Tip: The Minor 7 b5
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.
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.
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.
This is a chord you see a lot of before going to a minor key, and that’s one of the reasons it sounds dangerous when we hear it.
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We’re looking at ninth chords. We’ve reached the dominant 9 chord and want to find out what scales we can play over D9 and where can to use this chord.