Today we will learn what are Minor Chords and how you can play them in your guitar. If you want to learn how to play Major Chords in guitar check Riff Church.

What are Minor Chords?

Minor Chords are chords formed by a root, a minor third and a fifth, so if we have the C scale:  C (root) – D (2) – E (3) – F (4) – G (5) – A (6) – B (7) – C

We need to play “C Eb G” to have a minor chord, if we play “C E G” we will have a major chord.

Whats the difference between Major and Minor Chords?
The only difference between a major and minor chord is the Third, with minor chords you have to use the minor third and with major chords you use the major third, the difference between major and minor thirds is a half step. So again if we play C Major (C E G) and we play C Minor (C Eb G) you can see there’s only a half step difference between E and Eb.

Here you have a chart with the most common Minor Chords in guitar, learn this cause its very useful.

You can find more about Minor and Major Chords here: Learn How to Play Minor Chords in Guitar. Or if you want to learn a lot about chords, arpeggios and more check this Jamorama online guitar course review: Jamorama Guitar Lessons