Chords Guitar Lessons
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4:28
Open Voiced Triads: Major
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello again! In this tutorial, we are going to talk about open voiced triads.
What are open voiced triads? Well, to understand open voiced triads is might be best to first learn what close voiced triads are.
A close voiced triad is what ...
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2:55
Open Voiced Triads: Diminished
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Next, the diminished triad. Again, we'll be in the key of D but this time we're using the 7 chord, C# diminished. Root inversion with the root in the bass.
1 - b5 - b3
1st inversion with the 3rd in the bass.
b3 - 1 - b5
2nd invers...
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2:02
7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
It's about time we have an R&B guitar lesson! And in this tutorial we're going to focus on R&B embellishments on two common 7th chord shapes. Over the last couple of years, this style of guitar playing has become popularized by players l...
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3:18
7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Major 7th
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
First, we will talk about major 7th chords. Specifically a drop 2 E major 7th chord with the root on the 5th string. We'll start with the basic voicing of root, 5th, 7th, 3rd, 5th. We'll then remove the pinky, giving us root, 5th, 7th, 9th, 5th.
By ...
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3:02
7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Minor 7th
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now we will talk about minor 7th chords. Specifically a drop 2 E minor 7th chord with the root on the 5th string. We'll start with the basic voicing of root, 5th, b7th, b3rd, 5th.
In this case, the common extensions are the b7th (1st string), ...
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0:54
7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Playthrough
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
I hope you enjoy this song I've created for practice/application purposes. Listen closely for the correct phrasing.
Then when you're ready to apply it, head on over to the next page for the backing track!
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0:54
7th Chord Embellishments in R&B - Backing Track
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Enjoy the backing track!
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1:00
Drop Tuned Triads: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
Hi all!
For this tutorial we'll be covering drop tuned major and minor voicings.
Although I am using a 7 string in this tutorial you can use a 6, 7, or 8 string guitar as long as you are in a traditional drop tuning.
In these examples we will o...
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4:30
Drop Tuned Triads: Major
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings.
The first is our root inversion in C major.
C - G - E
1 - 5 - 3
The second voicing is our 1st inversion.
E - C - G
3 ...
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3:07
Drop Tuned Triads: Minor
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
Like I said in the previous video we'll be covering three different voicings each occurring on the lower 3 strings.
The first is our root inversion in C minor.
C - G - Eb
1 - 5 - b3
The second voicing is our 1st inversion.
Eb - C - G
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4:29
Quartal Triad Comping - Intro & Quartal Theory
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to construct triads using the 4th scale degree.
The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E.
All we have to do from here is build our chords in the intervals of a Root - 4th - 5th.
Pay...
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4:35
Quartal Triad Comping - Triad Inversions
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E.
Inversions come into play when you want to replace the root with another note within the chord. So say we have the triad E Major4.
Root position would be E - A# - B. 1st inversion ...
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0:58
Quartal Triad Comping - Root Position
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E.
Here we have our root position triads in diatonic order starting from E-A#-B. Simply build a 4th triad off of each scale degree.
Read the tabs and pay close attention to the video ...
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0:55
Quartal Triad Comping - 1st Inversion
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E.
Here we have our 1st inversion triads in diatonic order starting from A#-B-E. Simply build a 4th triad off of each scale degree.
Read the tabs and pay close attention to the video ...
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0:34
Quartal Triad Comping - 2nd Inversion
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The key here is E Major Lydian. E - F# - G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E.
Here we have our 2nd inversion triads in diatonic order starting from B-E-A#. Simply build a 4th triad off of each scale degree.
Read the tabs and pay close attention to the video ...
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2:34
Quartal Triad Comping - Comping Playthrough & Wrap-Up
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
When all is said and done...use your ear. Visualizing the fretboard is an eye and ear endeavour. So when it comes to comping in a real life setting, it should be understood that playing off of the soloist and other musicians is the key to standing ou...
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1:20
Quartal Triad Comping - Backing w/Solo
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Here is the backing with a solo example. Next page has the backing by itself.
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1:20
Quartal Triad Comping - Backing
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Enjoy the backing track and practice hard!
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3:06
Chromatic Line Test - Descending
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
In this lesson I show a way to move through chord progessions (II, V, I, VI in this case) while keeping a descending chromatic line on the top. This is not easy and will encourage you to find new voicings and ultimately be able to play advanced chord...
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2:53
Chromatic Line Test - Ascending.
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
In this lesson I show a way to move through chord progessions (II, V, I, VI in this case) while keeping an ascending chromatic line on the top. This lesson builds on the previous one so if you have not watched that, then do that first.
Next st...
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2:36
Bossa Nova - Comping
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Latin
In this lesson, I teach you how to play a bossa nova comping style that was taught to me by a Brazilian musician named Weber Lopez. This style seems simple but it is much harder than it appears. Practice slowly.
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2:51
Jazz in the style of Freddie Green
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
In this lesson, I explain the guitar style of Freddie Green, who was the guitar player in the Count Basie Big Band. For any aspiring jazz musician, this is a must style to know how to do. I get asked to play this style very often when playing in big ...
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2:41
Voice Leading: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Hello once again!
In this tutorial we will be covering voice leading. In our example we will take a look at a common jazz standard and how we can approach the changes using drop 2 chord voicings with the proper voice leading technique.
We wil...
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2:52
Voice Leading: Demo and Breakdown
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
As I mention in the video, you may recognize this popular jazz standard.
