Guitar: Lesson 5
Introduction to Chords on the Fretboard
By Zack Cart
Prerequisites:
You should be able to understand and perform the concepts and techniques outlined in the following lessons before attempting this lesson:
Guitar: Lessons 1-4
Music Theory: Lessons 1-7
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This lesson will be a rather simple one to grasp, but likely one of the longer ones to put into practice. In it, we will explore methods of creating chords on the fretboard, and also one right hand technique for sounding these chords.
If you are up to date with Music Theory: Lesson 7, learning to create chords on the fretboard should pose no great intellectual difficulty. It may, however, be quite a challenge for your left hand fingers. Before beginning, you should be adequately warmed up, through scale or other practice. If you notice any significant cramping, pain, or tightness in either hand, remember to stop, relax, and make sure everything stays LOOSE while you are playing!
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Since you know how to build major, minor, augmented, and diminished chords, placing them on the fretboard should be relatively easy for you. Using your knowledge of the twelve notes, of triad building, and of the fretboard, try to find several different voicings of many different chords. Don't worry about memorizing all of them yet, just find the ones you like, and practice!
When fretting these chords, keep in mind all the practices of linear/scale playing;
Fingers should intersect the fretboard at as close to right angles as you can manage, although, since several fingers will be fretting, this may not always be possible. Keep this as a general guideline.
Make certain you are not touching any strings which you are not fretting.
Make sure that you are not touching any note which you are fretting with a different finger, thus muting or damping the note.
Make sure you are fretting firmly, but not too hard, so that all notes of the chord sound clearly when struck.
You will find three noticeable things when building these chords.
Chords with more notes sound richer, more complex, and fuller, but are also more difficult to play.
Chords which include notes played as open strings are easiest to play, but obviously limited to chords which contain the notes E, A, D, G, and B.
Chords which contain NO open string notes can be moved up or down any number of frets, to become a number of different chords of the same type. For example, a Db major shape, when all notes are slid up one fret, becomes a D major chord. When slid up three more frets, it becomes F major. This is useful, as every movable chord you learn is conceivable twelve different chords!
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As we now focus on the right hand, we will employ a plucking technique to play these chords.Begin with the hand in the same, relaxed, dangling position we have been utilizing previously to play the plucked scales and patterns.
If you are playing with only your fingertips, you will be plucking the lowest string of each chord with the side of the tip of your thumb, pressing swiftly downwards and through the string, to sound the note. If you are using either fingerpicks or your fingernails to play, use the tip of your picking surface in a similar manner. In both cases, keep the outer two joints of the thumb relaxed but stationary, and move the loose thumb as a unit from the joint near the base of your palm. This movement should be isolated from the rest of the hand, and above all LOOSE, to avoid injury.
Simultaneously, pluck all remaining upper notes or voices of the chord with your fingertips, picks, or nails, depending on your style of choice. The motion will be identical to that used for playing scales, with the exception that the fingers must be positioned so that one is able to play each string to be plucked at the same time.
While your thumb should be playing the lowest string of the chord, your pointer should be playing the next lowest string, followed by your middle on the next, then ring, and if unnecessary, pinky. Obviously, you will be able to sound no more than five concurrent pitches in this manner, although this is not much of a handicap, as the majority of easily playable chords on the guitar contain fewer pitches than this maximum limit.
As the thumb plucks downward towards the hand, so should the fingers pluck gently upward, all moving in unison, almost as a single unit. Depending on the allowances of the string spacing of the chord, it may be useful to keep the fingers in very gentle contact, and move them almost as though they were fused together into a single, multi-tipped picking tool.
As you experiment with different chord shapes, and thus practice both the right and left hand techniques outlined here, focus on fretting all notes swiftly and cleanly with your left hand, and sounding them cleanly and at the same volume with your right. We will explore the possibilities opened up by varying the volume of different voices of the chord in future lessons, but for the moment, attempt to keep the volume of each string as uniform as possible.
