When Allan Holdsworth played chords, it could look downright bemusing and somewhat physically demanding; what’s more, how did he even come up with that stuff in the first place? Even before discovering Holdsworth myself, I…
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I was going to call this lesson something like, ‘the 28 most important guitar chords to know’, because knowing the following 28 diatonic chord extensions will have you covered in most comping situations; in fact,…
Leave a CommentThis is a great one to easily generate a Lydian sound over a major 7 chord by using none other than a guitarist’s best friend: the minor pentatonic scale, which is a great way to…
Leave a CommentIn Part 7, we turn our attention to major chords and scales on our journey to learning the fretboard, which for me means becoming self-sufficient by not relying on patterns and shapes, as you would…
Leave a CommentLet’s continue our analysis by looking at more complex chords and their corresponding intervals. Minor 7 chords contain the intervals 1, ♭3, 5, ♭7 as you can see below. Let’s take a look at our…
Leave a CommentYou’ve reached the turning point! If you’ve been practicing the material in the previous parts, and depending on how long you’ve been playing, you’ll most likely have to fight with yourself NOT to revert to…
Leave a CommentI’m sure you remember the first five or so chords you learned on guitar, and I’m willing to bet they were open chords. You most likely then moved on to barre chords after negociating the…
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