NOTE: Please refer to the tab below for the chords.
Okay, when it comes to voice leading, the main idea is to swiftly move through the chord changes without many large interva...
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3:06
Voice Leading: Recap and Outro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
We've come to the end. :(
I've taken the liberty to further explain the value of knowing how to voice lead as a guitarist. I apologize for any ranting but I always try to stress the importance of every topic I teach my students. All knowledge is goo...
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3:20
Free
Spicing up the Blues - Sliding 9th Chords
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Hi everyone! In this lesson, I'm going to show you a basic way to slide 9th chords to create colour when playing the blues. I use this sound often as it is very colourful, yet also very simple and powerful. See the notation below for the voicings.
W...
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2:35
4th Voicings - Introduction
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello again IG!
Here's something I've been wanting to share with you guys for a while but for some reason or another I just decided to discuss other topics.
The 4th voicing!
Oh how simple it is! But wait! It can be a hard concept to use within you...
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1:27
4th Voicings - String Set 3-2-1
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
One thing I'd like to point out right way is that in the examples I've excluded the voicings based on string set 3-4-5 and set 4-5-6. I've done this for two reasons:
#1. I think one of the most important things for any student to do is to be able to...
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1:50
4th Voicings - String Set 4-3-2
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
On to the next set of strings!
For my personal taste, this is almost to the point of being muddy but it's still very useable.
You'll notice that we once again have 5 repeated shapes and 2 "odd men out". These shapes aren't exactly the same as the o...
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2:50
Playing Slash Chords: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello once again!
I recently had a discussion with a colleague about the importance of being a solid rhythm guitarist.
Chord vocabulary, among other things, is big part of developing as a rhythm guitarist so I thought this would be a great opport...
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3:53
Playing Slash Chords: Basic Shapes
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So the first step is to take our basic open chords (C, A, G, E, D) and move the 3rd to the bass.
The expectation is that once you've seen how to move the 3rd to the bass you can then move the 5th to the bass on your own.
Once we've moved the 3rd we...
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2:26
Playing Slash Chords: Other Shapes
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So I thought I'd go ahead and give you guys another shape I use quite often when composing fusion tunes.
You could say that these chords are Major 9no7 chords with the 9th in the bass. So basically a major triad with the 9th (2nd) in the bass.
For ...
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5:27
Chord Changes for Beginners - Transitions
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hey beginners! I developed this lesson for the purpose of identifying some of the issues associated with difficulty making chord changes. We'll examine three different sets of chords, D & A, E & Am, Am & C. Here in part 1, we'll simply be...
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2:50
Chord Changes for Beginners - Strumming
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So, let's try altering the strumming pattern so that this starts to sound a little more musical, as opposed to like exercises. The rhythm for the strum pattern is as follows:
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2:35
7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello again!
In this tutorial you will be learning the four drop 2 voicings for strings 5-4-3-2 (a-d-g-b).
For those of you unfamiliar with the term "drop 2", it describes the theoretical action that takes place in creating these voicings.
Imagine...
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2:34
7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Major7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Here we go. Major 7 Inversions:
Root Inversion
C-G-B-E or 1-5-7-3
1st Inversion
E-B-C-G or 3-7-1-5
2nd Inversion
G-C-E-B or 5-1-3-7
3rd Inversion
B-E-G-C or 7-3-5-1
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1:48
7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Dominant7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Dominant 7 Voicings:
Root Inversion
C-G-Bb-E or 1-5-b7-3
1st Inversion
E-Bb-C-G or 3-b7-1-5
2nd Inversion
G-C-E-Bb or 5-1-3-7b
3rd Inversion
Bb-E-G-C or 7b-3-5-1
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2:07
7th Chord Inversions: Drop 2 Voicings - Minor7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Minor 7 Voicings:
Root Inversion
C-G-Bb-Eb or 1-5-b7-b3
1st Inversion
Eb-Bb-C-G or b3-b7-1-5
2nd Inversion
G-C-Eb-Bb or 5-1-b3-b7
3rd Inversion
Bb-Eb-G-C or b7-b3-5-1
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2:50
Jazz Blues with Walking Bass Line: Form
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Hello again and Happy New Year!
I hope all of you spent your holidays with good company!
Why not make your new year’s resolution to learn something different than usual? Maybe some jazz blues comping! ;)
In this lesson we'll be covering how ...
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2:15
Jazz Blues with Walking Bass Line: Adding Bass
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Now that we've got the chords down it's time to add our bass line.
In this part of the tutorial we will cover some rules to adding a bass line while comping chords.
There are two main rules to follow.
Rule #1: All bass notes should be quarter note...
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1:32
Jazz Blues with Walking Bass Line: Playthrough
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Onto the real thing!
Make sure that all bass notes are played with the thumb or pick.
The rest of the chord tones should be played with fingers 1, 2, and 3. If using a pick you'd use fingers 2, 3, and 4.
Also keep in mind that the eight notes are ...
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2:08
Mastering Bar Chords - Introduction
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hey guitar enthusiasts! In this tutorial, we're tackling bar chords. We'll examine the best approach to forming a clean-sounding bar chord, and the steps for constructing a ton of cool chords (covering all major, minor, 7, minor 7 and major 7 chords)...
