Guitar Class Theory on chord building

1)Take the name of the major chord you want to create, and build a major scale from it.

2)Find the 1, 3, and 5 scale degrees, and you have the major triad. You can build any triad by picking every other note and putting them together.

3) To find major chords, use a major scale and find the chords that are built on 1, 4, and 5 scale degrees. (I. C = C E G, IV. F = FAC, V. G = GBD)

4)To find minor chords, look at the 2, 3, and 6 degrees on your major scale.(In C, ii = Dm DFA, iii = Em EGB, and vi = Am ACE)

5)To find a V7 chord, use the previous scale from the circle of fifths and build the chord with 4 alternating notes, starting on the 5th scale degree. (i.e G7 would be found in the C scale using degrees, 5, 7, 2, 4 = G B D F.)

C = CEG

CDEFGABC

1 2 3456 7 8 (1)

G= GBD

GABCDEF#G

1    3   5   7

D = DF#A

DEF#GABC#D

1    3     5

A = A C# E

ABC#DEF#G#A

1    3  5

E = E G# B

EF#G#ABC#D#E

1     3      5

Major 3rd followed by Minor in a Major chord

Minor 3rd followed by a major 3rd in a Minor Chord

m3M3 = Minor

M3m3 = Major