New Standard Tuning C-G-D-A-E-G of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft

Harmonization of diatonic major scale on C

Progressions of chords: Triads and sevenths
Steel-string (acoustic or electric) guitar
Kiefer Wolfowitz
Overtones
OOOOOO O OO
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  A



G 



  
G

C G D E C C





8



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0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 3 3 3


0 0 5 5 5
0 0 0 5 5 5
0 0 0 0 0 0

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Diatonic major scale on C: Second position (frets 2-5), four notes per string

 










8






0 2 4 5
0 1 3 5
0 2 3 5


0 2 3 5
0 2 4 5
0 2 4 5

Seventh chords, R-5-3-7 Bm7 5

Dm7 G7
CM7 X X
X X
X X
x
OO X X vii

  
Am7
 
FM7
 
Em7 CM7
  
 
13

 
   

  
8
 
 22 3 5 7
1
2
3
3
5
5
7
7


3 5 7 0 2 3 5
0 2 4 5 0 2 4 5
0 2 4 5

Triads: 3 consecutive strings from R-5-3-R-5-x Bdim

X

C Dm x
X
OO O
C

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Am

G


F

Em 2

2

2
 
1

2
 
2
 
2

   
17

     
      
8

 332
0 0
5 7 8 10 12 13 15
5 7 8 10 12 14 15


3 5 7 9 10 12 14
0 2 4 5 7 9 10 12
0 2 4 5 7 9 11 12
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 2 Steel-string (acoustic or electric) guitar
Triads: Inversions (and permutations)
C Bdim X X X

OO O
Dm x x
X X X
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8


 332 2 32
0 0 0 2 2 2 10 10 10
3 0 3 5 5 1 5 13 13 10 13
3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 14 14 14 14 14


2 2 3 3 3 3 3 12 12 12 12 12
0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 2 2 2 11 11 11

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