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2:05
Mastering Bar Chords - Locating the Root Notes
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So when we look at any chord, for instance: Abm - the first thing we want to do is find an Ab note. The same would apply for a any chord: Bm (B), C# (C#), Ebm (Eb), D#m (D#), Cmaj7 (C), Ebm7 (Eb) etc. Always identify what the root of the chord is, fi...
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3:06
Mastering Bar Chords - Forming the Chord
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So now that we're familiar with locating any 5 chord, let's get to the barring.
Let's use Am for this example. Using the previous steps, our approach will be to locate an A note (fifth fret on low E string) and add our ring and pinky fingers to form...
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1:38
Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
Hello again!
We'll be taking a different route this time around by talking about chord voicings that can be used when in a dropped tuning.
This is a lesson for those metal players who would like to hear more harmonic depth within their riffs OR for...
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1:49
Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Major Triad & add9
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
The first couple chords will be a major chord and a major add9 chord.
Listen very closley to the explanation in the video and make sure to avoid the high E string while playing the major triad.
However in most situations an add9 will fit fine. I te...
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2:12
Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Major 7 & Extensions
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
Moving on to adding the major 7 and its extensions.
For the major 7 chord it's as simple as sliding your 3rd finger back one fret from what was played for the major triad.
Adding the 9 is the same as in the previous video and adding the 13 is as si...
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3:00
Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Minor Chords
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
On to our minor chords!
This includes a minor triad, minor add9 (2 voicings), minor7, minor9, minor11, and minor13 (2 voicings).
The minor triad is a major triad with the pinky moved down one fret to give us a minor 3rd.
The first voicing fo...
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2:36
Drop Tuned Chord Voicings - Dominant7 & MinMaj7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Metal
These last couple voicings are really just for fun, but I have used them in some of my tunes and I've also heard some band use these or similar voicings.
I may have said "Major Minor 7" in the video but the chord is in fact a Minor Major 7. That jus...
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2:26
Blues Basics - The Chords
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Welcome new guitarists! In this tutorial, I want to focus on getting your first blues progression under your fingers. We'll start by examining three chords (E5, A5 and B5). "5" chords are commonly referred to among guitarists as power chords. These c...
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0:32
Blues Basics - The Progression
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
So let's stick these chords together into an eight-bar blues progression.
1) We start by playing our E5 chord 16 times using a down picking motion.
Remember here, the only two strings that should be sounded are the top two.
Count "1 and 2 and ...
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1:24
Blues Basics - The Riff
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
So the goal here, is to play the exact same chords, for the exact same durations of time with a slight variance. But before we do that, let's examine this variance...
Below, we see the tablature of the repeating E5 chord, however, on beats two and f...
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1:25
Blues Basics - The Blues!
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
So now that we're rockin' the blues riffs, let's stick it back into the blues progression. The same riff variance applies to all three chords.
NOTE: The B5 requires a two fret stretch while maintaining the power chord itself - for those having issue...
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2:55
Introduction To Guitar - Chords
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Chords
A chord is defined as a combination of two or more notes played together in harmony. The best way to dive into the world of chords is to first learn the easiest mechanism for learning them - chord diagrams. Chord diagrams are fairly simplisti...
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2:56
Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hi guys! So this month we'll once again stray from Licking Up the Modes. Although, what we're covering in this tutorial directly relates to the modes and is very helpful.
If you're unfimiliar with the term "diatonic", this basically meens the notes ...
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3:22
Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: Tonic Chord
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
There is are a couple basic rules to follow when thinking about which extensions can be used. (but rules are meant to be broken :) .....sometimes)
#1 extension notes cannot be a half step above a chord tone.
#2 extension notes should not create a t...
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2:45
Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: ii Chord
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now onto our "two" chord (ii).
The chord tones discussed here will directly relate to the matching mode, dorian.
In this case A dorian because the ii chord of Gmaj is Amin7.
A - B - C - D - E - F# - G (A - B - C - &nb...
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2:42
Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: iii & IV Chord
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The iii chord has only one extension and the matching mode is phrygian, in this case B phrygian.
As you can see a knowledge of the modes can come in handy for this tutorial.
Hopefully the explanation in the previous video will help you to understan...
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3:32
Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: V, vi & vii Chord
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now onto our final three chords!
Starting with the V chord.
The V chord also has no avoid notes, although, some people might avoid the 11 because it creates a tritone between the 11 and 7 but plenty of people include the 11.
The V chords matching ...
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1:41
Adding Extensions to Diatonic 7th Chords: Exercise
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
This exercise is just running through each shape in the order seen on the tab below.
Have fun!
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2:23
7-String Essentials - Chords
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So let's start out this lesson by analyzing how chord shapes work with a low B string.
You'll notice that the basic bar-chord shapes remain the same, but we must avoid the G string (and all strings lower) due to the guitar's natural tuning "flaw" ca...
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1:48
Eric Johnson Triads - Concept
Instructor: Martin Miller
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hey friends,
Today we’ll be dealing with a concept that has been fascinating me ever since I came across it: wide interval triads á la Eric Johnson, Steve Morse, etc.
Firstly, let’s look at how these triads are constructed. Here ...
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0:39
Eric Johnson Triads - Chord Melody
Instructor: Martin Miller
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Here’s one of the most exciting applications for these shapes: chord melody!
This is just a quick improvisation I came up with. You’ll soon discover how much fun it is to mess around with these shapes. Their sound on the guitar is very p...
