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 lesson, 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 lesson, 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 lesson 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 U.S. National Anthem, Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key with music by John Stafford Smith. This lesson covers the guitar chords and sheet music for the melody including tabs. Let’s get started! How to read the guitar chord charts To clarify how to read the chord charts in the next section, … Read more
Adelita is popular classical guitar piece written by composer, Francisco Tárrega. It is a short yet beautiful piece with rich harmony. I would recommended this for intermediate level guitarists. This lesson covers the sheet music with guitar tabs. Grab your guitar and let’s get started! Note on barre chord symbols You might see barre chords written as … 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 lesson, 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
This lessons covers how to play the G Major 7 chord which is less a commonly known chord when first learning to play guitar. You may also see this written as G Maj 7 or Gmaj7 on sheet music. The G Major 7 chord has an easy open chord shape but there are many different … Read more
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring was composed by Johann Sebastian Bach based on a chorale from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben (Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life), BWV 147. This lesson covers a fingerpicking arrangement of this piece including guitar tabs. This piece is ideal for intermediate to advanced levels. Grab your … 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 lesson, we’ll go over some basic chord theory and then cover 8 ways to play a C … Read more
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