October 2020

Guitar Chord Diagrams show the notes used to play a guitar chord and their location on the fretboard of the guitar. The thick line at the top of the chord diagram represents the nut (a piece of plastic or other material at the top of the neck that holds the strings) of the guitar. The […]

The 3♭ note is often referred to as the “blue note” and adds tension to the sound of the scale. The diagram below shows the 5 Major Blues Scale Patterns spread over the length of the guitar neck. Notice how the patterns overlap and connect to eachother down the guitar neck. The diagrams below show […]

Dominant Seventh Chords are played by adding the flat 7th note (one full step down from the octave) of the scale to a major triad or chord, and are commonly referred to by their root note and the number 7. Movable Dominant 7 (dom7) Chord Forms These chord forms can be moved up and down […]