Though we could use the open sixth string as the root here, there’s no need, as it appears on the fifth string. This also makes this chord movable, so it’s worth investigating whether other ...

For this open tuning lesson ... minor 3rd to make a major chord in this minor tuning. The G chord is the fifth chord of G major and completes our three-chord trick of C/G-F-G.

The final chord of Thomas Tallis’ If ye love me is an open fifth – there is no third. This is frequently found in Renaissance music. A false relation is a type of dissonance that occurs in ...