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2:21
Nashville Numbers - Introduction
Instructor: Jody Mac
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Introduction
The Nashville number system allows you to quickly jump into unfamiliar music even without knowing standard notation! As the name suggests, it originated with Nashville studio musicians who needed a quick and easy way to transcri...
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2:10
Free
Nashville Numbers - Holiday Examples
Instructor: Jody Mac
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
Rhythm
This system of interpreting music has a very handy visual method of showing rhythms. All the chords are broken down into measures. When you look at a chart, you can see exactly where the chord occurs. Each chord gets its own measure, ...
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8:24
Alternate Tunings - Part 1: Open E Major
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Welcome to this tutorial on Alternate Tunings!
The aim of this tutorial is not to provide you with tons of different tunings, nor to show you how to tune your guitars to these tunings. Let's assume that you already know how to tune your guitar.
We ...
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4:16
Alternate Tunings - Part 2: Open E Major
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So, in this second example we take a common "country roll" arpeggio (like the one used in my Bridging the gap to Country tutorial), and see how we can use that in this open E tuning. The challenge when trying to apply more scale based licks in an ope...
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6:55
Alternate Tunings - Part 3: DADGAD
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now, the DADGAD-tuning, or open sus4 tuning as it is also called, is a very common tuning in both modern rock, and alternative pop. I guess for the mainstream audience it was brought to light during the grunge-era more than anything else, w...
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6:21
Alternate Tunings - Part 4: DADAAD
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The final tuning is derived from the DADGAD-tuning, and is the same apart from the G being tuned up to A, thus having A on both the second and third string. The use of two identically tuned strings are also a great source of inspiration, an...
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1:58
Rhythm Changes - The Chords
Instructor: Martin Miller
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Now it’s time to get into some actual playing! The repeating form for head and solos is AABA and here’s the original progression (the triangle stands for Major7):
Here is the progression in roman numerals, which is very useful fo...
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1:56
Finger Tone Part 3 - Funky Chord Vamp
Instructor: Jody Mac
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
This lesson builds on what we learned in the previous video. It vamps on a Dm7 chord to achieve a funky rhythmic sound. Although we are only using one chord, the percussive stops and staccato feel give it an interesting flavour to be used across a nu...
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Jingle Bells - Full Performance
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
Well that time of the year has crept out of nowhere on us all again. So let's get in the spirit of Christmas by taking a look at one of the most popular seasonal tunes of all, 'Jingle Bells'.
This particular arrangement is one I made with the classi...
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Jingle Bells - Breakdown Part 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
The most technically demanding aspect of this arrangement is the control of the individual voices.
It is a good idea to study the score away from your guitar and grab a pencil and mark in any inner voices that you feel may need specific attention. I...
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Jingle Bells - Breakdown Part 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
Technically, you may find the position shifts need the most work in this section as the alternation between the chords and the octave figures require considerable shifts from a lower to higher position, and vice versa.
If you are playing classical g...
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Making of a Song - Introduction
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Greeting guitar slingers!
In this tutorial we will analyze a song of mine, still in the making.
The reason for choosing such a song, is to be able to more easily explain a bit about the creative process in which the song develops.
This tutorial wi...
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Making of a Song - Part 1
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Ok, so here we begin with the basic chords upon which I built my melody. The key to any strong melody (at least in my experience) is to be able to sing it. If you work out a melody that you aren't able to sing, you can also be sure that a vast number...
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Making of a Song - Part 2
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
In this part I explain how I took the chords up to a higher position, in order to get a little more of that "john mayer" sound I was going for. Much of it is the same chords (some even the same voicings).
However, as I took these chords up, I also l...
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Making of a Song - Part 3
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Here I explain more about the bridge part of the tune, and show the melody, and how the chords for this came to be. It differs quite a bit from the verse, since it is arpeggiated in a more traditional manner, and also uses the V-chord (F#7 in B minor...
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Making of a Song - Part 4
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
So, now we have covered all the parts leading up to what the song has grown into so far.
The only thing remaining now is to check out what we have so far, and maybe try out a run over the backing track. So, head on over to the next page and give it ...
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Quartal Harmony - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
Hey there Guys! Welcome to this month's tutorial.
This time we'll be looking at a form of harmony known as Quartal Harmony.
Before we get into that though lets have a look at what normal harmony is in a Western context. In the western world we bui...
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Quartal Harmony - How does it sound?
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
In this video I'll try to show you the difference in sound between tertiary harmony (the chords you already know) and quartal harmony.
Remember that we're not dealing with functional harmony anymore so we can play any of the quartal chords from the ...
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Quartal Harmony - Shapes on the middle 4 strings
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
Okay, so here we'll start to learn the construction of these quartal shapes. In the video I outline each shape for you using note names on the fretboard. If you don't know your note names don't fear! The shapes are all represented in the TAB below so...
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Quartal Harmony - Shapes on the top 4 strings
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
Here's the shapes for C dorian on the top 4 strings.
Work through them in the same way without worrying about the Roman numerals over each shape. Remember all of these shapes are basically a C dorian scale harmonised in 4th's. These shapes start fro...
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Quartal Harmony - Applying the Shapes
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
Right - now the important bit! You've learnt the shapes but how do you use them?
Well, you'll have noticed that each quartal voicing or shape has a Roman Numeral above it. These refer to one of the seven modes built from a major scale.
The modes ru...
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Quartal Harmony - Example Grooves
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
Here's two grooves for you, both played over a static C bass pedal. The first groove starts with the IV chord on the note C. I play all the other quartal voicings in relation to this one using the sequence outlined in the tutorial giving me a C lydia...
