Chords You Must Know
A course such as this requires you to know a few chords so you can practice all the various strumming techniques in each lesson. Mastery of strumming certainly can’t be realized until you also master a few
A course such as this requires you to know a few chords so you can practice all the various strumming techniques in each lesson. Mastery of strumming certainly can’t be realized until you also master a few
If you’re looking for chords that sound a little more rich and have a lush quality – look no further. In this lesson you’ll learn the major9 chord. This chord is built from the major7 chord and
Now that you have a good feel of major arpeggios you’ll want to compliment them with minor arpeggios. If you’re playing over a minor chord or playing through a melody you’ll feel more comfortable understanding the arpeggio
Double stops make up a huge part of what country guitar is about. You will hear these in every song on your local country station! So, what is a double stop? Two notes played simultaneously usually with
You can also approach the 1 hord from a whole step below. In this lesson, you’ll see that a Bb7 can sub for a G7 to resolve to the Cmaj7. This is a nice sound that rounds out
Power chords and open chords are all very important however, Rock guitar can’t truly exist without barre chords. These chord forms are based on the open chord shapes but use the first finger as a “barre” to
Pentatonics are very popular in Blues soloing and can be applied in many different ways. For the most part you have 2 main pentatonic scales: major and minor. For this lesson we’re looking at the minor variety
Altered chords most commonly occur on dominant chords. The whole idea behind a dominant chord is to provide motion within a chord progression by adding tension and then resolving to a consonant chord. It’s very popular to
The most popular chords in G are the G, C and D chords. The same rules apply here as for the Key of C in the previous lesson. Here's an example of what I mean below ...
At the heart of country guitar playing is a technique called, “Hybrid” picking. It’s a very dynamic technique allowing the guitarist to pick lower notes and pluck higher notes with their fingers. Double-stops, single notes and ghosted