Ebsus4 Guitar Chord Lesson
Learn How to Play the Ebsus4/D#sus4 Guitar Chord
Learn how to play the Ebsus4 guitar chord (also known as D#sus4, E Flat Suspended 4) with this free guitar lesson.
Suspended 4th chords have a unique and beautiful sound to them. The E Flat Suspended 4th chord is essentially an Eb Major chord, the only difference is that we are “Suspending”or replacing the 3rd with a 4th, in other words, we are replacing the “G” with an “Ab” in this particular case.
Below are several different ways to play this chord. This may be a challenging chord for you if you are a beginner. If you aren’t able to play it right away, try not to become frustrated. Keep practicing and you will eventually get the hang of it. It is only a matter of time. I hope you find this lesson helpful. If so, please consider leaving a comment below. I appreciate your feedback and support. Enjoy!
How to Play the Bm7 Guitar Chord
Bm7 Guitar Chord Lesson
To find the notes that make up this chord, we will need to first look at the B Major Scale: B, C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A#. From this scale, we will take the 1, b3, 5 and b7 steps, or the notes B, D, F# and A. The “b3″ symbol means that we take the 3rd step of this scale and flatten it by 1/2 step, giving us our “D”. The “b7″ symbol means that we take the 7th step of this scale and flatten it by 1/2 step giving us our “A”.
There are 3 chord diagrams below to get under your fingers. All three are barre chords played on the 2nd and 7th frets. Barre chords are challenging, depending on how much experience you have playing them. If you find barre chords difficult, as so many guitarists do, check out this post I did a while back on how to play barre chord for beginners. This post includes a number of helpful videos and articles from around the web.
How to Play the Bb7 Guitar Chord
Bb7/A#7 Guitar Chord Tutorial
This chord is made up of the 1, 3, 5 and b7 positions of the Bb Major Scale: Bb C, D, Eb, F, G, and A. This gives us the notes: Bb, D, F and Ab. The “b7″ symbol means that we take the seventh position of the Bb Major Scale and we flatten it by 1/2 step giving us our “Ab”.
There are 5 different versions of this chord below for you to try playing. These are challenging, so please do not get discouraged if you aren’t able to play them right away, especially the barre chords. You need to build up strength in your hands before you are able to play barre chords. Check out this post on how to play barre chords for beginners. It has a ton of excellent resources including videos and links to other tutorials that should prove to be quite helpful.
Onto the chord charts….
How to Play the Bb9 Guitar Chord – Free Lesson
Learn How to Play the Bb9/A#9 Guitar Chord
In the following guitar lesson, you will learn a few different ways to play the Bb9 guitar chord (also known as B Flat 9, A#9, A Sharp 9, Bb Dominant 9th).
You can either skip right down to the guitar chord charts below to learn how to play this chord, or stick around for a quick bit of theory on how to form this chord.
This chord is made up of the 1, 3, 5, b7 and 9 positions of the Bb Major Scale: Bb C, D, Eb, F, G, and A. This gives us the notes Bb, D, F, Ab and C. The “b7″ symbol means that we take the 7th note of the Bb major scale (A) and flatten it by 1/2 step. The 7th note of this scale is an A, so when we flatten it by 1/2 step, we arrive at our “Ab” note.
There are three Bbm9 chord charts below for you to get under your fingers. These chords are a little challenging, but don’t give up if you are having a difficult time. Keep practicing and you will eventually be able to play these with ease.
Here is a key that will help you read the charts:
Learn how to Play the Am9 Guitar Chord
Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn to Play Am9
Learn how to play the Am9 Guitar Chord (also known as A minor 9, A Minor 9th) with this free tutorial. This is an advanced lesson. If you would like to learn a beginner version of this chord, follow this link for an easy Am9 guitar chord.
In order to find the notes that make up this particular chord, we need to take the 1, b3, 5 , b7, 9 steps of the A Major Scale: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#. This will give us the notes A, C, E, G, and B. The “b3″ symbol simply means that we take the third position of the A Major Scale (C#) and we flatten it by 1/2 step, giving us our “C”. Take the same concept with our “b7″ symbol, only we are flattening the 7th step of the A Major Scale (G#), giving us our “G”. Simple enough right?
