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== G Major ==
{{Crumbs|blue|1
|G Major and E Minor#G Major|G Major
|G Major and E Minor#E Minor|E Minor
|G Major and E Minor#Open Position Chord Voicings|Open Pos. Chords
|G Major and E Minor#Sample Song in G Major|Sample Song
|G Major and E Minor#Why Use Different Keys?|Why Different Keys?
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=== Diatonic Chords ===
G Major contains the following diatonic chords:
== E Minor ==
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|G Major and E Minor#G Major|G Major
|G Major and E Minor#E Minor|E Minor
|G Major and E Minor#Open Position Chord Voicings|Open Pos. Chords
|G Major and E Minor#Sample Song in G Major|Sample Song
|G Major and E Minor#Why Use Different Keys?|Why Different Keys?
}}
=== Diatonic Chords ===
E (Natural) Minor contains the following diatonic chords:
== Open Position Chord Voicings ==
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|G Major and E Minor#G Major|G Major
|G Major and E Minor#E Minor|E Minor
|G Major and E Minor#Open Position Chord Voicings|Open Pos. Chords
|G Major and E Minor#Sample Song in G Major|Sample Song
|G Major and E Minor#Why Use Different Keys?|Why Different Keys?
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Here are open position chord voicings for G Major and E Minor. Notice that 4 of these are already well-known from C Major. D is already known from the [[Other Open String Chords#D Major|other open string chords]] lesson. The only new ones are Bm and F{{s}}{{dim}}. Bm is difficult to make use of open strings, so it uses the [[Barre Chords#5 String - A Shapes|common 5-string barre shape]]. Really only F{{s}}{{dim}} is new, and unfortunately diminished triads can have some nasty shapes. The [[7th Chords#Half Diminished|7th chord varieties]] actually make more sense, but we haven't gotten that far quite yet.
== Sample Song in G Major ==
{{Crumbs|blue|4
|G Major and E Minor#G Major|G Major
|G Major and E Minor#E Minor|E Minor
|G Major and E Minor#Open Position Chord Voicings|Open Pos. Chords
|G Major and E Minor#Sample Song in G Major|Sample Song
|G Major and E Minor#Why Use Different Keys?|Why Different Keys?
}}
Here is a very simple song using a I - IV - V - I progression in G Major. The chord progression is written above the tab. You can apply rhythm to it however you like, as discussed [[Applying Rhythm to Chords|in a prior lesson]]. The melody written in the tab basically just ascends the G Major scale, playing the root of the chord in the harmony on the downbeat of each measure.
== Why Use Different Keys? ==
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|G Major and E Minor#G Major|G Major
|G Major and E Minor#E Minor|E Minor
|G Major and E Minor#Open Position Chord Voicings|Open Pos. Chords
|G Major and E Minor#Sample Song in G Major|Sample Song
|G Major and E Minor#Why Use Different Keys?|Why Different Keys?
}}
So if everything is relative and any major key is going to be roughly the same as any other major key, what's the point of using different keys? Why not write everything in C Major?
* [[Circle of Fifths]]
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