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Open Position G Minor and Its Movable Form
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Open Position G Minor and Its Movable Form (13_Gm.shtml) | Updated: 15-Aug-2008 - 16:00
Chord of the week (G Minor) - “C” Tuning
C Tuning (gCEA and GCEA)
G Tuning (dGBE and DGBE)
- "G" Tuning
The "G" tuning with a low "D" is the same as the higher four strings of a standard tuned guitar. Ukulele Chords, "G" Tuning coming at a later date.
See the related books below for a good source of "G" tuning chords.
Movable Form Chords
Movable chord forms are chords containing no open strings. These chords are transposable to different keys by moving each note of the chord the same number of frets up and down the neck.
Each movable form is based on a common open position chord. These movable forms allow you to play chords not found in the open position.
Movable form chords allow you to play in any key and transpose chords and chord progressions to any key. From these basic movable form chords more advanced chords can be created.
G Minor Movable Chord Form - “C” Tuning
Open Position Chord
Movable Form Chord
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Movable Form
Chord (Variation)
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This movable form chord, based on the open position chord and can be transposed up and down the fingerboard using the root of the chord and the transposition chart to the right.
The functional range of a chord up the fingerboard of your ukulele depends on the ukulele's size (soprano, concert or tenor), the number of frets to the body (10, 12, 14, etc) and whether you have a cut-away for access to higher frets. Not all chords can be transposed a complete octave (12 frets).
Movable form chords can be used along with open position chords. As you learn more movable form chords you'll have a variety of alternate voicings for any given chord.
Transposing Movable Form Chords
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These Ukulele Chord of the Week lessons use the roots of a chord to transpose to different keys. Note what string the root is on or would be on if not present in the chord's voicing.
Chord Tones
1
5
1
b3
The Movable Form Chord (Variation) shown for this week's chord has the following chord tones.
b3
5
1
b3
- 1 - Root or letter name of the chord
- b3 - the flat third (minor third) of the chord
- 5 - the fifth (perfect fifth) of the chord
The chord tones come from the scale degrees of a major scale based on the root of the chord. Generically a minor chord's chord tones are the 1, b3, 5 scale degrees of a major scale and in the case of the above A minor chord the chord tones are: F Ab C.
An minor chord can be created from a major chord by lower the third (3) of the chord one fret.
Knowing the notes or chord tones of the chord can lead to deriving other chords from known chords. This is what we have been doing when creating the additional chords each week.
Transposing Chart
This transposition chart can be used for any chord with the root, or letter name of the chord on string 2.
Use the Roots (1) of chords to transpose to different keys.
A larger sized transposition chart is available in my book Ukulele Chords. This is the book that these lessons are based on.
Related Books
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Related Ukulele Lessons
See the UkuleleLesson on Chord Spelling.
Additional Chords
Suspended or Supension Chords
A sus chord implies the suspension of the third of a chord. The most common and historical use of this supension has been by raising the third of a chord to the fourth (sus4). In some contemporary music the suspension in done by lowering the third to the second (sus2).
Sus 4
Raise the third (3) of the chord one fret.
Sus 2
Lower the third (3) of the chord two frets.
Add 2 ADD 9 Chords
Technically the add 2 and add 9 are different chords. Both the 2 and the 9 are the same letters but in different octaves. For all practical purposes on the ukulele you can treat both chords as the same.
Depending on whether you are using a low "G" or high "G" C tuning the added ninth might be a second. Whether you call it an add9 or add2 depends on it the added note is in the same pcate as the root of the chord.
Add 9
Raise the 1 or root of the chord two frets.
Add 2
Raise the 1 or root of the chord two frets.
Practice Progression - “C” Tuning
Go back and take the any progression and incorporate this week's chord.
Next week we will get back into more example progressions and the voicings are a little easier to finger.
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