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<p>
The name, guitar, is a combination of two words. "Guit" comes from the
Sanskrit word "Sangeet" meaning "music." The second half of the word "tar" is
purely Persian and means "chord" or "string."
</p>
<p>[ <A href="#chords"><en: Chords><de: Akkorde></a>
   | <a href="#lessons"><en: Lessons><de: Unterricht></a>
   | <a href="#tablature"><en: Tablature><de: Tablatur></a>
   | <a href="#links">Links</a>
   ]
</p>
<h2><A name="myGuitars"><en: Some of my guitars><de: Einige meiner Gitarren></a></h2>
<p>
<a href="$(ROOT)/images/Yamaha_AES_620-big.jpg">
  <img src="$(ROOT)/images/Yamaha_AES_620-small.jpg"
       alt="<en: Picture of my><de: Bild meiner> Yamaha AES 620"></a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="$(ROOT)/images/Hanika-big.jpg">
  <img src="$(ROOT)/images/Hanika-small.jpg"
       alt="<en: Picture of my><de: Bild meiner (klassischen)> Hanika <en: classical guitar>"></a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="$(ROOT)/images/12_string-big.jpg">
  <img src="$(ROOT)/images/12_string-small.jpg"
       alt="<en: Picture of my 12 string guitar><de: Bild meiner 12-Saiten Gitarre>"></a>
</p>

<h2><a name="lessons"><en: Recorded guitar lessons><de: Aufnahmen von Gitarrenunterricht></a></h2>
<p>
<en: Since I am a very audio oriented type of person I am trying
to cultivate the habit of recording the guitar lessons
I take so that I can listen to them again in case I
forget something important>.
<en: This way I don't have to ask the same thing again>.
<en: Additionally, I am growing an archive of real-life guitar instructions>.
<en: These lessons are in german, since that is my first language>.
<en: Feel free to use them, I hope they are useful to you>.
<en: I'd like to explicitly thank my guitar teacher
<a href="mailto:sturm-koenig@gmx.net">Nicolai Blaskovic</a>
for granting permission to publicize these recordings>.
<en: I am aware that my different way of working with things forced him
to change his usual method>.
<en: Thanks for everything you showed me so far Nico>!
</p>
<p>
<en: A side note, I unfortunately did not manage to record EVERY
lesson I had so far, we encountered technical problems
in the past and so many of the lessons I already had are not available>.
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="$(ROOT)/music/Gitarre-01-Gmaj7-und-harmonisch-moll.ogg">Lesson 1:
     G Major 7th und harmonisch Moll</A></LI>
<LI><A href="$(ROOT)/music/Gitarre-02-UpperVoicings_Bossa.ogg">Lesson 2:
     Upper voicings und Bossa</A></LI>
<LI><A href="$(ROOT)/music/Gitarre-03-BachDm_ArmorFlamenco.ogg">Lesson 3:
     Bach BWV 999 Prelude in C Moll (D Moll for guitar) und Amor Flamenco</A></LI>
<LI><A href="$(ROOT)/music/Gitarre-04-Bouree.ogg">Lesson 4: Bouree</A></LI>
</UL>

<h2><a name="chords"><en: Chords><de: Akkorde></a></h2>
<P>
Chords on a guitar are really simple, if you look at them from
an abstracted standpoint.  There are thousands of possible chords,
and learning them each separately without trying to find an underlying
system seems a pointless exercise, which is also very hard to do.  It is much
simpler to analyse what we are actually trying to do and approach it with a
system.</P>
<P>Most chords in western music consist of notes spaced with an
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_%28music%29">interval</A> of a
(major or minor) third stacked on top of each other.  If you consider
the basic C Major scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B) the most simple chord
is a CMaj using the first, third and fifth degree of the scale (C-E-G),
yielding a chord with a minor third on top of a major third.
If you want to build a 7th chord, simply use one note more, so
you get C-E-G-B.  If we were to do the same starting at the second
step of the scale (D-F-A-C) we'd get a D minor chord.  Why?  If
you look at the intervals between the notes in the chords, you'll notice
That it is not the same as the C Major 7th chord.  To proove this,
lets transpose the D minor 7th down two half steps so that it
starts at C: C-Eb-G-Bb.  See? The intervals are not the same, the third
step of the original C major scale has to be flattened (Eb) and
the same goes for the 7th step (Bb) actually yielding a minor scale!
