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Diagram Palette

 

 


 

PAGE INDEX

Introduction
Fret Number
Dots
Open Tones
The Key / Root Button

 

Introduction
Most students begin their training by poring through books of songs by popular songwriters like Bob Dylan, James Taylor, or The Beatles. Not only are these songs pretty cool they're also extremely easy to play. This is aided by the fact that they all contain convenient Chord Diagrams!

The Diagram Palette is no substitute for all those books, but it gives you a simple and isolated view of the information presented on the Guitar Palette. Here you can see all the numbered note functions as they apply to your chord or your key. What you don't get is which fingers to put there.

If you want to know which fingers to use take this as a general guide: If what you see in the diagram seems like a familiar chord then start out with the basic chord and make adjustments to find the most comfortable way to add the extensions.

 

Fret Number
The diagram represents only a small portion of the neck. To get oriented we need to know which fret is at the top of the diagram. This is shown in the top left corner.

 

Dots
Each dot on the diagram represents a tone in your chord. The function of each dot is numbered relative to the Major Scale. You can choose whether to number dots as a function of the chord or a function of the Key with the Key / Root Button.

 

Open Tones
No matter where you play your chord on the neck you may have the option to play one or more open notes. If there is no note available within the bracket and an open note is available to play, the tone will be shown in red at the bottom of the diagram.

If no note is available either in the bracketed region or on the open string then there will be an x instead of a tone number. A string with a red x should be damped.

 

The Key / Root Button
Click this button to switch the context of the diagram between root-relative and key-relative. The numbers on the dots will change according to these settings:

Root Mode. Tones are numbered relative to the root of the chord (i.e., the yellow dot on the guitar neck). For example, Dm7 in the key of C has dots labeled R, b3, 5, and b7.

Key Mode. Tones are shown as functions of the chord's key. For example, Dm7 in the key of C has dots labeled 2, 4, and 6 and R.

 

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