| Because musicians who play guitar by ear often | | | | description - happy |
| don't read printedmusic they have to rely on a | | | | Minor:chord name - minorchord symbol - Gmchord |
| well developed memory for sound. | | | | description - sad |
| Apart from being able to (a) recognize musical | | | | Dominant seventh:chord name - dominant |
| form, (b) predictthey chord changes, (c) discern | | | | seventhchord symbol - G7chord description - |
| the chord qualities. | | | | restless |
| Trying to describe sound is a bit like trying to | | | | We could also re-write the descriptions of each |
| describe color,just as no two people see color | | | | chord like this: |
| exactly the same way, on twopeople hear music | | | | Chord qualities... |
| the same way. | | | | Major:chord name - majorchord symbol - Cchord |
| It's interesting to watch when one a guitarist | | | | description - bright |
| hands a guitar toanother guitarist how the second | | | | Minor:chord name - minorchord symbol - Cmchord |
| guitarist will make slightadjustments to the | | | | description - dull |
| intonation of the guitar to suit how they | | | | Dominant seventh:chord name - dominant |
| 'hear' music. | | | | seventhchord symbol - C7chord description - |
| With that said here is a couple generalizations to | | | | roamingor like this ... |
| get youthinking of other ways to describe sound. | | | | Chord qualities: |
| The important thing isto use some way of | | | | Major:chord name - majorchord symbol - Cchord |
| describing sound that has meaning to you. | | | | description - positive |
| We want to have a clear and simple description | | | | Minor:chord name - minorchord symbol - Cmchord |
| of what we arehearing so that when we hear | | | | description - negative |
| these sounds again we will be ableto recall the | | | | Dominant seventh:chord name - dominant |
| 'feel' of these sounds. | | | | seventhchord symbol - C7chord description - |
| So rather than using technical or theoretical | | | | connecting |
| descriptions wewill use everyday words to | | | | See how different words were used to describe |
| describe the sound of each chord. | | | | the same chords,the important thing is to find |
| Chord qualities ... | | | | words that will help to recallthese chord qualities. |
| Major:chord name - majorchord symbol - Cchord | | | | As you discover better words to help you |
| description - happy | | | | mentally file the soundsremember to update your |
| Minor:chord name - minorchord symbol - Cmchord | | | | list, this is your own contribution toyour learning. It |
| description - sad | | | | is essential that you hear the different qualities of |
| Dominant seventh:chord name - dominant | | | | eachchord, pick a key and play the three chord |
| seventhchord symbol - C7chord description - | | | | types. |
| restless | | | | Start by playing ... |
| In the above examples the letter "C" has been | | | | C, then Cm and finally C7 |
| used for the chordsymbol, any letter of the | | | | Take your time and listen to each chord carefully, |
| musical alphabet can be substituted forthe letter | | | | strum thechord once and let each chord ring for |
| "C". | | | | four beats. |
| Written using the letter "G" as a substitute for | | | | As you play each chord try and think of word |
| "C". this chartwould look like this... | | | | that will help todescribe the sound you are playing |
| Chord qualities: | | | | and hearing.This is the bestway to accelerate |
| Major:chord name - majorchord symbol - Gchord | | | | your ability to play guitar by ear. |