I’ve often said that guitar is a minor instrument; however the other day someone called me on that and asked me to explain it. You see, that’s why the minor guitar scales sound best (in my humble opinion) on the guitar. Not that other scales don’t sound good, but the minor ones sound great, and ...…
Have you ever wondered why a chord is what it is? In this video I’ll teach you the notes that go into a G major chord, as well as C major. You’ll see that major chords are built on the I, III, and V notes out of the scale. One of the things to watch ...…
Have you ever wondered what makes a minor chord different from a major chord? The difference boils down to a single note, which is the 3rd. The other two notes we put in every chord – EVERY chord – are the root note and the fifth. Those two notes are the same regardless of whether ...…
In this video, you’ll learn how to create your own guitar chords, simply using open chords you already know, and a basic scale. The example is in the key of G, so our open chords are G, C, D and Em, Am and Bm. The relative minor scale is E minor, so we’ll use the ...…
Have you ever wondered how to go about changing keys in a song? Possibly in the last verse, or in a bridge, or something like that? If you’ve ever tried changing keys in a song before, it’s possible you’ve run into the question of which chords to use while doing that. The trick that I ...…
