%{{{ header \documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage{supertabular} \usepackage[noheadfoot]{geometry} \geometry{textwidth=7.5in,textheight=10in} \pagestyle{empty} %}}} \makeatletter \makeatother \begin{document} \title{major chords, caged system} \author{blame jeff covey, jeff.covey@pobox.com} \maketitle {\centering \begin{supertabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c||c|c|c|c|c|c||c|c|c|c|c|c||c|c|c|c|c|c||c|c|c|c|c|c|} %{{{ % root position chords \hline \multicolumn{30}{|c|}{root position chords}\\ % chord names \hline \multicolumn{6}{|c||}{c} & \multicolumn{6}{c||}{a} & \multicolumn{6}{c||}{g} & \multicolumn{6}{c||}{e} & \multicolumn{6}{c|}{d} \\ \hline %{{{ % fingering numbers x & 3 & 2 & 0 & 1 & 0 & x & 0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 0 & 2 & 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 & 3 & 0 & 2 & 3 & 1 & 0 & 0 & x & x & 0 & 1 & 3 & 2 \\ %}}} \hline \hline %{{{ the actual fingering charts start here % fret 1 % c & & & & \( \bullet \) & & % a & & & & & & % g & & & & & & % e & & & \( \bullet \) & & & % d & & & & & \\ \hline % fret 2 % c & & \( \bullet \) & & & & % a & & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & & % g & \( \bullet \) & & & & & % e & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & & & & % d & & & \( \bullet \) & & \( \bullet \) \\ \hline % fret 3 % c & \( \bullet \) & & & & & % a & & & & & & % g \( \bullet \) & & & & & \( \bullet \) & % e & & & & & & % d & & & & \( \bullet \) &\\ %}}} \hline %{{{ root, third, and fifth indicators % c & r & 3 & 5 & r & 3 & % a & r & 5 & r & 3 & 5 & % g r & 3 & 5 & r & 3 & r & % e r & 5 & r & 3 & 5 & r & % d & & r & 5 & r & 3 \\ %}}} %}}} \hline \hline %{{{ % bar chords \multicolumn{30}{|c|}{bar chord forms}\\ % chord names \hline \multicolumn{6}{|c||}{c form} & \multicolumn{6}{c||}{a form} & \multicolumn{6}{c||}{g form} & \multicolumn{6}{c||}{e form} & \multicolumn{6}{c|}{d form} \\ \hline %{{{ % fingering numbers x & 4 & 3 & 1 & 2 & 1 & x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 3 & 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 4 & 1 & 3 & 4 & 2 & 1 & 1 & x & x & 1 & 2 & 4 & 3 \\ %}}} \hline \hline %{{{ the actual fingering charts start here % fret 1 % c & & & \( \bullet \) & & \( \bullet \) & % a & \( \bullet \) & & & & \( \bullet \) & % g & & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & & % e \( \bullet \) & & & & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & % d & & \( \bullet \) & & & \\ \hline % fret 2 % c & & & & \( \bullet \) & & % a & & & & & & % g & & & & & & % e & & & \( \bullet \) & & & % d & & & & & \\ \hline % fret 3 % c & & \( \bullet \) & & & & % a & & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & & % g & \( \bullet \) & & & & & % e & \( \bullet \) & \( \bullet \) & & & & % d & & & \( \bullet \) & & \( \bullet \) \\ \hline % fret 4 % c & \( \bullet \) & & & & & % a & & & & & & % g \( \bullet \) & & & & & \( \bullet \) & % e & & & & & & % d & & & & \( \bullet \) &\\ %}}} \hline %{{{ root, third, and fifth indicators % c & r & 3 & 5 & r & 3 & % a & r & 5 & r & 3 & 5 & % g r & 3 & 5 & r & 3 & r & % e r & 5 & r & 3 & 5 & r & % d & & r & 5 & r & 3 \\ %}}} \hline %}}} \end{supertabular} \medskip % (end of \centering) } to find any given chord at any given fret, find which string has the root on the chart below, then find a bar chord form above that has the root on that string (the notes in the chords above are marked with ``r'' for root, ``3'' for third, and ``5'' for fifth). for example, to find an e major chord at the seventh fret, you can consult the chart below to find that there is an \textit{e} on the fifth string at the seventh fret. the chart above shows that both the \textit{c form} and the \textit{a form} have roots on the fifth string, so playing a \textit{c form} bar chord or an \textit{a form} bar chord will give you an e major chord (with the \textit{a form}, your first finger would be on the \textit{e}, while with the \textit{c form}, your fourth finger would be on the \textit{e}). \medskip {\centering %{{{ note names, frets 1-12 \begin{supertabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline \multicolumn{7}{|c|}{note names, frets I-XII}\\ \hline & 6 & 5 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1 \\ \hline open & e & a & d & g & b & e \\ \hline \hline I & f & a$\sharp$/b$\flat$ & d$\sharp$/e$\flat$ & g$\sharp$/a$\flat$ & c & f \\ \hline II & f$\sharp$/g$\flat$ & b & e & a & c$\sharp$/d$\flat$ & f$\sharp$/g$\flat$ \\ \hline III & g & c & f & a$\sharp$/b$\flat$ & d & g \\ \hline IV & g$\sharp$/a$\flat$ & c$\sharp$/d$\flat$ & f$\sharp$/g$\flat$ & b & d$\sharp$/e$\flat$ & g$\sharp$/a$\flat$ \\ \hline V & a & d & g & c & e & a \\ \hline VI & a$\sharp$/b$\flat$ & d$\sharp$/e$\flat$ & g$\sharp$/a$\flat$ & c$\sharp$/d$\flat$ & f & a$\sharp$/b$\flat$ \\ \hline VII & b & e & a & d & f$\sharp$/g$\flat$ & b \\ \hline VIII & c & f & a$\sharp$/b$\flat$ & d$\sharp$/e$\flat$ & g & c \\ \hline IX & c$\sharp$/d$\flat$ & f$\sharp$/g$\flat$ & b & e & g$\sharp$/a$\flat$ & c$\sharp$/d$\flat$ \\ \hline X & d & g & c & f & a & d \\ \hline XI & d$\sharp$/e$\flat$ & g$\sharp$/a$\flat$ & c$\sharp$/d$\flat$ & f$\sharp$/g$\flat$ & a$\sharp$/b$\flat$ & d$\sharp$/e$\flat$ \\ \hline XII & e & a & d & g & b & e \\ \hline \end{supertabular} %}}} \medskip \tiny\sl{made with \LaTeX ~and \copyright 1997 by jeff covey, distributable under the terms of the gnu general public license.\\ the GNU General Public License is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.} % (end of \centering) } \end{document}