Guitar Chords for Intermediate students
If you are able to play Major & Minor guitar chords in the open position as well as barre chords (also sometimes called bar chords), your next step would be to expand your chord knowledge by learning easy ways & shapes of playing a suspended chord, diminished chord and augmented chord. These are chord shapes that are absolutely necessary for an intermediate guitar player. Learning how to incorporate these guitar chords in your playing and learning chord progressions using a suspended chord, diminished chord & augmented chord will help you develop your ear to start recognizing the sound associated with each chord. Also practicing many different chord progressions will help you learn songs on the guitar & play them with ease and also at a faster rate.
Once you learn all the chord shapes mentioned in the suspended, diminished & augmented chords section start learning the Major 7, Minor 7 & dominant 7 chord shapes. Note that each type of 7th chord has a unique sound. Make sure that you learn plenty of strumming patterns on the guitar and also ensure that you can change chords without missing a beat. Practicing rhythm with a metronome is an excellent way to improve your timing and gain accuracy.
Power chords is arguably the most exciting topic for any guitar enthusiast. Power chords have possibly one of the most easiest shapes compared to any other guitar chords you could ever find! There are shapes that require you to fret just 2 notes at times with only one finger. However, in power chords exercises or rhythm structures, the picking hand does most of the work, and that is of building a groove using syncopation. The power chords section on this website contains lessons that will help you gain immense knowledge on how to work with them. Moreover you can listen to the audio file by streaming it online, so you know how the guitar lesson sounds even before attempting it .
Below are quick links to intermediate chords lessons on this site...
1) Suspended Chord Shapes
2) Diminished Chord Shapes
3) Augmented Chord Shapes
4) Dominant 7th Chords
5) Major 7th Chords
6) Minor 7th Chords
7) Power chords - Shapes & Exercises
Once you learn all the chord shapes mentioned in the suspended, diminished & augmented chords section start learning the Major 7, Minor 7 & dominant 7 chord shapes. Note that each type of 7th chord has a unique sound. Make sure that you learn plenty of strumming patterns on the guitar and also ensure that you can change chords without missing a beat. Practicing rhythm with a metronome is an excellent way to improve your timing and gain accuracy.
Power chords is arguably the most exciting topic for any guitar enthusiast. Power chords have possibly one of the most easiest shapes compared to any other guitar chords you could ever find! There are shapes that require you to fret just 2 notes at times with only one finger. However, in power chords exercises or rhythm structures, the picking hand does most of the work, and that is of building a groove using syncopation. The power chords section on this website contains lessons that will help you gain immense knowledge on how to work with them. Moreover you can listen to the audio file by streaming it online, so you know how the guitar lesson sounds even before attempting it .
Below are quick links to intermediate chords lessons on this site...
1) Suspended Chord Shapes
2) Diminished Chord Shapes
3) Augmented Chord Shapes
4) Dominant 7th Chords
5) Major 7th Chords
6) Minor 7th Chords
7) Power chords - Shapes & Exercises