Notes in Chords

Notes within each Major & minor chord, including the 7th note of each.

The chart below shows which notes belong in each chord. For example, the notes in the key of C Major are C, E, G. The notes in A Minor are A, C, E.

Note to playing lead guitar: It is these notes (especially the key notes of each pattern) that should be emphasized when playing lead guitar. (The other notes in a scale pattern could be thought of as passing…