The Chord Cookbook Compendium © 2008 Matthieu Brandt

Open Position Chords - Major and Minor Triads

Definition : Major and Minor Chords, that use one or more open strings
with 3 different notes: the root, the third and the fifth.
Some of these notes can be doubled.
Chord Formula : Major Triad = 1-3-5 & Minor Triad = 1-b3-5
Styles of Music : Folk, Country, Singer Songwriter, Pop, Rock, Americana, etc.
Examples : House of the Risin’ Sun (The Animals), A Horse With No Name (America)
Riders on the Storm (The Doors), Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel), etc.