So, the notes of the A Minor 9 chord again are: A, C, E, G and B
A Dominant 7 Guitar Chord Lesson
Learn how to Play the A7 Guitar Chord
We covered an easy beginner version of the A7 Guitar Chord on this site in the past. In this post, we will look at some advanced voicings for the A Dominant 7th chord.
The A7 chord is a very popular one, especially in blues guitar. In order to find the notes that make up this chord, we need to look at the A Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G# A. From this scale, we find the 1st, 3rd, 5th and flattened 7th positions (b7), or the notes A, C#, E and G. The “b7″ symbol means that we take the 7th position of the A Major scale (G#) and flatten it by 1/2 step, giving us our ”G”. It is this “G” note that gives this chord its distinctive sound.
There are 6 advanced voicings of the A7 guitar chord below for your convenience.
Absus4 Guitar Chord Lesson
Learn how to Play the Absus4 Guitar Chord
The formula you will need to use in order to find the notes of this chord is: 1, 4, 5. This means that we need to look for the 1st, 4th and 5th positions from the Ab Major Scale: Ab – Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G. When we do this, we come up with the notes: Ab, Db and Eb. Simple enough right?
Absus4 Notes: Ab, Db and Eb
This is a difficult chord to get under your fingers if you are a beginner as there are barre chords and muted strings involved. Barre chords are always a difficult hurdle for beginners to overcome. It can be extremely frustrating. Remember that it takes time to build the strength necessary to play barre chords. So try not to become frustrated if you aren’t able to play them right away. Check out this post on how to play barre chords for beginners. It includes a handful of great videos and lots of articles from around the web.
Csus4 Guitar Chord Lesson
Learn How to Play the Csus4 Guitar Chord
This post will teach you several different ways to play the Csus4 chord across the neck of the guitar. This lesson will cover more advanced versions of this chord. If you would like to learn an easier way to play this chord, follow this link for the beginner Csus4 chord tutorial.
The C Sus4 (also known as C Suspended 4, C Suspended 4th) chord is found in the C Major Scale: C D E F G A B C. It is made from the 1, 4 and 5 steps of this scale, or the notes C, F and G.
Suspended 4th chords have a unique and beautiful sound to them. The C Suspended 4th chord is essentially a C Major chord, but we are “Suspending” or replacing the 3rd with a 4th, in other words, we are replacing the “E” with an “F” in this particular case.
How to Play the Am7 Guitar Chord
Guitar Chord Tutorial – Learn to Play Am7
In the following guitar tutorial, you will be learning how to play several advanced Am7 chord shapes. For an easy way to play the Am7 guitar chord follow this link.
The A Minor 7 Chord (also known as A Minor 7, A Minor 7th, Amin7) is found in the A Major Scale: A, B, C#, D, E, F#, G#. It is made of the 1, b3, 5 and b7 positions of this scale.
The “b3″ symbol translates to a “Flattened 3rd”. This just means that we need to flatten the 3rd step (C#) of this scale by 1/2 step giving us our “C”. The “b7″ symbol translates to “Flattened 7th” , which means we simply lower the 7th step of the A Major Scale (G#) a 1/2 step to a “G”.
Below are three different versions of the Am7 chord. enjoy.
B Flat Minor Guitar Chord Lesson
Learn How to Play the Bbm/A#m Guitar Chord
In the following guitar tutorial, you will learn several different ways to play the B Flat Minor Guitar Chord (also known as Bbm, A#m, A Sharp Minor).
To find the notes that make up this particular chord, you will need to locate the 1, b3 and 5 steps of the Bb Major Scale: Bb C, D, Eb, F, G, and A. When we do this, we come up with the notes Bb, Db and F.
Not sure what that little “b3″ symbol above is all about? Not to worry, its quite simple. All you do is find the 3rd step of the B Flat Scale (D) and flatten it by 1/2 step, giving us our “Db”.
There are three Bbm chord charts below for you to get under your fingers. These chords are a little challenging, but don’t give up if you are having a difficult time. Keep practicing and you will eventually get the hang of it.
