Hey Friend,
We're back to the key of E major. The IIm chord in the key is F# Minor.
Looking back at the E major scale, we can easily determine the notes that form the F#m chord.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 E F# G# A B C# D#
F# is the root note (one note), followed by A as the three and C# as the five notes (1 3 5). Had F#m been one of the major chords in the key, its notes would have been F#, A# and C# (from the F# scale).
Minor chords incorporate the flatted 3 note, which makes it a minor third scale degree. That's how we get the A note in this chord.
Probably the easiest way to play an F#m triad is to place your ring finger on the fourth string fourth fret. Middle finger will go on the third string, third fret and index finger on the second string, second fret.
That will give you the root inversion of F#m. You can also barre the first and second strings at the second fret to double the F# note.
I had some fun yesterday jamming along to the album " A Hangover You Don't Deserve" by Bowling For Soup. Perhaps the universe helped direct me to selecting that music to play because many of the songs were written in the key of E major.
BFS has quite a few songs that are fairly simple to play - they use a lot of power chords.
I'm not going to go into details about the songs right now, but it's as if one of the songwriting techniques used for this album was to keep everything in the same key (or close). I did find one song played in Dropped D tuning, but the song was still in the key of E.
Peace~
Dave
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