The general theme with these shapes is the dominant 7th sound, which is essentially a major chord plus a b7th. This is a great way of injecting some ‘blues’ flavour into your chord progressions. You ...

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9. I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty. Chords: Em, D, G, C. We have to warn you that this song, next in line on our list of easiest acoustic rock songs to play on guitar for beginners, also uses ...

Isbell sympathizes with newbie players struggling with them, but discusses why they’re a vital songwriting tool ...

Guitar lessons: You probably already know more than a few major and minor chords – these are made of three notes: the first, third and fifth notes of a scale. Sure, most guitar chords repeat and ...

Guitar maker Fender has just debuted Fender Play, a new guitar lessons web platform and iOS app aimed at getting beginners hooked with visual, bite-sized tutorials. New users can sign up for a ...