Relative Minor and Major | CAGED Overview 10/10

Garret's Guitar Lessons

This is a basic rundown of a simple way to find what the relative minor or major is. How is this useful? To see how and what chords, scales and arpeggios are similar.

4th finger on the major - a finger to a fret - 1st finger is your relative minor
1st finger on the major - a finger to a fret - 4th finger is your relative major

Take a look and compare the scales (and pentatonics) of these sets.
C major - A minor
G major - E minor

With a skipping strings these sets also work:
E major - one fret lower than the E major root note - D minor
A major - two frets higher than the A major root note - G minor
D major - two frets higher than the D major root note - C minor

I show them first as their major and minor scales because you utilize and hear them as different scales. The shapes and notes may be the same but the way you use them is the trick. Always start and end on the root note!

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