Understanding Guitar chords?

Question

Hey Everyone, I need a little help in understanding the family of chords well. Im up for new challenges cause ive grown tired of just using Major chordings and want to try somthing other chords the problem is ive tried playing them but it gives out a different tune and im not sure how to put them to mix well with other chordings like example i played Ab 7 how do i mix it in with another chord? Im sure theres some way it belongs to a family tree which mixes well together just like the major chordings would you help share thine knowledge with me? Or any good web sites that share this without charging i would really love to learn it by myself cause ive been going to lessons and all those teachers never brush upon this and i just dont want to go thru the hassle of finding another tutor i prefer learning it on my own. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

A single key has three major chords and three minor chords. For the guitar, the key of E works well. So try these chords to make a song:

E major
A major
B 7

C# Minor
F# Minor
G# Minor

If you write out the notes of a scale in order, you can figure out which ones are major and which ones are minor. This is easiest in the key of C because there are no sharps or flats. (The key of C is all white notes on the piano. The piano is usually the best place to learn music theory for that reason.)

C D E F G A B C

The first, fourth, and fith are majors, and the 5th works as a 7th too: C, F, G7 are all major.

The second, third, and sixth are minors: D, E, A are minor.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

I really don't quite understand your question.