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Quartal Harmony - Backing Track
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
Here's the backing track for the tutorial. It's a C pedal which you can use to play any set of quartal chords to outline a particular mode as I did in my examples video.
Try making C dorian by starting on the II chord at the note C,
C Phrygian by s...
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Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Solo
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Classical
Hey there and welcome to another lesson with me here at the web's coolest guitar instructional site!
We will be looking at a very popular piece for classical guitar entitled 'Romanza'. There seems to be a variety of titles for this piece but in orde...
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Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Classical
OK, what I think would be a great way of approaching this study would be to play each triplet pattern as a block chord, homophonically just to get those chord shapes under your belt. What I tend to do once I have those is to play each block chord but...
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Classical Guitar Solo: Romanza - Part 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Classical
Exactly the same practice technique can be employed for this section too. It will be a little more challenging however as some of the stretches required by the left hand may need specific practice.
What you must remember is to maintain a nice steady...
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Shell Voicings - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Hi there everyone and welcome to this tutorial on Shell Voicings.
Shell voicings are chords which contain the minimum number of voices or notes required to outline a particular harmonic sound. In other words, if I wanted to play a Cmaj7 chord for ex...
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Shell Voicings - Roots on the 6th String
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
So let's map out these shell voicings on the guitar.
The nice thing about these chords is that they only contain 3 notes so they are pretty easy to play. If you're a beginner trying to figure out blues and jazz chord progressions on the guitar then ...
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Shell Voicings - Roots on the 5th String
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Now let's do the same thing but for shell voicings rooted on the 5th string - A.
Again, we'll do all these voicings from the note G which is located up at the 10th fret of the A string. Learn each voicing as listed below and in the video and then ex...
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Shell Voicings - Applied to the Blues
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Now let's apply these shell voicings we've just learned to a chord progression and specifically a blues pattern.
The blues is a great place to start for this as it usually only contains three chords and they're all dominant 7ths.
For our example he...
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Shell Voicings - Enhancing our Blues
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Our second chord progression is again based in the blues genre but now sounds a lot more like a jazz progression.
As you can see from the TAB below we've added another chord type into the progression in the form of some minor 7th chords and added so...
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Shell Voicings - Using all the Shapes
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Our last chord progression is going to live firmly in the jazz camp. It's still a blues, but it's mainly called a 'Parker Blues'. Named after the famous sax player Charlie Parker, it differs considerably from our standard blues in a few aspects.
Fir...
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Shell Voicings - Build Your Chord Vocabulary
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now, here is the aspect of shell voicings that I think you'll find the most useful. They make a fantastic starting point for building our chord vocabulary.
Due to the fact that they are constructed from the minimum number of notes needed to produce ...
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Scale Chord Voicings - Introduction
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Greetings Guitar slingers!
In this tutorial we will look at the concept of Scale Chords.
The main focus of this tutorial is not chord theory, scale theory, or any theory in general. Of course it always helps if you do have some theoretical knowledg...
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Major Voicings - Part 1
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
To begin with, let’s review what a chord is. A chord is a group of notes derived from a given scale, put together in a cluster. For instance, let’s take the key of Emajor (as presented in the scale charts below). The tonic (I-degree) of E...
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Major Voicings - Part 2
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
OK, in this second part of major voicings, we’re looking at D major. Same idea; map out the scale across the fret board, and find a voicing you like. The difference here is that I have incorporated the open D-string throughout, and just used th...
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Minor Voicings - Part 1
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Time for Minor! In this part we’re looking at the E minor scale. Also, I have chosen other voicings. I found a voicing I really liked, and ran with that. As you will hear this leads to more “fusionesque” tones. The concept is the sa...
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Minor Voicings - Part 2 & Changing Scale Roots
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
So, here I’ve derived my voicings from the same E minor scale, but started out with an Esus4 voicing. I also touch upon another topic here, the topic of key change by altering root. Let’s say you play these voicings over that E-bass note,...
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Outlining Scales & Creating Outside Harmony
Instructor: Richard Lundmark
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
In this last part, I discuss outlining scales. What I mean by this is that just as a voicing or chord has a certain overall quality and texture, an entire scale has a quality of its own. That is, if you run scales up and down, that is one thing, you ...
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Minor Blues - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Hi everyone! Welcome to this tutorial on the minor blues.
The minor blues is much like our beloved standard blues in many ways. It contains 3 primary chords, is generally 12 bars long and doesn't follow our standard ideas of music theory - in other ...
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Minor Blues - Progression 1
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Okay, here we go!
In this first progression we'll only be using our three minor chords in their most basic open string form. All the chord shapes we'll use throughout each progression are given below each example in TAB, standard notation and chord ...
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Minor Blues - Progression 2
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
The transition from progression 1 to progression 2 is a simple one. It's more usual to play minor 7th chords instead of straight minor chords when playing a blues in this way. This is much the same as with a major blues where we'll play dominant 7th ...
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Minor Blues - Progression 3
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Let's make our chords more sophisticated for this 3rd progression. Open string chords aren't going to cut it any more. In this version we still use minor 7th chords but we're going to move up the neck a little and use shapes more usually associated w...
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Minor Blues - Progression 4
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
In progression 3 we had very full sounding chords where we were playing the root note as the lowest note or bass note in each shape. This is fine for solo or duo performances but is a bit of a problem when playing with a bass player. If we have the r...
