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Guitar World on MSNConfused about altered and extended guitar chords? Here’s the theory behind them – and how they can supercharge your songwritingTerms such as ‘altered’ and ‘extended’ chords are relatively simple to explain. Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a ...
We guarantee that if you were to play this scale in its raw form over an unsuspecting G7 it would sound pretty terrible. But what it leads us towards is all the altered intervals in a bunch. If we ...
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Guitar World on MSNUnlocking the power of 7th chords: expand your guitar chords beyond the basicsIn general, you'll find m7 chords feature considerably more in rock and blues than maj7 chords which tend to lean more towards ballads and jazz styles. From acoustic to mildly overdriven, m7 chords ...
The most popular chord progression is the 12-bar blues, but 8- and 16-bar versions are well used too. Typically, the chords follow a I-IV-V (one-four-five) sequence, which means they’re built on the ...
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