Altered chords should not scare anyone. Here are five shapes to explore when looking for a chord with some dramatic ...

You don't need to know many guitar scales to play guitar solos ... to see that the C major pentatonic scale uses all the notes from a C chord, plus a couple of extras. Play through the chord ...

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.