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Guitar World on MSN5mon
Confused about altered and extended guitar chords? Here’s the theory behind them – and how they can supercharge your songwriting
From low to high, we have: Root (C) - dominant 7th (Bb) - 9th (D) - 11th (F). Again, the 5th is omitted, which helps with ...
Guitar World on MSN6mon
How to understand the meaning behind guitar chord names – and why it matters
In guitar circles, describing a chord as ... C7, for instance, means a C major chord with a b7th (Bb). C9 (see Example 3) ...
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The Guitar Chord George Harrison Invented
I realised the chords I knew at the time just didn’t capture that feeling. So after I got the guitar riff, I experimented until I came up with this dissonant chord that really echoed that sense ...