A New Guitar Chord Every Day

Bb add9 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 09:52:00 +0000

Today's guitar chord of the day is Bb add9. We've looked at a few different ways to play different add9 guitar chords here. Add9 chords can be played anywhere you would normally play a standard major chord, the add ed9th (in our case here of Bb this would be a C) adds some colour to the major chord.

This inversion uses a barre across the guitar's D, G and B strings with your first finger.

Place your fingers close to the frets and make sure that each note sounds cleanly.

This inversion is moveable and has it's root on the bottom E string of the guitar. For example moving the chord down one fret would create an A add9 chord and moving up two frets would create a C add9 guitar chord.

Bb add9 uses these notes Bb, D, F, C

If we look at the notes of the Bb major scale:
Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, Bb, C
We can see that the Add9 chord has used the 1, 3, 5, 9 from the scale, in our case Bb, D, F and C

This chord is used in lots of songs in the key of Bb, F and Eb.

You'll find lots more ways to play different add9 guitar chords here.

Em add9 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:11:00 +0000

Today's guitar chord of the day is E minor add9. This guitar chord is in open position and is a simple variation on an open E minor chord. Today we've got two different inversions of the same chord. The first one is my favourite with a nice close interval between the F# on the D string and the open G string, it's also easy to play using just two left hand fingers:

Place your fingers close to the frets and make sure that each note sounds cleanly.

The next fingering is like a regular open E minor chord with with the addition of the second fret on the top E string.

Here are the notes used in our chord:

Minor add9 chords use: 1, b3, 5, 9
Emin add9 = E, G, B, F#

This chord is used in lots of songs in the key of Eminor, this chord can be played instead of most Eminor chords to add some extra colour.

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F#add9 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:23:00 +0000

Today's guitar chord of the day is F# add9. This guitar chord is in open position and is a simple variation on an F# major chord.

Place your fingers close to the frets and make sure that each note sounds cleanly. This chord is a simple variation on a half-barre F# major chord, adding the little finger on the 4th fret of the top e string.

Here are the notes used in our chord.
Add9 chords use: 1, 3, 5, 9
F# add9 = F#, A#, C#, G#

This chord is used in lots of songs in the key of F#, B and C#.

You don't have to see F#add9 written in order to play it, you can try playing it anytime you see an F# major chord.

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C# minor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:00:00 +0000

Today's guitar chord of the day is C#minor. C#min and Dbmin are enharmonic, this means the two different names refer to the same pitch and chord. Depending on the key you're playing in you may see this chord referred to as either C# minor or Db minor though C#minor is more commonly seen.

Place your fingers close to the frets and make sure that each note sounds cleanly.

The next inversion of this chord is similar however it uses a barre across the 4th fret. Lay your 1st finger just behind the fourth fret across the top 5 (or all 6) strings.

Make sure each note sounds cleanly.

Here are the notes used in our chord.
Minor chords use: 1, b3, 5
C# minor = C#, E, G#
Db minor = Db, Fb, Ab

This chord is used in lots of songs in the key of A and E.

G# Guitar Chord / Ab Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:39:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Ab or G# (pronounced A flat or G sharp)

The G# guitar chord and Ab guitar chord are enharmonic, this means the two different names refer to the same pitch and chord. Depending on the key you're playing in you may see this chord referred to as either G# major or Ab major. Whichever label is used the fingering for this chord is the same.

This fingering is easy to play being a simple F major chord moved up the 4th fret. Be careful not to play the bottom 2 strings.

The next fingering is a barre chord, this lets you play all six strings of the guitar. Lay your first finger just behind the 4th fret and use your remaining left hand fingers to play the guitar's A, D and G strings.

Play each guitar string individually to make sure that each note is sounding clearly.

Barre chords can be moved around the guitar next to easily play any major chord:

1st fret = F
2nd fret = F#/Gb
3rd fret = G
4th fret = G#/Ab
5th fret = A
6th fret = A#/Bb
7th fret = B
8th fret = C
9th fret = C#/Db
10th fret = D
11th fret = D#/Eb
12th fret = E

Major chords use the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes from the major scale:
G# = G#, B#, D#
Ab = Ab, C, Eb

Our chord uses the notes in these order:
G#, D#, G#, B#, D#, G#
Ab, Eb, Ab, C, Eb, Ab

Try playing this chord in different positions and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

Petrushka Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:30:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is

The Petrushka chord is a frequently used polychord used in Igor Stravinsky's ballet Petrushka. These two major triads, C major and F# major - a tritone apart, these two chords clash when sounded together and create a dissonant chord.