So that is why the chord sounds minor (different from the major chord).</P>
<P>Now, on a guitar, it is most of the time not possible to lay out a chord
such that the individual notes occur in ascending order.  That is
really not a problem, dont worry about it.  Harmony works in such
a way that the intervals between the notes is important, the actual
octave the various notes are found in are largely irrelevant.</P>
<P>With all that in mind, what is the simplest way to describe
a certain chord on a guitar?  I suggest you try the following approach:
Each string is going to be assigned one scale degree step to form
the chord we actually want to hear.  So the most simple 6-string
chords of the guitar each beginner learns could be described
as 1-5-1-3-5-1.  Let look at this in detail: If we look at a
simple EMaj 6-string chord, the open E represents the first step
of the scale (E major in this case), the B fretted at the second fret of the
5th string represents the 5th step of the scale, the E fretted at the second
fret of the 4th (D) string is the 1st step of the scale again,
the G# fretted at the first fret of the 3rd (G) string
represents the 3rd step of the (E Major, E-F#-G#-A-B-C#-D#) scale,
the open B string represents the 5th step of the scale again and finally,
the open high E string is the first step of the scale again.
Therefore, yielding 1-5-1-3-5-1.  Now, if you want a Fmaj chord, you
can use the same formulas to get it!  Or a F# minor, simply move
up one scale degree step for every string.</P>
<P>Since in essence, every guitar chord is movable, this method works
very nice.  It is also basically just harmonisation of a scale,
but put to real life (IMO).</P>
<P>The following is an attempt to provide a sort of a chord dictionary.
This is work in progress, it is not completed yet, and probably
never will be, but it should be a useful reference for learning new
chords you probably did not know of yet.
Some of these chords do not contain a 5th or in rare cases, a 3rd.
Strictly speaking, these aren't really the chords their names imply,
but at least the 5th can be dropped without loosing too much
of the chordal sound, and in some cases, another instrument might play
the note missing from the guitar chord.  These ommitions are there
to make chord shapes emerge that are not impossible to grab. At
times, you have to make tradeoffs.</P>
<P>The order of chords is deliberately such that you can easily select one
based on the melody note you need.</P>
<H3>Index (incomplete)</H3>
<dl>
<dt>Amin7</dt>
<dd><A href="#1-5-7-3-5-1-Amin7">1-5-7-3-5-1</A>,
    <A href="#x-1-3-7-1-x-Amin7">x-1-3-7-1-x</A></dd>
<dt>Bmin7b5</dt>
<dd><A href="#x-1-3-7-1-x-Bmin7b5">x-1-3-7-1-x</A></dd>
<dt>CMaj7</dt>
<dd><A href="#1-5-7-3-5-1-CMaj7">1-5-7-3-5-1</A>,
    <A href="#x-1-3-7-1-x-CMaj7">x-1-3-7-1-x</A></dd>
<dt>CMaj9</dt>
<dd><A href="#x-1-3-7-9-x-CMaj9">x-1-3-7-9-x</A></dd>
</dl>
<H3>Root note is melody</H3>
<P>The formula for these chords is <A name="1-5-7-3-5-1">1-5-7-3-5-1</A>.</P>
<table><tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2><A name="1-5-7-3-5-1-Emin7" href="0-2-0-0-0-0.ogg">Emin7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="1-5-7-3-5-1-FMaj7" href="1-3-2-2-1-1.ogg">FMaj7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="1-5-7-3-5-1-G7" href="3-5-3-4-3-3.ogg">G7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="1-5-7-3-5-1-Amin7" href="5-7-5-5-5-5.ogg">Amin7</A></th><th colspan=2></th><th colspan=2><A name="1-5-7-3-5-1-CMaj7" href="8-10-9-9-8-8.ogg">CMaj7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="1-5-7-3-5-1-Dmin7" href="10-12-10-10-10-10.ogg">Dmin7</A></th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>0</td><td>(E)</td><td>1</td><td>(F)</td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>8</td><td>(C)</td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>2</td><td>(B)</td><td>3</td><td>(C)</td><td>5</td><td>(D)</td><td>7</td><td>(E)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>10</td><td>(G)</td><td>12</td><td>(A)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>0</td><td>(D)</td><td>2</td><td>(E)</td><td>3</td><td>(F)</td><td>5</td><td>(G)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>9</td><td>(B)</td><td>10</td><td>(C)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td>0</td><td>(G)</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>4</td><td>(B)</td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>10</td><td>(F)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td>0</td><td>(B)</td><td>1</td><td>(C)</td><td>3</td><td>(D)</td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>10</td><td>(A)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td>0</td><td>(E)</td><td>1</td><td>(F)</td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>8</td><td>(C)</td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
</table>

