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Minor 7th Guitar Chord Shape

This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 7th chord. This is quite a hard chord to play at first, but, like many guitar chords, it quickly becomes second nature.

I'll go easy on the music theory and concentrate on telling you how to play this useful chord. Here's the shape, read on for playing tips and an example chord progression you can play:

Guitar Chord Of The Week 7sharp9

This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a 7sharp9 shape.

7sharp9 Guitar Chord (the 4th string isn't sounded)

At its heart is a simple dominant 7th chord, but with the added sharp 9 it sounds instantly 'hip'. It's a very jazzy-sounding chord, and one you can use to give standard chord progressions a jazz sound.

Let's learn more about this cool chord...

Big Minor 11th Guitar Chord

This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a nice, big, open-sounding, minor 11th chord. It has quite an ambiguous sound, and is very effective in slow moving chord progressions.

'Big' Minor 11th Chord Diagram

Guitar Chord Of The Week Big Minor 11th — Guitar Chord Of The Week: Big Minor 11th

Try the chord to hear how it sounds, then continue reading to learn more about it. An example chord progression is included, so you can hear the chord in context...

Welcome to another series of Guitar Chord Of The Week.

In this series we are going to explore a wide range of chord shapes, all of which go beyond the basic guitar chords that most guitarists know.

The chords that we are going to look at can be used in a wide range of musical styles, so whether you're a shredder or a jazzer there will be something here for you.

So, without further ado, let's introduce this week's chord...

Minor 6th Chord Synonyms

We've previously looked at major 6th chords and their relationship with minor 7th chords. In this lesson, we are going to look at minor 6th chords. We'll find out how to play them, what gives them their unique sound, and how, like major 6th chords, they're the chord synonym of another chord.

Yes, that's right: by learning just one chord shape you actually get two new chords!

Do you sometimes find yourself thinking 'There are just too many guitar chords!'?

We feel your pain!

However, learning new guitar chords is beneficial: it keeps your rhythm playing fresh, and really helps when you are searching for inspiration for songwriting and composing.

There are shortcuts that you can use when learning new chords: in this article we show you how you can learn two new chords for the price of one!

Minor 9 Chord Shape Guitar Chord Of The Week

This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 9 chord.

Minor 9 Chord

We've looked at a minor 9 chord shape before in this series (see the articles here and here).

This week's shape is a slightly more unusual way of playing a minor 9 chord. Read on to find out how to play it.

Diminished 7th Guitar Chord Shape

This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a diminished 7th shape. This particular chord shape is played on the top four strings, and is very easy to play.

Gsharp Diminished 7 Chord Guitar — G# Diminished 7 Chord Guitar

An example chord progression is provided at the end of the article, allowing you to try out the chord and hear how it sounds.

Audio examples are also included.

This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 6 chord. This chord will often sound good in place of a normal minor chord: it's basically the same chord, but with a 6th note added. Learn the moveable chord shape, then try playing this chord in the example progression, provided at the end of the lesson...

Dominant 13th Flat 9 Chord Guitar

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.