If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our ...

Well, I’d like to teach songwriting guitar-players more about harmonizing ... In addition to all the G variations, your C chord variations Cadd9, Csus2, Cmaj7, etc., all have a G note too.

As guitar players we often learn ... The root note is now on the G string. This variation on a major barre chord also allows you to use extra fingers to add melody lines and extension notes in the ...

We’ve only scratched the surface with a few third-finger variations ... C chords throughout – you can even play these bars in the ‘wrong’ order. The bass guitar pins it all down with root notes to ...

Almost every song in the pop charts is built around the same four chords. And it's nothing new – they're the same three chords that Pachelbel used in his famous Canon. But why do we keep coming back ...