Basic Chord Triads - Key Of E Major And Relative Minor Key

Chords Exercise - Basic Chords (Triad) For The Major Key And The Relative Minor Key

This exercise is designed to allow the musician to learn the primary chords for the Major Key along with the corresponding Relative Minor Key.

To begin the exercise:

Practice positioning your fingers on the guitar based on the diagram provided to the left. Practice by holding the chord and strumming.
Once you are comfortable with the first chord, move on to the the other chords, until you have completed all of the chords (Major and Minor).
Now play one chord and move to the next chord in sequence, strumming after each chord.
Continue the sequence until you have memorized the position of each chord.
Move to the next Key and repeat the process.

Basic Chord Triads For Key:

E Major - C# Minor


E Major ( Triad: E A B7 )


E	A	B7



C# Minor (Relative Minor)


C#m	F#m	G#7



Legend: Barre - To Create A Barre, Place Your Index Finger Across The Strings Shown Finger Position On The String X Do Not Play This String The Numbers Along The Left Side Represents The Fret Location (i.e. 1 is the first fret, 2 is the 2nd fret etc.)