This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a Dominant 13th Flat Nine (13b9) chord. What’s unusual about this particular shape is that it doesn’t contain a root note.
This chord has quite an strange sound when played on its own. However, when you play it as part of a chord progression, it can sound great.
Try it yourself in the example chord progression provided at the end of the lesson…
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a great-sounding add 9 chord.
This particular shape is quite a stretch and by the end of the article your hand may be a little bit bigger!
The add9 is a very nice sounding chord. You can use it to brighten up your own songs by using it in place of major chords.
You can also use it to create riffs by playing it as an arpeggio. At the end of the article we show you how…
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a useful major 6th shape. It probably won’t be the first major 6th chord shape you learn; check out this shape for a more common way of playing a 6 chord. However, this week’s chord is a good shape to have up your sleeve when you are writing songs or rhythm guitar parts.
At the end of the article there is an example chord progression that shows one way in which this shape could be used.
The choice for this week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week was inspired by the Brazilian World Cup. Our featured chord is a major 6/9 (Maj6/9) shape with an open, Latin sound. Learn the chord, then play it in the Brazilian-style chord progression provided.
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 9th chord that is played on the bottom four strings. This low voicing can be very effective, especially when used with other ‘low’ chords. Hear for yourself by playing the example chord progression provided at the end of the article.
Need a quirky, interesting sound to inspire your songwriting? The 7sus4 can be used to add originality to an otherwise plain chord progression. Give it a try!
A new series of Guitar Chord Of The Week begins with a dominant 13th chord shape. Learn it, play the example chord progression, then use it in your own songs!
For a change, this week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is an open-position chord… sort of. It isn’t played in open position (i.e. the first 3 frets), but because it contains open strings, the D add9 add11 chord almost qualifies.
This is a beautiful but ambiguous-sounding chord that has inspired many songs.
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a dominant 7th Sharp 5 Flat 9 (7#9b5) chord. The chord name is a bit of a mouthful and it’s quite a tricky chord to play, but it’s a good chord to know, particularly if you play jazz.
Get used to the sound of this chord by playing the example progressions provided at the end of the article…
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a major 9th chord. This is a sweet-sounding chord which, in this form, is quite easy to play. Use it to brighten up chord progressions by using in the place of standard major chords. It is also a nice chord to end a song with, as it has an open, jazzy sound. Give it a try…