In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 ...

especially if it differs from the root-3rd-5th of a standard major chord. In guitar circles, describing a chord as ‘G’ without any other information would usually mean a G major chord.

Though not as commonplace as its major counterpart, G minor tuning is used in many songs including John Renbourn’s The Mist Covered Mountains Of Home. This first chord is a nice, easy fingering ...

In our key of C major, this is a chord of G major. Dominant chords are really useful, as they create a perfect pivot for heading back to our home chord of C major, but they also have another ...

The dominant seventh of a V chord can be shown by the symbol V7. For example, G7 is made by taking the major triad of G (G - B - D) and adding an F (G - B - D - F). A cadence is formed by two ...

There are loads of great songs out there from across the decades that are often a lot simpler to play than you might think.