Here are five very cool guitar chords that will give your songwriting a boost. Take your rhythm guitar playing beyond the basics...
Chords For Guitar
Minor 7th Chord Shape
This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 7th shape that is often used by jazz guitarists. It's a useful chord shape to know for many other music styles, too. Once you have learned it, try using it in the example jazz chord progression at the end of the article...
Major 7th Thumb Bass Chord
Major 7th chords are bright-sounding and versatile. They can be used in jazz, indie and just about every other kind of music. This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a full-sounding major seventh chord that requires the use of the thumb to play the root note.
Read on to find out out how play this chord and use it in an example progression...
Minor Ninth Guitar Chord
Minor Ninth Guitar Chords can be used instead of standard minor chords to add color to progressions. Shown here is a common way of playing a minor ninth chord. This shape has its root note on the fifth string.
Read on to find out more about this chord shape, then use it in the example chord progression.
Dominant Chords
In the previous article in this series, we learned about guitar chord theory, and examined major, minor, suspended and many other types of chord.
This article will cover dominant chords, including seventh, ninth, eleventh and thirteenth chords.
The article is aimed at guitarists, and includes example chord shapes to play. However, any musician wishing to know more about dominant chords and their use in popular music will find this article useful. Read on to find out how dominant chords are formed and how they are used...
Eleventh Chord Shape
This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a dominant eleventh chord shape. This is a common voicing of the 11th chord. It is played with the root note on the lowest (6th) string. Dominant eleventh chords are nice-sounding chords that can be used in place of standard dominant seventh (7) chords.
Read on to find out more about eleventh chords and to practice playing this shape in an example chord progression...
Minor Major Seventh Chord Guitar Shape
This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor major seventh chord. This chord is a variation on a minor seventh chord. Use it in place of standard minor chords to give your own progressions an unusual and interesting sound.
Various chord symbols can be used for the minor major seventh chord, including: m(maj7), mM7, -(maj7), min(maj7).
Read on to find out how to use this chord in your own music, and how to play it in example chord sequences...
Jazz 7th Guitar Chord
This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a dominant seventh chord shape. It is often used by jazz guitarists, but it is not so well known among rock and acoustic guitarists. Practice using this chord with the example chord progression provided.
Jazz 7th Guitar Chord Shape
Sixth Chord Guitar Diagram
This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a sixth chord (also called 6, added sixth, add6 or major 6).
This is a pleasant-sounding chord that is often used as a substitution for a major chord.
Read on to find out how the 6 chord is constructed and how to play it. Then, try it out in an example chord progression...
Dominant 9th Guitar Chord Diagram
Dominant 9th Guitar Chord Diagram Root On 5th String
This week's Guitar Chord Of The Week is a dominant 9th shape with the root note on the fifth string. Find out how to play this chord, then use it in a sample progression.
This is one of, if not the most common ways of playing a dominant 9th, or '9' guitar chord. It can take a bit of getting used to at first, but in actual fact it is quite a simple chord to play. This 9th shape is very popular with jazz guitarists.