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Vegetable Fried Rice--Small-$8.25--Large-$9.95
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Pork Fried Rice-------Small-$8.25--Large-
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Shrimp Fried Rice---Small-$8.95--Large-$10.50
Ham Fried Rice------Small-$8.95--Large-$
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Chicken or Beef
Pepper Steak-------------------------
Beef with Broccoli----------------------
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Beef with Cashews----------------------$14.25
*Curry Beef with Onion---------------$14.25
*Curry Chicken with Onion---------------$14.25
* Chicken with Peking Sauce-------------$14.25
* Szechuan Chicken------------------------$14.25
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Chicken with Vegetable---------------------
Chicken with Mushrooms---------------------
Chicken with Broccoli---------------------
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Beef Egg Foo Young-------------------------
Chicken Egg Foo Young-----------------------$
Shrimp Egg Foo Young------------------------$
Ham Egg Foo Young-------------------------
Mushroom Egg Foo Young--------------------$10.75
Vegetable Egg Foo Young----------------------$10.75
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(With white rice.)
Sweet and Sour Pork--------------------------
Sweet and Sour Chicken----------------------$
Sweet and Sour Shrimp-----------------------$
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SEAFOOD
Shrimp with Lobster Sauce----------------$14.25
Shrimp with Mushrooms-------------------$14.25
Shrimp with Broccoli----------------------
Shrimp with Peapods-----------------------
Shrimp with Vegetables--------------------
*Shrimp with Garlic Sauce------------------$14.25
Baby Shrimp with Cashews-----------------$14.25
*Szechuan Baby Shrimp---------------------$14.25
*Shrimp with Peking Sauce-----------------$14.25
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Snow Peapods with Broccoli--$10.95
*Broccoli with Garlic Sauce--$10.95
*Bean Curd Szechuan Style--$12.25
Family Style Bean Curd------$12.25
Deep Fried Slice Bean Curd with Pork
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7. Shrimp Lo Mein, Egg
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CHOW
MEIN
OR
CHOP SUEY
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Pork Chow Mein or Chop Suey
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Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Chicago Pork Chow Mein or Chop Suey
Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Chicago Beef Chow Mein or Chop Suey Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Chicago Shrimp Chow Mein or Chop Suey
Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Chicago Chicken Chow Mein or Chop Suey Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Subgum Pork Chow Mein or Chop Suey
Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Subgum Beef Chow Mein or Chop Suey
Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Subgum Chicken Chow Mein or Chop Suey Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
Subgum Shrimp Chow Mein or Chop Suey Small----$9.50----Large----$10.75
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APPETIZERS (Each Substitution Extra $1.00)
1. Pork Chow Mein, Egg Roll-------------$9.95
2. Subgum Pork Chow Mein, Egg Roll--$9.95
3. Pork Egg Foo Young, Chicken Wings-$10.95
4. Beef Chop Suey, Chicken Wings-------$10.95
5. Pork with Mushrooms,
Chicken Fingers-----------------------
6.Peppers Steak, with Onion Chicken Wings-$10.95
7. Lobster Sauce, Egg Roll------------------$9.95
8. Sweet & Sour Pork, Chicken Wings-----$10.95
9. Sweet & Sour Chicken, Egg Roll---------$10.95
10. Pork Chow Mein, Chicken Fingers------$9.95
11. Beef Teriyaki, Chicken Fingers----------$10.95
12. Fried Shrimp, Chicken Wings------------$10.95
13. Chicken Chow Mein, Egg Roll------------$9.95
14. Chicken Chow Mein, Chicken Fingers---$9.95
15. Chicken Chow Mein, Fried Shrimp-------$9.95
16. Pork Chop Suey, Beef Teriyaki------------$
17. Shrimp Chop Suey, Egg Roll--------------$10.95
18. Beef with Mushroom, Egg Roll-----------$10.95
19. Moo Goo Gai Pan, Egg Roll---------------$10.95
20.Shrimp w/ Lobster Sauce, Crab Rangoon-$10.95
21. *Szechuan Pork, Chicken Teriyaki-------$10.95
22. *Szechuan Chicken, Egg Roll--------------$10.95
23. *Szechuan Beef, Egg Roll------------------$10.95
24. *Szechuan Shrimp, Crab Rangoon--------$10.95
25.*Pork w/ Peking Sauce, Chicken Teriyaki-$10.95
26.*Chicken w/Peking Sauce, Crab Rangoon-$10.95
27. *Beef with Peking Sauce, Egg Roll--------$10.95
28. *Shrimp with Peking Sauce, Egg Roll----$10.95
29.*Pork with Garlic Sauce, Chicken Fingers-$10.95
30.*Chicken w/ Garlic Sauce, Boneless Ribs-$10.95
31. *Beef w/ Garlic Sauce, Crab Rangoons----$10.95
32.*Shrimp with Garlic Sauce, Egg Roll-------$10.95
33. Chicken with Broccoli, Egg Roll-----------$10.95
34.*General Tso’s Chicken or Sesame Chicken$9.25
(Sesame Chicken is not Hot and Spicy.)
