The major 7th chord is produced by adding a fourth note to a three-note major chord. Let’s look at how you do this. 1. Making a major chord. This is the C major scale. As you can see there are seven ...

Here are five 7th chords, the theory underpinning them, and some ideas for modifying them. They are so commonplace that we take the theory behind them for granted.

It's time to throw some shapes on the fretboard, navigating using the CAGED system, and deploying chord choices that makes players like John Frusciante such great rhythm players News Today's news ...

For slash chord notation, remember that the first letter is the triad and the second letter is the bass note. Therefore the A/B chord would be an A major triad (A C# E) with a B bass note. The other ...

Major-seventh chords, to most ears, are pretty chords. They are not bluesy, and when used delicately so as not to overdo the effect, are beautiful. Whereas dominant 7 th chords are bluesy, and ...

The study demonstrates that while major chord usage has been stable in songwriting over the last 50 years, minor chord usage has been growing. And while it might seem that an increase in minor chords ...

They are so commonplace that we take the theory behind them for granted. Here are five 7th chords, the theory underpinning them, and some ideas for modifying them ...