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Minor Blues - Progression 5
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Right - we're at the final stage now.
Our final alteration will occur in bars 9 and 10 of our progression. We're going to use a classic blues trick using two chords as substitutions for the Dm9 and Em7 already in those bars.
In bar 9 we're going to...
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Minor Blues - Backing Track
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Here's the backing track for progression number 5!
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Melodic Minor Scales - Chord Construction Pt. I
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Just as when we build the seven chords from a major scale, we can build seven chords from our melodic minor scale.
The first thing I want to say is don't worry if you've never studied chord construction at this stage. A separate tutorial will be com...
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Melodic Minor Scales - Chord Construction Pt. II
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Remember that I'm playing these chords in 4ths tuning but the TAB is in standard so my shapes look a little different.
Chord V is built from the note G and is called,
G7#5 or G seven sharp five.
Two voicings are provided.
Chord VI is built from ...
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Classical Guitar Solo - 'Lagrima' by F. Tarrega
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Classical
Welcome!
In today's lesson we will be studying the classical guitar solo written by Spanish composer/guitarist Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909).
Tárrega is considered by many to have been responsible for the revival of interest in the ...
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Classical Guitar Solo - 'Lagrima' part 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Classical
OK, let's take a look at the opening bars.
The first thing that you should be aware of throughout the piece is to balance the bass movement, accompaniment, and melody. The use of rest strokes for the melody can be a very useful way to bring the melo...
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Classical Guitar Solo - 'Lagrima' part 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Classical
For section 2, we have changed key from E major to E minor. I feel that this parallel key change lends itself to emotive composition and can be extremely effective.
Again, make sure you balance each individual part and be sure to achieve a clear, si...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Sus Chord Construction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Fusion
The first thing we have to be able to do in order to use the visualization technique described in this tutorial is understand the concept of a sus4 chord.
A sus4 chord is a chord containing a Root, 4th and 5th (R, 4, 5)
An example of this would be ...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Special Performance
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
Welcome one and all to this very special rendition of the classic Christmas song 'Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas' performed just for you even more special IG'ists.
Snuggle up to the roaring fire and don't forget your steaming cup of cocoa be...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Solo
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
Hope you all enjoyed that 'special' performance lol!
OK, let's get cracking with this rather festive tutorial of an arrangement I made of this classic Christmas song (NO vocals this time I promise!)
Watch the solo in full and when you're done head ...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Part 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
Welcome to part one!
The opening of this arrangement is very homophonic in nature, using a variety of inversions in block chord format. Take for instance the opening bar. In its most basic form we actually have a c major chord accompanying the melod...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Part 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
This section moves away from the previous homophonic approach and incorporates a lot more changes in rhythm with a more jazzy harmony.
It is essential that you sustain the melody wherever possible as it is imperative that it is distinguishable from ...
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Part 3
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Holiday
OK, now we come to the repeat section which is exactly the same as section 1 up until we get to bar 30.
Bars 31-32 may require a little experimentation with left hand positioning if you are using a classical guitar as access to upper frets is restri...
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Anchored Fingers - Explanation
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hi there and welcome to this tutorial on anchored fingers.
"Anchored fingers" refers to the idea that when we change between chords on the guitar, it's very common to keep some fingers in place on the fretboard while we move others. The fingers whic...
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Anchored Fingers - Exercise
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Okay - so here's the TAB/Notation for the exercise. Don't worry too much about the chord names. One thing at a time here, so learn the exercise slowly and accurately and then gradually speed it up until you can feel your finger independence and coord...
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I Vi ii V progression - Chord Substitutions
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Welcome Guitar Players!
Over the next several lessons we are going to be looking at possible chord substitutions that can be used over a 'I Vi ii V' progression.
To begin with, I want you to have a go at this sequence of chords and try and get them...
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I Vi ii V Progression - Tonic Substitute
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Tonic Substitute
The first substitution I want to introduce is called a 'tonic substitute'. It is also known to some as 'two to the right'.
In the key of C Major there are 7 chords. That's one chord for each note in the C Major scale. Every Major k...
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I Vi ii V Progression - minor > Dominant
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Now we are going to experiment with turning some minor chords into Dominant Chords.
Dominant chords generally resolve down to a Perfect 5th. You can see an example of this in our progression via the G7 > Cmaj7 movement.
Typically in pop and rock...
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I Vi ii V Progression - Tri-tone Substitution
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Before we get into Tri-tone substitutions, I owe some people the answer to the homework task from last lesson.
Am7 contains the notes - A C E G also expressed as R b3 5 b7. If the b3 (minor 3rd) of this chord is C, and we know that the only differen...
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I Vi ii V Progression - D7 to Ab7
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
The next chord we are going to manipulate is chord ii (D7), which was earlier a Dm7.
Just as in our previous lesson, we are going to identify the 5th of this chord: D F# (A) C.
Now we lower it by a half step, giving us Ab.
All we do now is use thi...
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I Vi ii V Progression - A7 to Eb7
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
For our final tri-tone substitution, A7 will become Eb7.
We identify the 5th of A7: A C# (E) G. Lower it by a half step. Eb
Build a new Dominant7 chord from Eb. Eb7 = Eb G Bb Db
Once again you will see that the 3rd and 7th of both these chords are...