<P>The formula for these chords is <A name="x-1-3-7-1-x">x-1-3-7-1-x</A>.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-CMaj7" href="x-3-2-4-1-x.ogg">CMaj7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-Dmin7" href="x-5-3-5-3-x.ogg">Dmin7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-Emin7" href="x-7-5-7-5-x.ogg">Emin7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-FMaj7" href="x-8-7-9-6-x.ogg">FMaj7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-G7" href="x-10-9-10-8-x.ogg">G7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-Amin7" href="x-12-10-12-10-x.ogg">Amin7</A></th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-1-x-Bmin7b5" href="x-14-12-14-12-x.ogg">Bmin7b5</A></th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td align=center>3</td><td>C (1)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>D (1)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>E (1)</td><td align=center>8</td><td>F (1)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>G (1)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>A (1)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>B (1)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td align=center>2</td><td>E (3)</td><td align=center>3</td><td>F (3)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>G (3)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>A (3)</td><td align=center>9</td><td>B (3)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>C (3)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>D (3)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td align=center>4</td><td>B (7)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>C (7)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>D (7)</td><td align=center>9</td><td>E (7)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>F (7)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>G (7)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>A (7)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td align=center>1</td><td>C (8)</td><td align=center>3</td><td>D (8)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>E (8)</td><td align=center>6</td><td>F (8)</td><td align=center>8</td><td>G (8)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>A (8)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>B (8)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td></tr>
</table>

<H3><A name="x-1-3-7-9-x">9th is melody</A></H3>
<P>The formula for these chords is <A name="x-1-3-7-9-x">x-1-3-7-9-x</A>.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2><A name="x-1-3-7-9-x-CMaj9">CMaj9</A></th><th colspan=2>Dmin9</th><th colspan=2>Eminb9</th><th colspan=2>FMaj9</th><th colspan=2>G9</th><th colspan=2>Amin9</th><th colspan=2>Bmin9b5</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td align=center>3</td><td>C (1)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>D (1)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>E (1)</td><td align=center>8</td><td>F (1)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>G (1)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>A (1)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>B (1)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td align=center>2</td><td>E (3)</td><td align=center>3</td><td>F (3)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>G (3)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>A (3)</td><td align=center>9</td><td>B (3)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>C (3)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>D (3)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td align=center>4</td><td>B (7)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>C (7)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>D (7)</td><td align=center>9</td><td>E (7)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>F (7)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>G (7)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>A (7)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td align=center>3</td><td>D (9)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>E (9)</td><td align=center>6</td><td>F (9)</td><td align=center>8</td><td>G (9)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>A (9)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>B (9)</td><td align=center>13</td><td>C (9)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td></tr>
</table>
<H3>3rd is melody</H3>
<P>The formula for these chords is <A name="x-1-5-7-3-x">x-1-5-7-3-x</A>.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>CMaj7</th><th colspan=2>Dmin7</th><th colspan=2>Emin7</th><th colspan=2>FMaj7</th><th colspan=2>G7</th><th colspan=2>Amin7</th><th colspan=2>Bmin7b5</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td align=center>3</td><td>C (1)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>D (1)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>E (1)</td><td align=center>8</td><td>F (1)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>G (1)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>A (1)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>B (1)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td align=center>5</td><td>G (5)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>A (5)</td><td align=center>9</td><td>B (5)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>C (5)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>D (5)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>E (5)</td><td align=center>15</td><td>F (5)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td align=center>4</td><td>B (7)</td><td align=center>5</td><td>C (7)</td><td align=center>7</td><td>D (7)</td><td align=center>9</td><td>E (7)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>F (7)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>G (7)</td><td align=center>14</td><td>A (7)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td align=center>5</td><td>E (3)</td><td align=center>6</td><td>F (3)</td><td align=center>8</td><td>G (3)</td><td align=center>10</td><td>A (3)</td><td align=center>12</td><td>B (3)</td><td align=center>13</td><td>C (3)</td><td align=center>15</td><td>D (3)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td><td align=center>x</td><td></td></tr>
