Many thanks to Marc-Andre Seguin from JazzGuitarLessons.net for providing this guest post. Learn more about the author at the end of the post. Even if you have no intention of ever being a jazz guitarist, learning the vocabulary is essential to anyone looking to really expand their understanding of improvisational music and music in general. […]
What are Augmented Chords on Guitar
A couple of weeks back I did a post on diminished chords, this week I’ll take a look at Augmented chords on guitar. First let’s take a look at chord structure and then we’ll get into the nitty gritty of the Augmented chord. This assumes you have some knowledge of the musical alphabet. If you’re […]
5 Ways to Play the G chord on Guitar
The G major chord is one of the first chords learned by most guitarists and it’s a go to in a huge number of songs. But many guitarists only know how to play it one or two ways. This post will show you 5 different ways to play the G chord on guitar. G Chord […]
5 Ways to Play the B chord on Guitar
There are many ways to play the B chord on guitar. Below are 5 of those ways. Learning how to play the same chord in different ways and around different parts of the fretboard is a great way to add to your repertoire and can really help you to change the flavor of a song, […]
5 Ways to Play the E chord on Guitar
Below are 5 different ways to play the E chord on guitar. Once you’ve mastered some of the basic chords on guitar it’s a great idea to learn different chords – like 7th chords, sus4 chords etc. But there’s another way you can expand your repertoire – and that’s by learning how to play the […]
5 Ways to Play the F Chord on Guitar
This post will show 5 different ways to play the F chord on guitar. Once you’ve mastered some of the basic chords on guitar it’s a good idea to start learning different chords – like 7th chords, sus4 chords etc. But another way you can expand your repertoire is learning how to play chords in […]
How to Play Minor 7th Chords on Guitar
Learning how to play and construct minor 7th chords on guitar is a great way to expand your repertoire and add richness to your playing. And like most chords they aren’t as daunting as they sound. The only difficulty in playing these chords, if any, comes from having something new to learn – but once you […]
How to Play Major 7 Barre Chords on Guitar
Last week we looked at playing open major 7th chords. This week we are going to cover major 7 barre chords. Why learn Major 7ths as barre chords? You may wonder what the point is of learning major 7th chords in the form of barre chords. There are a couple of good reasons for this: […]
How to Play Major 7th Chords on Guitar
This post will teach you how to play and construct Major 7th chords on guitar. Major 7th chords are commonly confused with “dominant 7th chords but the two are different chords altogether. What are Major 7th Chords Major 7th chords are major chords with a “major” 7th. On the other hand, dominant 7th chords (the […]
How to Play 7th Barre Chords on Guitar
Last week we looked at playing the most common open position 7th chords. This week I will show you how to play 7th barre chords. There are a couple of advantages to learning 7th chords in the form of barre chords. Why Learn Barre 7th Chords? Firstly, they are easy to change to from major […]
Learn to Play the Basic Open 7th Chords on Guitar
Playing open 7th chords on guitar is really quite simple – especially if you have already mastered playing major and minor open chords. And they can add a distinct flavor to your playing. Not to mention that a lot of songs you probably want to learn incorporate the use of 7th chords. A lot of […]
Learn How to Play Barre Chords on the Guitar
Apart from the initial strengthening of your fingers learning how to play barre chords is one of the easiest and most useful things you can do on a guitar. What is a barre chord? A barre chord is simply a guitar chord where one of your fingers, usually your index (1st) finger presses down on […]
The Basic Guitar Chords For Beginners and How to Play Them
The following basic guitar chords for beginners will form the foundation of your chords. Learning these chords and their shapes will help you in learning many other chords. Not only that, there are also hundreds of songs you can learn that involve just these basic open chords. The first part of this post will explain […]