There are a number of ways to finger this chord on the guitar this inversion is up on the 8th fret:

The C major chord uses the notes C, E and G
The F# major chord uses the notes F#, A# and C#

Polychords use the notes of two chords together and are written like this:
C
F#
Polychords shouldn't be confused with slash chords. Slash chords indicate a chord with an alternate bass note. So C / F# is a slash chord that is played as a C major chord with F# in the bass.

C# Guitar Chord / Db Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:43:00 +0000

The C# guitar chord and Db guitar chord are enharmonic, this means the two different names refer to the same pitch and chord. Depending on the key you're playing in you may see this chord referred to as either C# major or Db major. Whichever label is used the fingering for this chord is the same.

The first fingering is derived from an open C major chord, shifted up 1 fret, creating a C sharp / D flat chord.

The next fingering is a barre chord with the root note on the A string.

To play the barre chord place your finger firmly behind the 4th fret.

Major chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5
C# uses these notes = C#, E#, G#
Db uses these notes = Db, F, Ab

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G# minor guitar chord / Ab minor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:30:00 +0000

The G# guitar chord and Ab guitar chord are enharmonic, this means the two different names refer to the same pitch and chord. Depending on the key you're playing in you may see this chord referred to as either G# minor or Ab minor. Whichever label is used the fingering for this chord is the same.

This chord is played using a half-barre. Here your first finger lays across the top 3 strings of the guitar at the 4th fret.

The next inversion is similar but has its root note on the bottom E string and doesn't involve a barre.

Some find this chord easier to play if you're having difficulty with barre chords.

The final inversion of G#minor allows us to play all 6 strings.

Lay your first finger across all 6 strings just behind the 4th fret.

Minor chords use these scale degrees: 1, b3, 5
G#minor = G#, B, D#
Abminor = Ab, Cb, Eb

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D7 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:49:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is D7. This chord is easy to play in open position and is used in thousands of songs. To remember this fingering you can think of it as a mirror image of a regular D major chord.

When playing this D7 Guitar Chord it's important not to play the bottom E string as this not is not in the chord.

7th chords are constructed using these scale degrees: 1, 3, 5, b7
D7 uses these notes: D, F#, A, C

Here is another fingering of the D7 chord. This inversion is in 3rd position and is simply a C7 chord moved up two frets.

Be careful not to play either E string when playing this chord.

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Cminor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:27:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Cminor. Cminor can also be written as Cm, Cmin or even C- these symbols all represent the same chord. We'll look at two different fingerings of the Cminor chord, one easy version that doesn't require a barre and a slightly more tricky version that requires a barre on the 3rd fret.

This first fingering involves playing only the top four strings.

Place your fingers close to the frets and listen carefully to make sure each string sounds clearly

The next inversion is very similar but uses a barre at the 3rd fret. Here, you lay your first finger just behind the 3rd fret across the top 5 strings.

You can also barre across the bottom E string and play all 6 strings if you wish.

Minor chords are constructed using these scale degrees: 1, b3, 5
Cminor uses these notes = C, Eb, G

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Bb minor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 14:25:00 +0000

Today's guitar chord of the day is Bb minor and we'll be looking at two different fingerings for this chord. The first fingering is the easiest as it doesn't involve a barre and uses just the top four strings.

Place your fingertips just behind the fret to get a clean sound with no buzzing.

The second fingering of this chord uses a barre. Here we lay the edge of your first finger just behind the first fret.

Play each note of the Bb minor chord individually and make sure that they all sound cleanly with no buzzing.

Minor chords use these scale degrees: 1, b3, 5
Bb minor uses these notes = Bb, Db, F

These chords are movable, playing the same fingering on another fret transposes the chord to a different key:

1st fret Bb minor / A# minor

2nd fret B minor
3rd fret C minor
4th fret Db minor / C# minor
5th fret D minor
6th fret Eb minor / D# minor
7th fret E minor
8th fret F minor
9th fret Gb minor / F# minor
10th fret G minor
11th fret Ab minor / G# minor

G minor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:21:00 +0000

Today's guitar chord of the day is G minor. You might see this chord written in several different ways, but they all refer to the same thing:

Gminor
Gmin
Gm, or even on jazz lead sheets
G-

We're going to look at three different ways of playing the G minor chord. The first fingering involves a half-barre. For this fingering you lay your first finger across the two three strings of your guitar at the 3rd fret and use your 3rd finger to hold down the 5th fret of the D string.

Make sure that each notes sounds cleanly with no buzzing. It helps to place your finger as close to the fret as you can

The second fingering of this chord involves playing a full barre chord on the guitar. Here you lay your 1st finger across all six strings of the guitar just behind the 3rd fret.