</table>
<H3>11th is melody</H3>
<P>Some of these chords are quite hard, others are impossible.  I left
those which are really impossible out intentionally.</P>

<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>Bmin11</th><th colspan=2></th><th colspan=2>Dmin11</th><th colspan=2>Emin11b9</th><th colspan=2>FMaj11</th><th colspan=2></th><th colspan=2>Amin11</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>2</td><td>(B)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>5</td><td>(D)</td><td>7</td><td>(E)</td><td>8</td><td>(F)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>12</td><td>(A)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>0</td><td>(D)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>3</td><td>(F)</td><td>5</td><td>(G)</td><td>7</td><td>(A)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>10</td><td>(C)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>7</td><td>(D)</td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>12</td><td>(G)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td>1</td><td>(C)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>6</td><td>(F)</td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>12</td><td>(B)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td>0</td><td>(E)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>7</td><td>(B)</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
</table>

<H3>5th is melody</H3>
<P>The formula for these chords is <A name="x-1-x-7-3-5">x-1-x-7-3-5</A>.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>Amin7</th><th colspan=2>Bmin7b5</th><th colspan=2>CMaj7</th><th colspan=2>Dmin7</th><th colspan=2>Emin7</th><th colspan=2>FMaj7</th><th colspan=2>G7</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>0</td><td>(A)</td><td>2</td><td>(B)</td><td>3</td><td>(C)</td><td>5</td><td>(D)</td><td>7</td><td>(E)</td><td>8</td><td>(F)</td><td>10</td><td>(G)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td>0</td><td>(G)</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>4</td><td>(B)</td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>7</td><td>(D)</td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>10</td><td>(F)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td>1</td><td>(C)</td><td>3</td><td>(D)</td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>6</td><td>(F)</td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>10</td><td>(A)</td><td>12</td><td>(B)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td>0</td><td>(E)</td><td>1</td><td>(F)</td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>7</td><td>(B)</td><td>8</td><td>(C)</td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
</table>
<P>The <A name="1-x-7-3-5-x">formula</A> for these chords is 1-x-7-3-5-x.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>Emin7</th><th colspan=2>FMaj7</th><th colspan=2>G7</th><th colspan=2>Amin7</th><th colspan=2>Bmin7b5</th><th colspan=2>CMaj7</th><th colspan=2>Dmin7</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>0</td><td>(E)</td><td>1</td><td>(F)</td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>7</td><td>(B)</td><td>8</td><td>(C)</td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>0</td><td>(D)</td><td>2</td><td>(E)</td><td>3</td><td>(F)</td><td>5</td><td>(G)</td><td>7</td><td>(A)</td><td>9</td><td>(B)</td><td>10</td><td>(C)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td>0</td><td>(G)</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>4</td><td>(B)</td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>7</td><td>(D)</td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>10</td><td>(F)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td>0</td><td>(B)</td><td>1</td><td>(C)</td><td>3</td><td>(D)</td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>6</td><td>(F)</td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>10</td><td>(A)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
</table>
<P>The <A name="x-x-3-7-1-5">formula</A> for these chords is x-x-3-7-1-5.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>Bmin7b5</th><th colspan=2>CMaj7</th><th colspan=2>Dmin7</th><th colspan=2>Emin7</th><th colspan=2>FMaj7</th><th colspan=2>G7</th><th colspan=2>Amin7</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>0</td><td>(D)</td><td>2</td><td>(E)</td><td>3</td><td>(F)</td><td>5</td><td>(G)</td><td>7</td><td>(A)</td><td>9</td><td>(B)</td><td>10</td><td>(C)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>4</td><td>(B)</td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>7</td><td>(D)</td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>10</td><td>(F)</td><td>12</td><td>(G)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td>0</td><td>(B)</td><td>1</td><td>(C)</td><td>3</td><td>(D)</td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>6</td><td>(F)</td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>10</td><td>(A)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td>1</td><td>(F)</td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>7</td><td>(B)</td><td>8</td><td>(C)</td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td><td>12</td><td>(E)</td></tr>
