While these six chords are great choices for classic rock styles, the truth is they're useful for all kinds of players to learn. Note the slash chords’ alternative bass notes here (notes shown ...

Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a 7th, we’d call this a major 7th chord (C-E-G-B). We can extend up to a 13th ...

This interval is called a fifth. Try to play this interval on a keyboard or piano. A chord is a group of notes - usually three or more - which are stacked vertically. They are played together and ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord.