Bossa Nova is a musical genre originating from Brazil which features the guitar as the main accompaniment. This mellow and beautiful style uses syncopated rhythms with a fingerpicking style of playing. In this post, you’ll learn how to play Bossa Nova rhythms on guitar starting with basic patterns on one chord to more advanced patterns … Read more
After learning your open chords on the guitar, you’ll soon want to know how to play sus 4 chords, which often come up in many popular songs. In this post, we’ll be covering the F sus 4 chord, which is short for suspended 4. We’ll first cover some basic chord theory and then show you 7 ways … Read more
If you’ve seen add 2 chords and sus 2 chords on sheet music when trying to learn a song, but weren’t sure what they were or how they are different, this post will clarify things for you. Although these chords have some similarities, they’re not quite the same. Let’s first look at the music theory … Read more
The C 7 chord (C dominant 7) is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You can play it as an open shape but there are many other ways you can play this chord throughout the fretboard. We’ll first go over some basic chord theory and then cover 7 ways to … Read more
The B Major 7 chord is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this written as B Maj 7 on sheet music. In this post, we’ll go over some basic chord theory and then cover 7 ways to play a B Major 7 chord which you can … Read more
The G Major 7 chord is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this written as G Maj 7 on sheet music. The G Major 7 chord has an easy open chord shape but there are many different ways you can play this chord throughout the guitar … Read more
The C minor 7 chord is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this chord written as C min 7, Cm7, or C – 7 on sheet music. In this post, we’ll go over some basic chord theory and then cover 8 ways to play a C … Read more
The B minor 7 chord is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this chord written as B min 7, Bm7, or B – 7 on sheet music. In this post, we’ll go over some basic chord theory and then cover 8 ways to play a B … Read more
The G minor 7 chord is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this chord written as G min 7, Gm7, or G – 7 on sheet music. In this post, we’ll go over some basic chord theory and then cover 8 ways to play a G … Read more
The F minor 7 chord is a less commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this chord written as F min 7, Fm7, or F– 7 on sheet music. In this post, we’ll go over some basic chord theory and then cover 8 ways to play an F minor … Read more
