It’s still a note in the G chord (G-B-D), but it means you’ll often find chords and riffs phrased around an open fifth-string ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor ... For example, G7 is made by taking the major triad of G (G - B - D) and adding an F (G - B - D - F). A cadence is formed by ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor ... For example, G7 is made by taking the major triad of G (G - B - D) and adding an F (G - B - D - F). A cadence is formed by ...

Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a 7th, we’d call this a major 7th chord (C-E-G-B). We can extend up to a 13th ...