Worksheets for Guitar and Theory

The following are links to PDF Worksheets we have used from time to time. These had been created to complement being with people in person, though by sharing them here, maybe they too can be of assistance to others who are starting out on guitar, or or who are studying some basics with music theory.

• Music Notation - Describes the many types of notation used for guitar playing.

• Guitar Chords - An intro to major, minor, and seventh chords.

• Tuning & Fingers - These charts are for showing basic notes for tuning a guitar, and for showing how certain fingers are used at certain frets for some beginning chords. 

• Chord Pairs - This chart of chords pairs is offered as starting point for learning how to switch back and forth between two chords - which can be a challenge for beginners. (See "Chord Pairs" Post for additional information.)

• Chords and Keys - Chart for showing the basic major, minor, and dominant seventh chords for the keys of C, G, D, A, and E.

• Major Scales and Chords - Chart showing different ways of playing the major scale for the keys of C, G, D, and A. The accompanying chords are also shown for each. 

• Guitar Notes - A continuation on the major scale, and scale patterns on the fretboard.

• Bass Notes - The major scale, and scale patterns for the bass guitar. 

• Pentatonic Scales - An intro and discussion on the versatility of this five-note scale. 

Hopefully some will find these worksheets helpful - either as tools for learning the guitar or for expanding an understanding of music theory.

Lines and lines and lines... This PDF is for printing out pages of lines for scoring music in staff or tab notation. Page 1 is all staff; page 2 is pairs of treble and bass staff; page 3 is as pairs of staff and tab; and page 4 is all tab:
     • Staff/Tab notation pages: staff-tab-lines.pdf

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Worksheet: "Chord Pairs"

One of the original worksheets we used for instruction was for learning to switch from chord to chord. The idea was that for some chord pairs, there are certain "anchor" fingers that can stay in place as other fingers find new positions. Initially this was described when we were actually with someone in person, though along with this we also used the following worksheet.

      Link to PDF "Chord Pairs" worksheet 

     The following is offered as an example of taking this consept a step further with finding an improved way to show this online as part of our blog posts. The following is just for two chord pairs though the worksheet lists several more that can be used for practicing the moving from chord to chord.

     The one above is for moving from a C major chord to A minor, which allows two fingers to remain in the same position, while the third moves from the A string, third fret, to the G string second fret. 

     And for this one we are looking at the two chords G major and E minor. The concept though is the same. Remaining fingers (in this case the index finger on the A string) provides an anchor for your hand as other fingers move to new locations. 

     As mentioned earlier, there are other combinations of two chords that are likewise helpful (link to the "Chord Pairs" PDF) for getting used to moving from chord to chord. If this happens to be where you are with your guitar playing, good luck to you. 

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