</table>
<H3>7th as melody</H3>
<P>These chords use the formula <A name="x-1-5-1-3-7">x-1-5-1-3-7</A>.</P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>Amin7</th><th colspan=2>Bmin7b5</th><th colspan=2>CMaj7</th><th colspan=2>Dmin7</th><th colspan=2>Emin7</th><th colspan=2>Fmaj7</th><th colspan=2>G7</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>0</td><td>(A)</td><td>2</td><td>(B)</td><td>3</td><td>(C)</td><td>5</td><td>(D)</td><td>7</td><td>(E)</td><td>8</td><td>(F)</td><td>10</td><td>(G)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>2</td><td>(E)</td><td>3</td><td>(F)</td><td>5</td><td>(G)</td><td>7</td><td>(A)</td><td>9</td><td>(B)</td><td>10</td><td>(C)</td><td>12</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
<tr><td>g</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>4</td><td>(B)</td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>7</td><td>(D)</td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>10</td><td>(F)</td><td>12</td><td>(G)</td></tr>
<tr><td>b</td><td>1</td><td>(C)</td><td>3</td><td>(D)</td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>6</td><td>(F)</td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>10</td><td>(A)</td><td>12</td><td>(B)</td></tr>
<tr><td>e</td><td>3</td><td>(G)</td><td>5</td><td>(A)</td><td>7</td><td>(B)</td><td>8</td><td>(C)</td><td>10</td><td>(D)</td><td>12</td><td>(E)</td><td>13</td><td>(F)</td></tr>
</table>
<P>The formula for these chords is <A name="x-5-1-3-7-x">x-5-1-3-7-x</A> which is
a inversion of the chords with the fomula <A href="#x-1-5-7-3-x">x-1-5-7-3-x</A></P>
<table>
<tr><th>Nut</th><th colspan=2>Emin7</th><th colspan=2>FMaj7</th><th colspan=2>G7</th><th colspan=2>Amin7</th><th colspan=2>Bmin7b5</th><th colspan=2>CMaj7</th><th colspan=2>Dmin7</th></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>A</td><td>2</td><td>(B)</td><td>3</td><td>(C)</td><td>5</td><td>(D)</td><td>7</td><td>(E)</td><td>8</td><td>(F)</td><td>10</td><td>(G)</td><td>12</td><td>(A)</td></tr>
<tr><td>D</td><td>2</td><td>(E)</td><td>3</td><td>(F)</td><td>5</td><td>(G)</td><td>7</td><td>(A)</td><td>9</td><td>(B)</td><td>10</td><td>(C)</td><td>12</td><td>(D)</td></tr>
<tr><td>G</td><td>0</td><td>(G)</td><td>2</td><td>(A)</td><td>4</td><td>(B)</td><td>5</td><td>(C)</td><td>7</td><td>(D)</td><td>9</td><td>(E)</td><td>10</td><td>(F)</td></tr>
<tr><td>B</td><td>3</td><td>(D)</td><td>5</td><td>(E)</td><td>6</td><td>(F)</td><td>8</td><td>(G)</td><td>10</td><td>(A)</td><td>12</td><td>(B)</td><td>13</td><td>(C)</td></tr>
<tr><td>E</td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td><td>x</td><td></td></tr>
</table>


<H2><A name="tablature">Tablature</A></H2>
<P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablature">Tablature</A> is a very
simple way to write down music for stringed instruments like
the guitar or the lute.  Some advanced players claim that
using tablature is hindering your musical development since being
able to read staff notation would help you much more to grow
overall as a musician.  However, tablature notation has its advantages
too.  The most used format for tablature on the internet is straight
plain text (ASCII) which means that it can be read (with
a little bit of practice) with a braille display.  Staff notation
is generally distributed in PostScript or PDF formats and is
not readable with assistive technologies.</P>
<UL>
<LI><A href="http://www.classtab.org/">Classical Guitar Tablature</A> &rarr;
    950 classical guitar tabs in plain text format</LI>
</UL>
<P>I do provide tablature files formatted especially for the
use with braille displays or braille printers.  The basic
difference between standard tablature files and the format I prefer
is to restrict line length to something around 30 chars.
This makes it possible to print a tablature file on a braille
printer.  It makes them also easier to read for braille display
users since the majority of displays around only has 40 cells.</P>
<UL>
<LI><A href="$(ROOT)/music/jsb0999p.txt">JS Bach BWV 999: Prelude in D minor</A></LI>
</UL>
<H2><A name="links">Links</A></H2>
<P>Lacking better structural organisation, this is a collection of
guitar related links I have found very interesting and helpful.</P>
<UL>
<LI><A href="http://www.faqs.org/faqs/music/classical/guitar/faq/">Classical
    Guitar FAQ</A></LI>
<LI><A href="http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/Lessons/">Harmony Central
     guitar lessons</A></LI>
<LI><A href="http://www.cyberfret.com/classic/">Classic Internet Guitar Lesson Index</A> of Cyberfret.com</LI>
<LI><A href="http://www.danterosati.com/">Dante Rosati</A>'s page, the
    builder of an extremely cool and interesting
    <A href="http://users.rcn.com/dante.interport/justguitar.html">
     21 Tone Just Intonation Guitar</A></LI>
</UL>