Again make sure all of the notes sound cleanly with no buzzing.

The final fingering of the G minor we'll look at today doesn't involve a barre, using one finger for each of the four strings we're playing.

The root note of this fingering is on the bottom E string of the guitar

Minor chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5
Gminor uses these notes: G, Bb, D

These chord can be moved to transposed to any other key by moving the shape around on the fretboard. The square in the chord box indicates where the root note is in this chord.

1st fret: F minor
2nd fret: F#/Gb minor
3rd fret: G minor
4th fret: G#/Ab minor
5th fret: A minor
6th fret: A#/Bb minor
7th fret: B minor
8th fret: C minor
9th fret: C#/Db minor
10th fret: D minor
11th fret: D#/Eb minor
12th fret: E minor

Dsus4 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 17:34:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Dsus4. Dsus4 is used lots to add interest to D major chords. This sus4 chord is really easy to play, start with a regular D major chord and add your little finger to the 4rd fret of the top E string.

Although it might look easier to play this chord with your first three fingers, don't. 99.99% of the time this chord is played together with a regular D major chord, using your little finger on the 3rd fret makes this change really easy.

Sus4 chords are so called, because they 3rd of the chord is replaced by the 4th. This gives a suspended sound as our ear is expecting the 4th to resolve to the 3rd.

Sus4 chords use the degrees from the major scale: 1, 4, 5
The Dsus4 chord uses these notes: D, G, A

This Dsus4 guitar chord is used in thousands of songs:

More Than A Feeling Boston
Just Give Me A Reason Pink
What It Takes Aerosmith
Wonderwall Oasis
and many more...

Try adding sus4 chords as embellishments to major chords next time you play your favourite song and tune back soon for another Guitar Chord of the Day.

E7 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:14:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of The Day is E7 and we're trying out to different fingerings of E7 in open position. Our first E7 chord is an easy guitar chord to play. Start with an E major chord and remove your 3rd finger.

This lets the open D string ring.

E7 uses these notes: E, G#, B, D
7th chords use the notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7

Our second way of playing the E7 Guitar Chord in open position also starts with playing a regular E major chord. This time you add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the B string.

Here is the fingering for this chord.

Try using this chords in a Blues progression in A or E and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

Using Harmonics To Play Guitar Chords | G Major

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 09 Dec 2013 07:28:00 +0000

In a previous Guitar Chord a Day post we introduced the idea of playing guitar chords with harmonics.

Today's guitar chord is a simple G major triad. This can be played in two positions using harmonics, firstly play this chord with harmonics by lightly resting your finger touching the strings over the 12th fret, once you've plucked them you can remove your left hand to let them ring.

The 12th fret is exactly half way between the bridge and nut of your guitar. Harmonics played here are the same pitch as the fretted note, so harmonics at the 12th fret will have the same pitch as fretting a note at the 12th fret.

We can also play a G major triad using harmonics at the 5th fret.

Guitar harmonics have a beautiful chime like sound and are a simple way to add some tonal variation to common chords.

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G7 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is G7. The G7 chord is a common chord in the key of C and is also used in Blues chord progressions.
The first fingering of this guitar chord is in open position. Note that it has one note different to a standard open G chord.

It's easy to play this chord with your first finger on the 1st fret of the E string, 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the A string and 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the bottom E string.

7th chords use the following notes: 1, 3, 5, b7
G7 uses these notes: G, B, D, F

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Elektra Chord Guitar

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 08:30:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the day is the 'Elektra chord'. The Elektra chord is a polychord used by the composer Richard Strauss to represent the title character of his opera Elektra.

Polychord's are chords that are created by playing the notes of two chords at the same time. Here the notes of C# major and E major chord are played together, this results in a dissonant polychord.

Here are the notes of each chord:

C#major = C#, E#, G#
Emajor = E, G#, B

Polychords are written like this with a horizontal line between the two chords:

It's important to note that polychords are different to slash chords. Slash chords symbols use a forward slash written like this: C#/E this tells us that the chord is a C# major chord with an E in the bass. The other notes of the E major chord are not used for slash chords. With polychords the notes of both chords are played at the same time.

Using polychords opens up a whole new harmonic vocabulary. Check back soon for more polychords at Guitar Chord of the Day.

Asus4 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 07 Dec 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Asus4. This chord inversion is played in open position on the guitar:

The Asus4 Guitar Chord can be played by slipping your 3rd finger up one fret when playing an ordinary open A chord.

