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D add9 add11 Chord

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.

Fingerstyle Guitar Study

Practice your fingerstyle technique by playing this arpeggio-based piece for solo guitar. Although not overly challenging, this fingerstyle guitar study is perhaps best attempted by ‘advanced beginner’ or intermediate players. TAB is included, and the music can be played on acoustic, classical or even electric guitar.

Fingerstyle Guitar Study

Martin Taylor Autobiography Of A Travelling Musician Review — Martin Taylor: Autobiography Of A Travelling Musician Review

Martin Taylor is one of the world’s greatest living jazz guitarists. He is known for his solo jazz guitar playing and for his numerous collaborations with other musicians. In ‘Martin Taylor: Autobiography Of A Travelling Musician‘, (originally published with the additional title ‘Kiss And Tell’), Taylor documents his life and career so far.

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…

Guitar Technology

Is guitar technology catching up with the rest of the gear in a modern studio? Have guitarists never had it so good, or are manufacturers trying to fix something that isn’t broken? Guitar Command takes a look at some of the innovations available to today’s guitarist…

This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor seventh flat five chord shape. This chord can be used to create some very cool sounding progressions. Learn the shape, then put it to use by playing the example chord progression…

The Unity Band is now the Unity Group. Does this mean that Metheny is returning to his Pat Metheny Group roots? Read Guitar Command’s review of the jazz guitar hero’s latest album to find out…

Here are five very cool guitar chords that will give your songwriting a boost. Take your rhythm guitar playing beyond the basics…

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…