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Drop D Progressions - Exercise 1
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
Hey everyone! Welcome to the Drop D Chord Progressions Tutorial. I recently did a chord progression tutorial based on standard tuning, but in this one we'll be experimenting with the tunings a bit. We're primarily going to stay in Drop D tuning, howe...
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Drop D Progressions - Exercise 2
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
In this progression, we will be using the following chords: Dadd9, Bsus4, G6, E5.
Just like we did with the last lesson, we'll be using the open B and High E strings throughout the progression. Also, be mindful of how we switch between playing the f...
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Drop D Progressions - Exercise 3 (DADGAD)
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
We're now going to experiment with DADGAD tuning. To go to DADGAD tuning, switch the following strings accordingly from standard tuning:
High E: switch to D B: switch to A G: leave as is D: leave as is A: leave as is Low E: switch to D
So if you we...
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Drop D Progressions - Exercise 4 (DADGAD)
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
Here we have another progression in DADGAD tuning. We will be using the following chords: D5, DMaj7, Gsus2, Asus4.
In this lesson, we'll be picking the chord notes instead of strumming. Be sure to keep the sixteenth notes nice and even.
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Chord Progressions - G, Em, Am, C
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
In this tutorial, we're going to learn a handful of simple chord progressions. I played everything on an acoustic guitar, but the progressions and principles can of course be applied to electric as well.
Let each progression spark ideas for you. Whi...
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Chord Progressions - E, EMaj7, C#m7, Aadd9
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
In the 2nd progression, we're going to use the following chords: E, EMaj7, C#m7, Aadd9. I like this pattern because of how we incorporate the open B and High E strings with each chord. Let those two strings ring out, and that will give a nice themati...
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Chord Progressions - BMaj7, EMaj7, F#, E
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
Next, we'll be using these chords: BMaj7, EMaj7, F#, E. As with most Major 7 progressions, this one sounds very calm and soothing.
Make sure you mute the appropriate strings in this. Anytime you see an "X" in the chord diagram, that means you don't ...
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Chord Progressions - B, D#m, C#, G#, A#
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
In our 4th chord progression, we'll be using the following chords: B, D#m, C#, G#, A#.
Please pay very close attention to the strumming pattern I indicated in the tab. This progression relies heavily on a "flow" type of feel with your strumming hand...
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Chord Progressions - Bsus4, F#m7, C#m7, Aadd9
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
We will now use the following chords: Bsus4, F#m7, C#m7, Aadd9.
This is the first progression where we won't be doing any strumming at all. We'll just be picking. Make sure you pick steadily and those sixteenth notes sound crisp and clear.
Also, ju...
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Chord Progressions - Am, FMaj7, C, Em
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
Okay, time for our 6th progression. We will be using the following chords: Am, FMaj7, C, Em.
For the first three chords (Am, FMaj7, and C), be sure to anchor your index finger on the 1st fret B string since that note is included in all of those chor...
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Chord Progressions - C, G, Am, Em, F (Canon)
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Acoustic
Now, we of course couldn't do a chord progression tutorial without doing a short exercise with the famous "Canon" progression. In this last lesson, we will be using the following chords: C, G, Am, Em, F.
Now that you've learned these chord progressi...
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What are Chords?
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Chords!
A chord is a series of notes played together.
There are hundreds even thousands of chords available to play on the guitar. Once you begin to understand the essentials of building chords, and understanding what defines them. You will be surp...
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Rhythm Changes - The Chords
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
The Chords.
The chord changes for this tune are possibly some of the most used changes in the history of Jazz.
In the first 4 bars we have a I-Vi-ii-V progression, looping. This is commonly known as a 'turn around' and will often be found at the en...
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Rock Chords - The Power Chord
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Welcome Aboard!
Right now we will take a look at 'Power Chords'
At the beginning of this video you will see a short demonstration of Power Chords in action. More often than not you will hear these chords used in Metal/Rock and Pop music.
They are ...
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Simple Chord Progressions - Introduction
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hey all and thanks for joining me!
In this tutorial we will be taking a look at how to play some simple chord progressions with two example progressions to get our teeth into.
To begin with I guess we need to know exactly what chord progressions ar...
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Simple Chord Progressions - Essential Techniques
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Ok lets take a closer look at the role of the left hand.
It is essential at this point that you understand the importance of economising the movement in the left hand. By doing so it will give you the facility to play whatever you wish with the mini...
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Chord Progressions in Practice - Part 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now that you have the techniques needed to play chord progressions lets kick of with our first example which will highlight the use of Anchor finger technique.
Finger 3 of the left hand will be the common thread between our 3 chords here, which are:...
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Chord Progressions in Practice - Part 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
OK it's time to learn our second chord progression example!
This time we will be concentrating on a progression which contains the Guide finger technique.
The chords we will be playing are as follows:
Dmajor - Emajor - Gmajor - Amajor.
The guide ...
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3:51
Barre Chords
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Barre chords, what exactly are they?
Barre chords are chords which enable us to take all of the open chords that we have learned, open chords being the basic chords which incorporate the use of open strings, and play them in different areas of the f...
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Altered 9th
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Welcome.
In my next few lessons I want to lay out some simple structures that I found valuable when altered chords became more a part of my vocabulary.
Although, this is marked as intermediate. Hopefully some of you beginners will be able to catch ...
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3:34
Altered 5th & 13th
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello again!
In this part of the tutorial we are going to have a look at some simple ways to find our altered 5th and 13th voicing's.
