Be a Rock Star Fast! - 15 Songs Using Only Open Chords
Some people spend years perfecting the art of being a musician. If you’re not that patient, or just starting out, here’s a list of songs that will have you playing in no time!
Intro to Chord Theory: Building Triads
Once you have an understanding of how scales work, it’s time to start understanding how chords are constructed. The basic building block of chords is called a triad, and today we going to be explaining what these are, and how they work.
Open Chords: Your first guitar lesson
Many songs are built on a very simple chord structure. This lesson is designed to teach you the most basic chord shapes, how they are used, and how to get used to playing chord changes (one of the hardest hurdles for beginning guitar players to get over). Once you get through this lesson, you’ll [...]
Major & Minor Scales - Scale Theory pt. 2
If you haven’t read the first post on Scale Theory, and are new to this, I highly recommend you do.
Intro to Scale Theory: Scale Intervals & Scale Formulas
Scales are all built off of a root note. If someone says a song is in the key of D, then D is the root note. If a song is in the key of A minor, then A is the root note. Scale Intervals are based on how far notes are from the root note. [...]
