memorize multiple chord shapes for each chord. Scales and chords are simplified by major thirds tuning and all-fourths tuning, which are regular tunings maintaining the same musical interval between consecutive open string notes. [3]
By convention, the notes are ordered from lowest to highest. The standard tuning defines the string pitches as E, A, D, G, B, and E. Between the open-strings of the standard tuning are three perfect-fourths (E–A, A–D, D–G), then the major third G–B, and the fourth perfect-fourth B–E.
C-C-G-C-E ♭-G, a cross-note overtones tuning; C-C-G-C-E ♭-A ♭ a cross-note overtones tuning that facilitates seventh chords. Cross-note D: D-A-D-F-A-D (used by John Fahey on the song "Red Pony") Alternative: D-A-D-A-D-F (used by William Ackerman on "Barbara's Song") Cross-note E: E-B-E-G-B-E (used by ZZ Top on the song "Just Got Paid" and ...
In Baroque music, G major was regarded as the "key of benediction". [1] Of Domenico Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas, G major is the home key for 69, or about 12.4%, sonatas. In the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, "G major is often a key of 6 8 chain rhythms", according to Alfred Einstein, [2] although Bach also used the key for some 4
Among alternative tunings for the guitar, an open G tuning is an open tuning that features the G-major chord; its open notes are selected from the notes of a G-major chord, such as the G-major triad (G,B,D). For example, a popular open-G tuning is D–G–D–G–B–D (low to high).
The key note, or tonic, of a piece of music is called note number one, the first step of (here), the ascending scale iii–IV–V. Chords built on several scale degrees are numbered likewise. Thus the chord progression E minor–F–G can be described as three–four–five, (or iii–IV–V).