Re: guitar chords

Joshua,

If you wanted to convert the actual notes of a guitar chord to the 
corresponding
notes then you could consult a guitar chord chart to work out the notes of
each of the six strings.

For example.  The C chord consists of the notes C E G but a guitar chord 
will have
duplicated notes, for example   e  c e g c e so you have the E note 
repeated but
at different octaves.

Understanding chords  firstly requires you know the notes of each scale
then how a chord is constructed.

A major chord uses the 1st 3rd and 5th note of a scale.
So for C major,  the notes are C D E F G A B C'  (the C is an ocatve 
above the first)...

Perhaps you could elaborate on what you are trying to achieve?
For example, given a chord you may want to play the notes in an arpeggio
or fingerpicking pattern.

Charles


Joshua N Pritikin wrote:

>Do you have any idea how to convert guitar chords into MIDI?  I mean,
>what is the mapping from stuff like "Em C D B7 Em" into notes?
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