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, [...]

Friday Afternoon Scale Practice

Last month I showed you some modal scale exercises which are worth checking out as a pre-cursor to today’s further lesson on modal scales. The focus in the following exercise is on how the modes of the major scale relate to pentatonic scales and how this relationship can be used to create some interesting ideas. [...]

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 [...]