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Lessons from Chords section

Simple Triads

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Major And Minor ChordsI’ll start with a little bit of theory. A triad is a 3 note chord. This chord is made of the 1st, 3rd and 5th of the scale tones. So basically, a C Major Triad would ...

Basic Jazz Chords Forms

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Welcome to this lesson. Now you may be thinking that this just a dull list of various chords that the author finds useful. True, but this is more than a list. This is a method of learning to navi ...

What Chords Are In What Key, And Why?

Postes on: 2006-08-07
What chords are in what key, and why? This lesson assumes basic knowledge of the Circle of 5ths.Part 1: Basic Triads.Each diatonic scale has 7 different notes, which gives way to 7 possible triad ...

Guide To Chord Formation

Postes on: 2006-08-07
1.0 Introduction2.0 Intervals2.1 Interval flavours2.2 Table of Intervals3.0 Triads : 3.1 Major and minor triads 3.2 Suspended triads4.0 7th chords : 4.1 Minor 7ths 4.2 Major and d ...

Basic Chord Theory

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Hey, someone thought I should write something on basic chord theory, in response to "Beyond Power Chords". So here it is, hope you get something out of this. Feel free to send comments or correct ...

Barre Chords II

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Barre chords are essentially open-string chord shapes that can be formed at different points on the fingerboard. To form a barre chord:1. The first finger is stretched across the width of the fin ...

Open Chords And Associated Exercises

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Today's article is about open chords and associated exercises. Open chords are typically the first chords that most guitar students learn. This is because they are typically easier to play t ...

Bar Chords and Associated Exercises

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Today we are going to discuss bar chords and associated exercises. Bar chords (also referred to as "barre" chords) are another type of 'basic' chord that many beginners learn. It will g ...

Barre Chords

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Barre Chords Denny Straussfogel For those guitarists that have been stuck playing "easy guitar" versions of songs or not playing certain songs at all I guarantee that learning barre chords will b ...

Poly Chords

Postes on: 2006-08-07
A polychord is a "stacking", both literally and harmonically, oftwo "adjacent" chords within a key. For example, in the key of G, one of the seven possible polychordsis C/D. By C/D I mean a chord ...

How The Chords Work

Postes on: 2006-08-07
This is something that I wrote some time ago that I keep on hand as a FAQ when people ask about how chords work. This explanation of harmony really depends on your understanding the major scale a ...

All Guitar Chords

Postes on: 2006-08-07
------------------------Ultimate chord notation|------------------------ {define A. base-fret 1 frets 0 0 2 2 2 0} {define A.. base-fret 2 frets 0 3 x 1 4 0} {define A ...

Basic Chords

Postes on: 2006-08-07
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE Ab Abm Ab7 Abm7 Ab6 Abmaj7 466544 466444 4645X4 4644X4 46X564 XX6543 Abm6 Abdi ...

Barre Chords Forms

Postes on: 2006-08-07
This is a subject that I thought a lot of others would be interested in too so I'll start by describing what a barre chord is. A barre chord is created when you use one finger to fret more t ...

Power Chords

Postes on: 2006-08-07
Hey kids, it's Ky again! Today we will learn about power chords! Last time we learned the half-step and whole-step intervals. To start this lesson off we will learn a new interval: the Perfe ...