Lesson #6

Chord Vocabulary: Geometry vs. Geography

John March
G(9)/B G/B C/E G C
7 1
1 2 1 2
3 2 3 1 1
3 4 2
4 4 3 4 4 4 4

C(9)/E G/B G/D C/E Cm/Eb

3 1 1 5 1 1 9 1 10 1 10 1
2 2
2 3 2 3 2 3 3
4 3 4 4 4
4

Standard tuning

Scene #1—00:37 "More than one way to play a G chord"

3
1
Elec Gtr
3
3 3 3

3 7 7 7 10 10
3 8 (8) 8 10 12 12 3 3
4 7 12 7 7 12 12 2 2
5 5 9 7 9 5 5 9 12 9 9
5 10 10
3 7 10 10 3 3 3

Scene #2—01:02 "Geometry"

G(9)/B G/B C/E

4

3 3 8
2 4 9
5 5 10
2 2 7

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 01:44 "Using one shape with different bass notes"

G/B A/C# B /D C/E D/F# E/G# Am7(sus) G(9)

7

3 5 6 8 10 12 3 3
4 6 7 9 11 13 2 2
5 7 8 10 12 14 5 5
2 4 5 7 9 11 2 2
0 3

01:50 "If I put a G in the bass..."

= 90
G(9) Am7(sus)
11

3 3 3 3
2 (2) 2 2 2 (2) 2 2
5 5 5 5
2 2
3 3 0 0

G(9) Am7(sus)
13

3 3 3 3
2 (2) 2 2 2 (2) 2
5 5 5 5
2 2
3 3 0 0

02:20 "If the bass player were playing..."

C Am C(9)/E
15

8 8
7 7
10 10 7 7 10 (10) 10
10 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 (0)
8 8 5 5

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 Am7
18

8 (8)
7 (7)
7 10
7 7
5 5

03:24 "This color, that gives me a fairly limited accompaniment"

= 104
G C G

20

8 X
8 8 X
4 X 4 4 X X 4 X 4 X X 9 X 9 X 9 X 9 X 9 X 4 X
5 X 5 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 10 X X X 10 X X 10 X X 10 X X X 10 X 5 X
5 X 5 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 10 X X X 10 X X 10 X X 10 X X X 10 X 5 X
3 X X X X 3 X X 8 X X X 8 X X 8 X X 8 X X X 8 3 X

C G
23

X X 4 X X X 4 X X 4 X X 9 X 9 9 9 X 9 9 4 X X X
X X 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 10 X X 10 10 10 10 X X X 10 X X 10 X X 5 X X X
X X 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 10 X X 10 10 10 10 X X X 10 X X 10 X X 5 X X X
X X 3 X X X 3 X X 3 X X 8 X X 8 8 8 8 X X X 8 X X 8 X X 3 X X X

C G
25

4 4 4 X X X 4 X X 4 X X 9 X 9 9 9 X 9 9 4
5 5 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 10 X X 10 10 10 10 X X X 10 X X 10 X X 5
5 5 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 10 X X 10 10 10 10 X X X 10 X X 10 X X 5
3 3 3 X X X 3 X X 3 X X 8 X X 8 8 8 8 X X X 8 X X 8 X X 3

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 03:51 "...or even a tradi onal barre chord"

G C G
27

5 X X X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 X X
4 X X 4 X X X 4 X X 4 X X 5 X X X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 X X 4 X
5 X X 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 5 X X X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 X X 5 X
5 X X 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 3 X X X 3 X 3 X 3 X 3 X X 3 X X 5 X
3 X X 3 X X X 3 X X 3 X X 3 X

C
29

5 (5)
X X 4 4 4 X X X 4 X X 4 X X 5 (5)
X X 5 5 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 5 (5)
X X 5 5 5 X X X 5 X X 5 X X 3 (3)
X X 3 3 3 X X X 3 X X 3 X X

04:11 "Move one note and added a 9th"

C(9)/E G C(9)/E
31

3 3 3 3 X X X 3 3 X 3 X
3 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 3 3 3 X X X 3 3 X 3 X
5 5 4 X 4 X X 4 X 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 X X X 5 5 X 5 X 4 X 4
5 5 5 X 5 X X 5 X 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X X 5 5 X 5 X 5 X 5
7 7 5 X 5 X X 5 X 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 X X X 7 7 X 7 X 5 X 5
3 X 3 X X 3 X 3 3 3 3 3 X 3

G C(9)/E
34

3 3 3 3 X X X 3 3 X 3
3 3 3 5 3 5 3 3 3 X X X 3 3 X 3
4 4 4 X 4 X 4 X X 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 X X X 5 5 X 5
5 5 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X X 5 5 X 5
5 5 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 X X X 7 7 X 7
3 3 3 X 3 X 3 X X 3 3 3 3

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 Scene#3—00:20 "All the G's, B's & D's"

36

3 7 10
8 0 12 3
0 12 4 7
5 9 0 12
10 2 5
3 7 10

00:52 "Different loca ons for the G chord"

42

10
3 12
4 12
0 5
2
3

01:13 "Playing a ballad..."

= 72
G Em
45

0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 0 0

02:46 "Inversion of G chord" 03:11 "Move inner voice down or up one octave"

G
48

7
3 0 3 3 3
4 0 4 4 7
5 0 5 5 5 5
2

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 03:34 "Big voicings ala Eric Johnson"

51

7 7 5 3
7 5 3
7 7 7 7 7 4
5 5 4 2 7 5
5 (5) 3 2

54

3
3 5 7 8 5 7 5 3
0 0
0
2 3 5 7 5 3 2
3 3 3

05:03 "Playing a G chord with different bass notes"

G G/B G/D
56

0 8 8 (12)
0 7 7 12
0 5 5 9
(2)
3 7 7 10

= 88
G/D C/E C/E G/D C/E
58

(12) (12) (X) (X) 13 (12) (12) (X) 13 13

12 12 12 X X 12 12 X X 12 X 12 X 12 12 X X
9 9 9 X X 10 10 X X 9 X 9 X 10 10 X X
10 10 10 X X 12 12 X X 10 X 10 X 12 12 X X

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 G/D C/E Cm/Eb Cm/Eb G/D
60

(12) (X) 13 13 12
(12) X 12 X 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 X X 12
9 X 9 X 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 X X 9
10 X 10 X 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 X X 10

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