Chords
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Ted Greene’s Chord Chemistry: Thirty Years, Nothing To Show
I’ve owned Ted Greene’s Chord Chemistry for about thirty years. I’ve opened it maybe forty times. I have never once…
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Diatonic Chords on Guitar — The System Behind Every Chord Progression You’ve Ever Played
Most explanations of diatonic chords show you a formula, walk you through C major, and leave you with a table.…
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Is the CAGED System Worth Learning?
The short answer is: it depends on what you do with it. The longer answer is what this article is…
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Allan Holdsworth Chords – How to Find Them
When Allan Holdsworth played chords, it could look downright bemusing and somewhat physically demanding; what’s more, how did he even…
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Easy 9th, 11th, and 13th Diatonic Chords
I was going to call this lesson something like, ‘the 28 most important guitar chords to know’, because knowing the…
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The Rootless Lydian Pentatonic Scale (Easy)
This is a great one to easily generate a Lydian sound over a major 7 chord by using none other…
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How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard (Part 7)
In Part 7 of our series on how to learn the fretboard, we turn our attention to major chords and…
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How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard (Part 6)
Let’s continue our analysis by looking at more complex chords and their corresponding intervals. Minor 7 chords contain the intervals…
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How to (Finally) Learn Your Fretboard (Part 5)
You’ve reached the turning point! If you’ve been practicing the material in the previous parts, and depending on how long…
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23 Open G Chords You Never Knew Existed
Continuing our series on slightly more advanced open chords, you’ll find plenty of options for probably the first chord you…