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Chords

The major 6th chord (eg. E6) is based on the major triad. Once you have built the major triad from the major scale you add on the major 6th. If we are using E as an example this note would be C#. The E6 chord would therefore be E G# B C#. Here is the chord in tab…

The dominant 7th chord (eg. D7) is based on the major triad. Once you have built the major triad from the major scale, you add on the flat 7th. If we are using D as an example this note would be C. This is because C# is the major 7th of D Major and so the flat 7th would be C. The D7 chord would therefore be D F# A C. Here is the chord in tab…

By learning three simple guitar barre chords forms, you will be able to play any major, minor, seventh or minor seventh chord you want. See these online guitar chords.

In this online guitar chord library, you'll learn most of the guitar chords available along with the correct finger placement.

In this guitar lesson I show you several common guitar chord progressions which you can play along with.

Guitar Power chords are used by many artists because they are basically a chord which can be moved around almost anywhere on the fret board. Power chords are based on the root note and it’s perfect fifth.

On this page you'll find all 12 keys which you are able to play music in. By following this chart, you'll be able to construct songs and sound in tune.

A natural harmonic is like a bell sound, and is produced by lightly touching a guitar string in a specific place. The most common place to play a natural harmonic is on the 12th fret. You play the harmonic by very lightly touching the string above the 12th fret bar

To do a run on a chord is very simple. It adds a rather unique beat to a song. Run on chords are great when you are accompanied by a piano or even just a solo. All you are doing is hitting a series of three notes in between chord changes.

Guitar slash chords are basic open chords, which are made fuller by adding a different root note (ie. the lowest note in a chord). For example, if you played the C chord and wanted G as your root note, it would be called C/G. This is a slash chord. The first letter is the chord you play and the second letter is the root note.

Sus chords (which is short for suspended) replace the third of a chord with another scale degree. For example, a C major chord, C-E-G, becomes a Csus2 by replacing the third, E, with the second, D (to form C-D-G). Because the third determines the major or minor quality of a chord, sus chords are neither major or minor.

All chords are based on triads, and that is why they are so important. A triad is a group of 3 notes which can be major or minor.