In this key C is a ‘minor 3rd’ or ‘b3’. 2. Guitar chord shapes. Guitarists rarely play chords that follow the theoretical layout of notes. If you look at the notes of this open Am chord however, ...

As players it’s worth having some of these chords at our disposal to further broaden our own musical horizons. A solid ...

Turbo-boost your pentatonic lead playing by learning from Nuno Bettencourt, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Page and more ...

Sus chords nearly always sound good when played before a major or minor chord that uses the same root note, Bsus4 to B, or ...

Guitar lessons: The CAGED system is a well known approach that makes it very easy to access any chord across the whole neck. Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the ...

The guitarist reveals that he's “kind of embarrassed” when it comes to trying out guitars in a music store – but his faith in his engineer was well-placed ...

The result – you then have 4 chords to play with, and an additional minor tinge. However keep in mind this is all hooked on the I-IV-V principle, so make sure you acknowledge its importance!

Minor Chords: China’s Youngest Guitar Star Strikes Tough Balance. Six-year-old Miumiu has attracted a huge online following with her guitar skills. But she’d often rather just watch cartoons. By Lu ...

A study of guitar tablatures (a form of writing down music for guitar) examined the relationship between major and minor chords paired with lyrics and what is called emotional valence: In ...

One of rock’s great hypnotic bass lines was improvised in the studio as tape rolled. After Neil Young’s minor-chord guitar intro, bassist Billy Talbot fell in with drummer Ralph Molina’s ...