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<span class="text">[[Guitar Parts and Functions|Parts]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Holding the Guitar and Pick|Playing]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Basic Technique|Technique]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Tuning and Harmonics|Tuning]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Music Theory Basics|Theory]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Position]]</span>
<span class="text">[[1st String]]</span>
<span class="text">[[1st and 2nd Strings - Intervals|Intervals]]</span>
<span class="text">[[2nd and 3rd Strings|2nd/3rd Strings]]</span>
<span class="text">[[4th, 5th, and 6th Strings|Other Strings]]</span>
<span class="text">[[C Major in Open Position and Alternate Picking|Alt. Picking]]</span>
<span class="text">[[C Major Chord|C Major]]</span>
<span class="text">[[G Major Chord|G Major]]</span>
<span class="text">[[F Major Chord|F Major]]</span>
<span class="text current">[[E Minor, D Minor, and A Minor Chords|Minor Chords]]</span>
<span class="text">[[Music Theory - Diatonic Chord Progressions|Progressions]]</span>
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We've just learned the open position C, F, and G Major chords. Now let's learn some minor chords: E Minor, D Minor, and A Minor. E Minor consists of (E G B), D Minor contains (D F A), and A Minor has (A C E). A minor chord consists of root, minor third above root, and perfect fifth above root. The only difference between a major chord and a minor chord is the 3rd. For a major chord, the 3rd is the major 3rd; for a minor chord it is the minor 3rd.