Look at this chart of all the notes on a piano keyboard, along with their frequencies. Hopefully this will help you visualize how note names repeat.
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I’ve been mulling this over for a couple of days and think that I have got it.
On the basis that Justin is using E, G and Bb as an example with E as the lowest the scale would be, as noted:
Similarly if he had used G as the lowest note the scale would be (as shown by Shane):
and if he had used Bb as the lowest note then the scale would be:
On this basis the notes would be using 1, 3 and 5:
- E major scale - E, G, B and is E diminished.
- G major scale - G, B, D and is a major chord.
- Bb major scale - Bb, D, F and is a major chord.
Hopefully all the above is correct.
As this is about triads what is the fingering for the notes shown above?
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Would be Em.
E G Bb would be Ddim
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Stuart, you have correctly written three major scales and state that you will take the 1, 3 and 5 from each.
By definition that gives you three major triads, the tonic triad built from the root note of each scale respectively.
Major triads = 1, 3, 5.
That is already covered.
As for grips, there are many. There are three possible grips on each set of three adjacent strings. Justin has taught some major triad grips on the G, B and E strings so start there.
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