Listen up: scales aren’t just torture devices invented by guitar teachers ... Building a minor chord on the second note We’re going to repeat the previous example, but this time starting from the ...

Guitar lessons: You’d be forgiven for thinking that you’d use the minor scale to construct minor 7th chords, but that’s not quite how it works. All scales and chords are compared to the major scale, ...

However, when you start using a capo on the higher frets you unlock a fresh new timbre from the guitar ... chord progression (eg E-A-B) up there will sound fresh and vibrant. While the capo’d ...

This one is nice and easy, and sounds great when followed by a D chord played on the open ... to find different sounds. This ...