Great lesson from Mike with The Art Of Guitar. View more of his free lessons over on his YouTube channel here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjqUUafzBg4 … [Read more...]

In the following post, we will be covering how to play the Eb7sus4 guitar chord . The Eb7sus4 Guitar Chord is found by locating the 1, 4, 5 and b7 positions of the Eb Major scale: Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb, or the notes Eb, Ab, Bb and Db. The "b7" symbol is referring to the flattened 7th position of the Eb Scale. When we flatten a note, we are simply going back 1/2 step from that note. In this case, … [Read more...]

In today's post we will be learning exactly how to play a guitar chord known as C#7sus4.  Other names for this chord are C Sharp 7 Sus 4, C# dominant 7th suspended 4th, Db7sus4.   Let's dive into a little music theory concerning this chord shall we?  This chord has it's origins in the C# Scale.  The C# Scale consists of the following note:  C#, D#, E#, F#, G#, A#, and B#.   As you can see there … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the B7sus4 guitar chord with this free tutorial. This chord comes from the B Major Scale.   This scale consists of the following notes:  B C# D# E F# G# A#.   In order to build our B7sus4 chord, we need to pull the 1st, 4th, 5th, and b7 notes from this scale. This just means that we take the 1st, 4th, 5th and flattened 7th positions or the notes: B, E, F# and A.  The only … [Read more...]

In the following post you will be learning how to play the Dm6 Guitar Chord (also known as Dm6, D Minor 6th).  Before you skip down to the chord charts below, why not learn a bit of theory first and see how this chord is actually formed? This chord has its origins in the D Major Scale, which is comprised of the following notes: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#.  We need 4 notes from this scale to form our … [Read more...]

The Bbm6 Guitar Chord (also known as B Flat Minor 6, A#m6) is found in the Bb Major Scale. Here are the notes of this scale:  Bb C, D, Eb, F, G, and A. We need 4 notes from the above scale in order to form our Bbm6 guitar chord.  So which notes and how do we find them? It is pretty simple really.  We just need to apply a little formula.  That formula looks like this: 1, b3, 5 and 6.   … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the Gmaj7 guitar chord with this free tutorial. The Gmaj7 chord is found by locating the 1,3,5 and 7 positions of the G Major Scale. The G Major Scale contains the notes: G, A, B, C, D, E, and F#, so when we locate the 1,3,5 and 7 positions of this scale, we arrive at the notes: G, B, D and F#. Those are the notes of our chord. There are 3 voicings or versions of this chord … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the Cmaj7 chord on guitar. The C Major 7 Guitar Chord (also known as C Major Seventh, CMaj7 or C Major 7th), is found by locating the 1, 3 , 5 and 7 positions C , E, G and B) of the C Major Scale: C D E F G A B C. There are 3 variations of this chord found below in the chord charts. Here is a key that will help you read the chart:   Chord Playing … [Read more...]