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Category: Guitar instruction

Exploring the 7 chord

Picture of man playing an A major 7 chord
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Learn all about the different variations of the 7 chord, how to make them on guitar, and what the differences between them are

Published July 26, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged Abbey Road, diminished chords, diminished seventh chords, George Harrison, Half diminished chords, intervals, James Bond, major 7, major chords, minor 7, minor chords, minor major 7, musical intervals, Something, The Beatles

What is a sus chord and how do you use it?

Man playing a Dsus4 chord on guitar
Image by brunamereu from Pixabay

Lean what a sus chord is, how to play them for the five open major chords, and why they’re useful chords for you to know

Published July 6, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged intervals, Led Zeppelin, major chords, minor chords, scale degrees, Stairway to Heaven, sus chord, suspended chord

How to use a bass run to connect chords

Man playing bass run on guitar
Image by Juraj Varga from Pixabay

Learn how the bass run gives you a powerful technique to transition between chords to add interest and variety to your playing in any genre

Published June 27, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged bass, bass run, chord changes, chord progressions, Chords

How to easily remember the minor pentatonic scale shapes

A guitar neck in sunrise
Image by Maybe Probably from Pixabay

Learn a simple shape that reveals all minor pentatonic scale shapes on guitar and makes it easy to understand and move between scale boxes

Published June 20, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged guitar solos, improvisation, lead guitar, minor pentatonic, pentatonic scale

How do you play notes between chords?

Man playing notes between chords
Image by lucasvieirabr from Pixabay

Learn to play notes between chords on guitar to move to a new level and make your playing far more interesting and fun for you and listeners.

Published June 11, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Mayer, major pentatonic, major scale, minor pentatonic, minor scale, stevie ray vaughn

How to play diminished chords on guitar

Man playing diminished chords on guitar
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Learn how to make diminished chords on guitar and how to use them to create tension and release in your guitar playing for added interest

Published June 3, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged bar chords, barre chords, diminished chords, diminished seventh chords, Half diminished chords, harmonized scale, jazz

The anatomy of an A chord on guitar

Open A chord on guitar
Image by Katrina_S from Pixabay

Learn how much more useful technique and knowledge the open A chord on guitar holds than the simple cowboy chord you might have thought it is

Published May 26, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged alternating bass notes, bar chords, barre chords, chord inversions, major chords, major triad, open chords, power chords

How to use alternating bass notes to add interest to chords

Man hand playing alternating bass notes on guitar
Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay

Learn how the alternating bass note technique works, how to play it with various chords, and how it adds interest to your playing

Published May 22, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged bar chords, barre chords, country, Country Blues, folk music, major chords, open chords

How to harmonize the major scale on guitar

Harmonize the major scale on guitar artwork
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Learn to easily harmonize the major scale on guitar with a simple pattern that unlocks the chord structure of any major key

Published May 20, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged diminished chords, major chords, major scale, minor chords, relative minor

The anatomy of an E chord on guitar

Man playing E chord on guitar
Image by rafiz fera from Pixabay

Learn key understandings that the open E chord on guitar provides including moveable shapes, triads, the major pentatonic scale and more.

Published May 14, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged bar chords, major pentatonic, major triad, pentatonic scale, triads

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