Archive for the 'Chords' Category

Seventh Chords

The seventh chord is formed by using the first, third, fifth and seventh scale degrees. You have probably already seen them even as a notice guitarist written as D7 or G7. There are also major seventh, minor sevent, half-diminished seventh and diminished seventh chords. The half-diminished seventh chord is also known as [...]

Barre Chords

Barre chords are a pain to learn, literally. The barre is what you index finger makes as it tries to hold down 6 strings at once—OUCH! Good luck. There
are some tricks, like try pressing with the side of your finger rather than the fleshly flabby bit in the middle.
The first step to making [...]

Open Position Guitar Chords

These chords are called open position because they all contain open strings in their voicing. All of these chords are important to know. The best way to learn them is to find a song with a couple of these chords in it and learn to play the song. Traditional folk music is a good place to look and many of the tunes are freely available online.