Learning about guitar chords, how they are made, what notes they contain and why you should learn the notes is an important step for beginners. As you move beyond the beginner level you’ll want to improve at changing chords smoothly and start making barre chords without too much fuss. Check out our handy guitar chord dictionary for help with the most common guitar chords.
One of the best ways to cement what you learn on guitar, believe it or not, is to learn some of the basics of a different instrument. Guitar Noise extends a hearty “welcome back” to Bruce Fleming, who takes some of the rudiments of music theory and shows how to apply it to the keyboard, enabling you to get started with making chords.
A “ii V I” is a mini chord progression that sets up a key center. The min7b5 is a chord that doesn’t seem to get a whole lot of play and that’s a shame.
In this tip we look at the often over-looked min7b5 chord. We’ve how it can replace a dom 7 chord. This time we’ll see how it replaces a tonic minor chord.
In this guitar chord tip we’re looking at the min7b5 chord. This chord doesn’t get a lot of press, but it’s pretty useful. Let’s take a closer look at why.
Where does the sharp eleven chord come from? We’ve already explored ninths and fifths, now let’s see what this chord is used for.
In a previous tips we tried tinkering with a chord’s 9. In this guitar tip we are going to take a closer look at a major chord’s 5. See what you learn.
When you learn a scale or a chord, you can increase your fretboard knowledge if you translate that shape to as many different places as possible.
In this guitar tip we’re going to learn how to transfer patterns – including chords, scales, whatever – across strings.