Dominant 7th Arpeggios In The Open Position
Here’s the five dominant 7th arpeggio shapes as they are found in the open position.Read More »Dominant 7th Arpeggios In The Open Position
Kenny Mann
A Shape Barre Chord Exercises
In these exercises, you are to figure out the barre chord that needs to be played, and apply them to strumming basic quarter notes.
For the first few pages of exercises I’ve include red lettering that Read More »A Shape Barre Chord Exercises
Minor Arpeggio
There are 5 basic shapes you can use to play minor arpeggios. These shapes are called either Cm,Am,Gm,Em, or Dm. They can be easily associated with their minor chord counterparts as seen in the 2nd diagram under each shape.Read More »Minor Arpeggio
Minor Arpeggios In The Open Position
There are 5 basic minor arpeggio shapes in the open position.Read More »Minor Arpeggios In The Open Position
Easy Rider by Blind Lemon Jefferson
Theme Riff Resources Complete Transcription To “Easy Rider Blues” (PDF) Complete Transcription To “Easy Rider Blues” (Power Tab)
Guitar Power Chords Tutorial
Power chords are not really chords. No, really. Hear me out.
Chords are 3 notes or more, whereas power chords only have 2 different notes. A more correct name would be “power intervals” because they only contain two different notes. Usually power chords are composed of the root, a perfect 5th interval, and the root note doubled at a higher pitch (called an octave). Basically they are just like playing perfect 5th intervals and doubling up a note or two.Read More »Guitar Power Chords Tutorial
“Back In The USSR” by The Beatles
Difficulty: Intermediate
Sixth Chord Shapes
A sixth chord is any triad with an added sixth above the root. For example, a major sixth chord built on C (denoted by C6, or CM6) consists of the notes C, E, G, and the added major sixth. Here are the 5 shapes for the sixth chord found in the open position. Other sixth chords (such as F6 and B6) can only be played by using a barred form of one of these 5 shapes.Read More »Sixth Chord Shapes
D Shape Sixth Chord Barred
D6 Open D6 Barred (the audio example is G6 with it’s root on the 5th fret) Fret/Chord Chart You can determine the name of the… Read More »D Shape Sixth Chord Barred