string chords

[rinoa_chan_]

ok, so I was wanting to try out a lil violin or guitar before I head back to college and I am trying to figure out the notes. I figured out the chord charts, but if there is a chord where you strum strings 6,4,3,2,1 and push down say strings 3,2,1, how do you skip strumming string 5?
Also- wtf do all these mean?

C major:
C minor
C 7
C m7
C maj7
C 7b5
C 7#5

Comments

[animeangelblue]

Major is usually a regular triad. It'll have the root of the chord ((in the case of C, a C)) then the major third above - in this case an E, and then a perfect 5th above that, being the last note which is G.

Minor is the similar to a major chord, only difference is its root, minor third, perfect 5th.

C 7 is a C major chord with an added 7th above it. Usually its a minor 7th above.

Cm7 is a C minor chord with the added m7th above

C maj7 is the C major chord, with a major 7th added

C 7b5 is a C major 7 chord with the 5th note flat.

C 7#5 is a C major 7 with the 5th note sharped.

Basically also if you see anything capital its automatically a Maj, if you see it lowercase, its generally a minor.

so C = C major
c = c minor

I'm trying to keep it simplistic as possible... but the music major in me likes to make it confusing sometimes

G'luck~! if you do need more help lemme know, I'll try to break it down easier....