In going over some old guitar music theory notes of mine, i found this. What does it mean?
In going over some old guitar music theory notes of mine, I found this.
G Am Bm C D Em
I appreciate that the chords are those of the major scale in G.
However, over the chords are these numbers
3, 0/5, 1/7, 3, 5, 7/0
Does anyone known of some significance to these numbers in relation to the chords underneath them?
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(The comments address this question, but the site still marks this as "unanswered," so I'm adding one.)
The first line shows the diatonic triads in G major. With a scale of G A B C D E F? G, you can create:
G B D, which is G major
A C E, Am
B D F?, Bm
C E G, CM
D F? A, DM
E G B, Em
The only one missing is F? A C, which is F? diminished. Perhaps your theory teacher was only teaching the consonant triads (that is, major and minor). Diminished (along with augmented) are dissonant triads.
As for the numbers, these seem to be the guitar positions in which you can play these triads. G is played in 3rd position, Am is either in open or fifth position, and so on.
The only flaw here is the position for Bm: instead of 1st and 7th position, Bm is played in 2nd or 7th position.
Thus your notes should read:
G Am Bm C D Em
3, 0/5, 2/7, 3, 5, 7/0
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