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Confused about altered and extended guitar chords? Here’s the theory behind them – and how they can supercharge your songwriting

Terms such as ‘altered’ and ‘extended’ chords are relatively simple to explain. 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 ...
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Play guitar chords across the entire fretboard - here's how

Guitar lessons: The CAGED system is a well known approach that makes it very easy to access any chord across the whole neck. Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the ...

Cory Wong on how to arrange guitar and keyboards

The funkmeister puts Direct Flyte under the microscope to deliver a masterclass in arrangement. It's funk, sure, but there's ...
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Why rhythm is as important as the notes you play in a blues guitar solo

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Eric Gales has a true gift for foregrounding rhythm in his playing, borrowing from elements of ...
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Notes From A Former 'Guitar Zero'

This is SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm John Dankosky, sitting in for Ira Flatow. OK all you wannabe rock stars, take heart, it's not too late to learn the guitar according to my first guest, Gary Marcus. Fitting ...
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"A guitar software instrument can sound incredible – as nuanced and human as the real thing, but only if you know exactly what you are doing with it": The ultimate guide to ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: For the better part of five decades we have been wrestling with technology to try and get it to imitate the sound of the guitar – and all for one very good reason: it’s a damned hard ...