Minor Chords

Minor Chords

Major chords give music a happy feel. Minor chords, on the other hand, lend a sad or melancholy feeling to music.
Minor chords are constructed in the same way as major chords except that the third or middle note of the chord is flattened

A Minor Chords

Exercise:
Strum the A minor chord as indicated by the tab below:

E Minor Chords

Exercise:

Play the following:

Notes on the Fifth String

Notes on the Fifth String

The fifth string is also known as the A string. The main notes in the first position that are on the fifth string are A (open), B (2nd fret) and C (3rd fret).

Exercise:
Play these fifth string notes with a down/up picking motion.