Ordinary major chords are made from the 1st, 3rd and 5th of the major scale.
Sus4 chords replace the 3rd note of the scale with the 4th: 1, 4, 5

This gives an open, suspended sound as we expect to hear the sus4 chord resolve to a major chord - hence the name suspended 4th.

You don't have to see sus4 chords written down to play them. Anytime you see a major chord, you can try embellishing it with a sus4 chord before playing the major version.

Check out other sus4 guitar chords and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.

Quintal Harmony | Advanced Guitar Chords

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 08:00:00 +0000

We played a guitar chord built up in 5ths in a previous post here. Usually chords are constructed from a scale in 3rds: taking every other note, quintal harmony builds chords in 5ths.

With a root note on the 4th fret notes of our chord are: Ab, Eb, Bb, F

Quintal and quartal chords are frequently used in modal music. Rather than playing through chord changes you can improvise taking the quintal voicing through the mode that is being improvised with.

Although this chord is not constructed in a traditional way, we can also think of it as Ab69 (no 3rd).

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B Major Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 08:30:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is B Major. The Bmaj Guitar Chord can be played in several different ways, today we're looking at a couple of inversions that are useful for beginners.

The first version uses a barre across the second fret. To play this inversion lay the side of your first finger just behind the second fret, the remaining fingers are free to hold down the D, G and B strings at the fourth fret.

If you're having trouble changing quickly to the barre chord this chord can also be played on the top four guitar strings.

Both fingerings of this chord can be moved freely around the guitar's neck:

1st fret: Bb
2nd fret: B
3rd fret: C
4th fret: C#/Db
5th fret: D
6th fret: D#/Eb
7th fret: E
8th fret: F
9th fret: F#/Gb
10th fret: G
11th fret: G#/Ab
12th fret: A

Tristan Chord for Guitar

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:57:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is the famous 'Tristan' chord from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. The fingering of this guitar chord is not unusual as it has the same fingering as a m7b5 chord/9th chord.

The chord can be played on the middle four strings of the guitar:

The way it's used is more unusual: here it functions as a dissonant chord that resolves chromatically to an E dominant 7th chord

Here's the passage in guitar tablature:

You can hear a midi file version of this extract here.

B minor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:29:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is B minor. This is a common chord and is usually played as a barre chord, but if you haven't mastered barre chords yet then there is another easy fingering for this guitar chord that you can use:

To ensure the notes sound cleanly make sure your fingers are placed close to the frets when you play the Bm chord:

The full barre chord fingering of this chord is played by laying your first finger across the guitar's second fret:

Bminor guitar chord with a barre at the second fret.

Both fingering of this chord can be moved freely around the guitar's neck:

1st fret: Bb minor
2nd fret: B minor
3rd fret: C minor
4th fret: C#/Db minor
5th fret: D minor
6th fret: D#/Eb minor
7th fret: E minor
8th fret: F minor
9th fret: F#/Gb minor
10th fret: G minor
11th fret: G#/Ab minor
12th fret: A minor

F# Guitar Chord | Beginners Guitar Chords

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:21:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is F# major. This guitar chord is played using a half-barre, where the first finger frets the top two strings.

As ever, try to keep your fingers just behind the fret and play each string individually to make sure each note is sounding clearly.

This can be played by moving an F major chord up 1 fret, in fact you can play any major chord by moving this chord around the fretboard:

1st fret: F major
2nd fret: F#/Gb major
3rd fret: G major
4th fret: G#/Ab major
5th fret: A major
6th fret: A#/Bb major
7th fret: B major
8th fret: C major
9th fret: C#/Db major
10th fret: D major
11th fret: D#/Eb major
12th fret: E major

Esus4 Guitar Chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:14:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Esus4. The 'sus' in sus4 chords refers to the 4th being suspended, ready to resolve to the 3rd.

The Esus4 Guitar Chord is very easy to play, simply add your little finger to the 2nd fret of the G string when playing an open Emajor chord.

Sus 4 chords can be used to decorate regular major chords so try adding in a suspended 4th when you're playing a standard major chord.

Sus4 chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 4, 5
Esus4 uses these notes: E, A, B

Check out other sus4 guitar chords here and tune back soon for another guitar chord of the day.
string when playing an open Emajor chord.

F# minor guitar chord

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 20 Jul 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Today's Guitar Chord of the day is F# minor. This F#m chord is played down in open position so it's a good inversion for beginners to learn and a common chord in the keys of A, D and E major

This chord is played using a half-barre. A half-barre involves laying your first finger across the top three guitar strings to fret these 3 notes with one finger. Play each string on its own to make sure that each note is sounding clearly.

Keep your fingers just behind the fret to help the notes sound clearly.

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