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 ...

You will just need the basic Em, D, C and G chords with some A chord variations. The key here is in the strumming, so the best thing is to play along with the song until you get the full grip.

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 ...