Beginner Open String Guitar Chords Part 1
Ok, you just got your guitar and your sitting there pondering on where to begin, your asking yourself what chords should I learn. Bar chords, what's a 7th chord, what's a major chord and on and on.
The 10 Different Seventh Chords
In this lesson you will see all ten different seventh type chords. Includes Diminished, Half Diminished, Minor Seventh, Dominant Seventh, Seventh Diminished 5th, Major Seventh and more. All chords are in the key of C for easy reference.
12 Bar Blues Using II V Chords
The II V I progression is used mostly in jazz music. They add a nice resolving feel to the root chord. For example instead of resolving from E7 to A7 you would now resolve to A7 by adding a II V progression which would be (B-7 E7) then finally A7 the I chord.
Basic 12 Bar Blues Form
For those of you that are just starting out and like listening to the blues this file is for you. Blues is one of the simplest forms of music but can be improvised and made more interesting by using altered chords, inversions and more.
Triad Improvisation Part 4. Final
In our last installment "Triad Improvisation Part 4", we will take a look at triads on the 6,5,4 strings on the guitar. Again we will use the major chord forms as a reference to keep things simple.
Triad Improvisation Part 3.
In this installment "Triad Improvisation Part 3". We will take a look at triads on the 5,4,3 strings. Again we will use the major chord forms as reference to keep things simple. The major form is the first chord in each example followed by augmented, minor then diminished. You should also memorize each form.
Triad Improvisation Part 2.
This is the 2nd installment of our 4 part Triad Improvisation lesson. We will take a look at the triads on the 4,3,2 strings of the guitar. As mentioned in part one, a triad is a chord with only 3 notes and they are built by using the (1) Root (3rd) and (5th) of the scale.
Triad Improvisation Part 1.
In this lesson/article entitled "Chord Triad Improvisation Part 1." we will take a look at chord triads on the 3,2,1 strings of the guitar. A chord triad is a chord that contains only 3 notes. They are built by using the (1) Root (3rd) and (5th) intervals of the major scale if the triad is major. In the key of G the notes in a G major triad would be G (Root), B (3rd), D (5th).
Chord Progressions
Chord progressions are the basis of playing and to set a basic foundation of rhythm. The first thing you must do is find a key which you would like to work in. Let's take the key of C for example. The notes in the C Major Scale are C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C. Now take the degrees of these notes and write them out.
Adding Color to Dominant Chords Moving Chromatically
In this lesson we will show you a cool an easy way to look at dominant type chords and how to add color to them. We will add the intervals b9, 9, #9, 11, #11, b13, 13. We will start with 3 dominant chord forms on the inside 4 strings 5, 4, 3, 2 (E7,E9).