Early in the video I emphasized the importance of the Perfect 5th interval. For me, early on when I was learning a...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.1: Major and Minor
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello. Today, I bring you a way to help you build your chord vocabulary by learning how to build different chords. Since there are a multitude of different chords out there, I will break this into parts. In order to fully benefit from this tutorial...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt 2: Dim, Aug, Sus
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Hello, I now bring you part 2 of this tutorial.
To start, we will be working with Augmented, Diminished, Sus4, and Sus2 chords. For simplistic reasons, we will be building these (once again) in the key of C major but the chord formulas (root, major/...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.3: 7th Chords (1)
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
I now bring you part 3, in which we will be going over 7th chords. We’ll just be dealing with the most common forms of the 7th chord for this lesson and as the original had done before, we’ll be going over these with the root on the A st...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.3: 7th Chords (2)
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Now onto the Minor 7th chord. For this 7th chord (Chord #19-21), we lower the 7th as well as the 3rd. So with this new information, we have the makeup of a minor 7th chord which is: (C-Eb-G-Bb). Intervalically, this chord can be seen as: (Root, Min...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.4: 9th Chords (1)
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Welcome to Part 4 of this tutorial, where we will be going over all the different forms of the 9th Chord. But before we begin, we must understand something called the "2-4-6 Rule".
Simply put, all this means is that the 2nd, 4th, and 6th degrees of ...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.4: 9th Chords (2)
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The next form of the 9th form we’ll be looking at is the Minor 9th form which is built by taking a Minor 7th chord form (C-Eb-G-Bb), and adding on the 9th to it to give us a Minor 9th chord, which goes like: (C-Eb-G-Bb-D) Intervalically, this ...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.5: 11th chords
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
The next group of chords that we will be looking at are 11th chords.
All an 11th chord is, is just another extension of the major chord. A full 11th chord consists of a root, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, and 11th, but if we are going to be playing these on ...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.6: 6th Chords
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
In this lesson, we will be focusing on the different types of 6th chords that can be formed, so let's get started.
A 6th chord is built basically the same way as a 7th chord, except that instead of a major 7th, we put a major 6th in its place so wha...
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Expanding your Chord Knowledge Pt.7: 13th Chords
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
In the final installment of this tutorial, we are going to be looking at the different versions of the 13th chord, so fasten your seat belts.
A full 13th chord has 7 notes in it: (1-3-5-b7-9-11-13). Intervalically, this full chord can be seen as: (R...
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"In the style of" Joe Pass - Chordal Blues
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Joe Pass Style Blues Guitar
Joe Pass is arguably one of the most important and historically significant Jazz Guitar players, in line with the likes of Wes Montgomery and the great Charlie Christian. More particularly though, when the discussion is a...
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Chord Inversions - What are they?
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Chord Inversions - What are they ??
An inversion is a name for a chord who's notes have been re-arranged. Lets start by looking at the Bb7 Chord.
For each inversion I will give you a notated example of each chord as you might see it notated for a p...
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Dominant Inversions - 1st Inversion Pt.1
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Dominant Inversions 1st Inversion Part 1.
Enjoy our new riff!!
This demonstration is showing us one possible scenario for using the 1st Inversion.
After you have played through and made some sense of this lesson, have a go at using the inversions ...
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Dominant Inversions - 1st Inversion Pt.2
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
This video is a follow up to part1 of the first inversion study. Hence part2.
All I want you to do here is take notice of the similarities between the first inversion and the half diminished chord(aka m7b5)
There are many other chord forms which ca...
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2:41
Dominant Inversions - 2nd Inversion
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Dominant Inversions
In this video, I will be giving you a demonstration on using the 2nd Inversion of a Dominant Chord. It is a short riff based on the first few bars of a I-IV-V blues progression.
As we work through this tutorial, I will be giving...
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Chord Inversions - Accompanyment
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Blues
Before breaking down this track I want to point out our 3rd Inversion.
As we discussed earlier, the 3rd inversion is a voicing that begins with the 7th degree of the chord as the Root note(bass note) and as it happens, this track begins with said vo...
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1:30
Major Chord Voicings
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Any Style
Welcome!
For this lesson I just wanted to introduce some new voicings to your vocabulary. All the chords listed here are G Major chords. Most are either basic triads or Maj7th chords. There are a few inversions and one extended chord with a non-diat...
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Playing Jazz Stardards - Learning the Form
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Welcome to Part 1 of our tutorial on playing jazz standards.
A form is a name used to describe the structure of the song. Two common forms in Jazz Standards are the 'AABA' and 'AABC' form. The letters, A A B and A are references to movements within...
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Playing Jazz Standards - Voice Leading 101
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Voice leading is something every guitar player should have a basic understanding of, despite what style of music he or she plays.
The basic idea behind voice leading is to create some form of melodic motion when changing chords. This motion is creat...
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Playing Jazz Standards - Chord Melodies
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
Alright, hopefully by now you have this chord progression well under your belt. The melody should be memorized, and all the chord voicings we looked at ought to be flowing when you play them. If so, it's time to look at some more creative ways to use...
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Playing Jazz Standards - Walking Bass & Chords
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Advanced
Topic: Chords
Style: Jazz
As this tutorial is intended to be more of a guide to the various ways we can approach playing through a tune, as opposed to viewing the techniques from an analytical standpoint. I wont be explaining how exactly this bass line arrangement was put tog...
