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Movable Chord Shapes for Guitarists – A shape

Movable Chord Shapes for Guitarists – A shape

by | Mar 1, 2024 | Guitar

Following on from the previous post, I’m looking at movable chord shapes on the 3 thinnest strings.  These shapes are really useful when:- you want to create high versions of chords to fill out/add higher voicing to the sound of the lower open chords you want more...
Understanding Chord Names

Understanding Chord Names

by | Jan 22, 2024 | Guitar, Music Theory

This article sets out to shed some light on the world of chords and bewildering array of letters, numbers and symbols that define them. The first thing to understand is that chord names are split into two halves The pitch of the chord The type of chord The Pitch of...
Understanding Chord Names

Understanding 7 Chords

by | Jan 22, 2024 | Guitar

There are three main kinds of 7 chords – Dominant 7 – usually just “7” Major 7, and Minor 7 Dominant 7 is the most common, but also the most complicated to explain, so we’ll start with the other 2! But first, a little chord theory. All the major and minor chords you...
Make ordinary chords sound amazing – 2

Make ordinary chords sound amazing – 2

by | Sep 16, 2023 | Guitar

For this regular feature, I take a common chord progression of the sort you might find in many pop/folk/rock songs and show you some interesting ways to play the chords.  Something other than standard strumming of the basic chords.  This is invaluable for coming up...
Make ordinary chords sound amazing

Make ordinary chords sound amazing

by | Sep 10, 2023 | Guitar

For this article, I take a common chord progression of the sort you might find in many pop/folk/rock songs and show you some exciting ways to breathe new life into them.  Something other than standard strumming of the basic chords.  This is invaluable for coming up...