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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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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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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C and D Open Chords You Never Knew Existed
I’m sure you remember the first five or so chords you learned on guitar, and I’m willing to bet they…
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From Multiple Scales to Multiple Chords
A couple of days ago we looked at How to Easily Learn Multiple Scale Patterns in parallel using just three…
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How to Learn the Harmonized Major Scale (Part 2)
In Part 1 we looked at the basic theory behind the harmonized major scale and how to learn four sets…
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How to Learn the Harmonized Major Scale (Part 1)
A great way to learn chords and chord progressions is to learn them in context, whether it be a song…
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The 2 Golden Rules for Combining Scales with Chords
We’ve been talking a lot on the blog lately about improvisation methods and systems. The guitar is a double-edged sword…
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Guitar Hacks: Making the Connection Between Chords and Scales
This little guitar hack is particularly useful if you’re at that stage in your learning where you want to know…