Rhythm Playing – Sus Chord Workout in D

A great acoustic workout today which will be a continuation from my post on intermediate guitar chords a while ago. For most of the piece you will be using a plectrum until the music modulate to F major when a fingerstyle or hybrid picking approach would be more appropriate. Have fun strumming this one out [...]

Sweet Child O’ Mine – Strum-along Acoustic Guitar Version

Following on from my strum-along acoustic guitar version of Livin’ on a Prayer here is my simplified version of another rock classic. Remember, you can always embellish a D Major Chord by changing it to Sus2 or sus4 – that’s what G n, R did. When I strum this one I like to play it with [...]

Chords – Minor Sixth and Major Sixth Progression

At the bottom of this post, is a nice jazzy chord progression that would be perfect for someone preparing for a Grade 5 RGT Exam. It uses major and minor sixth chord, syncopated rhythms and musical directions. The minor sixth chord is similar to the major sixth chord we analysed in yesterday’s post on intermediate level chords. Theoretically [...]

Intermediate Chords (part two)

Following on from my previous post for improving guitarists wishing to expand their chord vocabulary, I now present Intermediate Chords (part two). The chords presented here are all add9 and major 6th chords, both chord types are built upon a standard major triad. A Major Triad 1,  3,    5 A, C#, E A add9 1, [...]

12 Bar Blues Fun and Frolicks

Here’s a fun new page I added today for some open chord blues fun and frolicks. For your playing pleasure, I have composed and arranged a series of seven easy to jam with 12 bar blues chord progressions. Once you dive in and get used to swimming around the chords, it becomes highly enjoyable to [...]

Intermediate Guitar Chords (part one)

Today’s post is for players who are looking to expand their chord vocabulary to include suspended second (sus 2) chords and suspended forth chords (sus 4). I have called it Intermediate Chords (part one) but these chords are just as easy for beginners to learn on electric guitar or acoustic guitar. Here is a visualisation of what [...]