Hey Friend,

Woot! Friday!!

What's more, I'm leaving early to take my daughter to the airport for her first ever solo vacation. She's heading for Scotland and Ireland, so I'm definitely jealous! (I'll have her turn a bit south from Edinburgh to wave to you, Ian ;-))

But it's time for her to get out into the world and experience some of it without mama and papa hovering and guarding. A bird's gotta leave the nest eventually. We're excited for her...

The G major chord is the last harmonic value (VII) in the key of A minor before we return to the root Am chord. If you recall, G was the V chord in the key of C.

G is constructed from the scale of the G major key:

Take the 1 3 5 notes and that combination gives you the G major triad.

So G major is G, B and D notes.

And, as I've been hammering, those three notes also occur naturally to produce the G major chord, which is why it's a part of the A minor harmonic scale. See?

Jump into the exercises for this lovely chord...

Here are the various positions up the neck where you can play G Major.

And its barre chords:

I know these chords have come at you rapid-fire this week. We'll start taking these and putting them into some practical exercises now so you can actually use them. You can go back to the individual chord exercise to review and practice the triads that might give you some trouble. 

See you next time!

Peace~

Dave