Guitar Chords 101

Guitar Chords: An Introduction   In this lesson, you’ll learn a little about guitar chords and what you can expect in subsequent lessons. I’ll give… Read More »Getting Started

Beyond Open Chords Open chords are great, but all chords can’t be played in the open position. You’ll notice that there are chords that seem… Read More »Beyond Open Chords: Barre Chords Mini Course

The G/B chord is a slash chord or slashed chord, also called a compound chord. A slash chord is a chord whose bass note or inversion is indicated by the addition of a slash and… Read More »G/B Chord

Major 7th Chords PDF Where major and minor triads have 3 different notes, 7th chords have 4.  The major seventh chord refers to where the “seventh” note is… Read More »Chord Substitution: Major 7th Chords

Open String Thing PDF Example 1 In our first example we’ll play around with the open C chord’s open strings. Example 2 Let’s do the same… Read More »Fun With Open Strings

(audio example is A#/Bb root on the 1st fret) Fret/Chord Chart You can determine the name of the chord when the root (lowest) note is played… Read More »A Minor Shape Barre Chord

Learn how to play this important barre chord shape. Fret/Chord Chart You can determine the name of the chord when the root (lowest) note is played… Read More »A Shape Barre Chord

The C major seventh (also know as  CM7, Cmaj7).   Where major and minor triads have 3 different notes, 7th chords have 4. We can construct the CM7 chord by  taking… Read More »Cmaj7 (C major seventh chord)

The D minor seventh (also know as  Dm7, D-7).  The notes include the root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh. Dm7 (D minor seventh chord)… Read More »Dm7 (D minor seventh chord)