Picturing the Chords


Relax. The diagram looks confusing at first, but look at the numbers, and notice the colors.

Notes used to make the I chord are marked with blue.

Notes used to make the IV chord are marked with green.

Notes used to make the V chord are marked in red.

NOTE! Some notes are marked with two colors. They are in more than one chord.

If I showed the ii, iii, vi, and vii(dim) chords, the diagram would be too confusing to be of much use.

Likewise, if I showed the sevenths and ninths, so I stuck to basic triads.



In many songs, and especially in blues songs, the I, IV, and V chords are the only ones you need to worry about. The relative minors function about the same way.



Now pick up your guitar and practice!


Here are some excellent books on the subject


Bill Edwards Publishing Complete Fretboard Logic System Box Set (Book/DVD)

Bill Edwards Publishing Complete Fretboard Logic System Box Set (Book/DVD)

The Bill Edwards Publishing Complete Fretboard Logic System Box Set (DVD) gives you the entire Fretboard Logic guitar system at a special package price. Introduces the guitar's unique tuning and basic fretboard patterns; builds on this foundation with chords, scales, and arpeggios; and then allows the player to focus on expressing a chosen style. Includes Fretboard Logic SE and Fretboard Logic III in newly revised editions plus videos I and II in DVD format.

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