35. Beef with Broccoli, Egg Roll----------------$10.95
36. Crab Rangoons, Chicken Finger-----------$10.95
37. Chicken w/ Cashew Nuts, Crab Rangoons-$10.95
38. *General Tso’s Bean Curd--------------------$9.25
HEALTH FOOD with White Rice
Steamed Mixed Vegetable---------------------
Steamed Chicken w/ Vegetables or Broccoli--$11.95
Steamed Shrimp w/ Vegetables or Broccoli--$12.95
COMBINATION DINNERS
Served all day with Pork Fried Rice
Appetizers (substitution Extra /$1.00)
D1. Egg Roll, Chicken Wing, Beef Teriyaki $12.75
D2. Egg Roll, Chicken Fingers, Beef Teriyaki $12.75
D3. Egg Roll, Boneless Ribs, Chicken Wings $12.75
D4. Boneless Ribs, Chicken Wings, Beef Teriyaki $12.75
D5. Boneless Ribs, Fried Shrimp,
Chicken
Wings $12.75
D6. Boneless Ribs, Chicken Fingers,
Beef
Teriyaki $12.75
D7. Boneless Ribs, Chicken Fingers,
Chicken Wings $12.75
D8. Sweet & Sour Pork, Boneless Ribs,
Egg
Roll
$12.75
D9. Sweet & Sour Chicken, Egg Roll
Chicken
Wings $12.75
D10.
Sesame Chicken, Egg
Roll
D11. *General Tso’s Chicken, Chicken Wings
$
D12. *Orange Chicken, Crab Rangoon
$11.95
D13. Mongolian Chicken, Chicken Fingers
$11.95
D14. Mongolian Beef, Crab Rangoons
D15. Mongolian Beef and Chicken, Egg Roll
$11.95
D16. Chicken with Broccoli, Egg Roll,
Crab
Rangoon $13.25
D17.
Boneless Ribs, Egg Roll, Chicken
Teriyaki
$12.75
D18. Egg Roll, Wings, Chicken Fingers,
Boneless Ribs, Chicken
Teriyaki
$12.75
D19. Boneless Ribs, Chicken Teriyaki
D20. Boneless Ribs, Chicken Wings
D21. Boneless Ribs, Chicken Fingers
D22. Beef with Broccoli, Egg Roll, Chicken
Fingers $13.25
D23. Chicken with Peapods, Egg Roll,
Chicken Fingers
$13.25
D24. Moo Goo Gai Pan, Chicken Teriyaki,
Egg
Roll
$
D25. Pork or Chicken Chow Mein, Egg Roll
Crab
Rangoon $13.25
D26. Chicken or Pork Lo Mein, Crab Rangoon
D27. Shrimp or Beef Lo Mein, Chicken
Finger
$11.95
D28. Pork or Chicken Egg Foo Young,
Egg Roll, Chicken
Finger $13.25
SIDE ORDERS
Duck
Sauce-Small
75 cents-Medium--$1.50-Large-$3.
Sweet and Sour Sauce Small
75 cents-Medium--$1.50-Large-$3.
White Rice—Small $3.75----------------------
Gravy-------------------------
Dry Noodle------------------------
Dumpling Sauce-------------------------------------75 cents