Build and play major chords
Find the root, third, and fifth. Hear how three notes become different chord shapes on your instrument.
Four steps · guitar, bass, and ukulele
Start the lesson →GUIDED PRACTICE
A little theory.
Under your fingers.
Choose your instrument and tuning. Build a chord, follow it into a scale, and hear how the notes connect. Each lesson gives you an explanation, an example to play, and a short practice question.
Explore the major scale
Follow the steps from root to octave, play a short ascending exercise, and find a major chord inside the scale.
Four steps · guitar, bass, and ukulele
Start the lesson →Seven strings. A different starting point.
Try C major on a seven-string guitar in Drop A. Compare chord voicings, then follow the same tuning into an ascending major-scale exercise.
Start the Drop A journey →How to use these lessons
Start slowly. Play only the marked strings in a chord shape; play numbered scale notes one at a time. Compare the sound with the playback and use the position table when a diagram is unfamiliar.
The examples follow your tuning’s exact pitches. Suggested grips use limits on fret span, finger count, and barres; they cannot account for every player’s hand or technique. Choose comfortable shapes and stop if something hurts.
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