Chord Magic: Many Chords from One Form

Chord Magic: Many Chords from One Form

Have you ever been learning a song and come across an unfamiliar chord? What do you do? Most will look to find the specific chord form needed, play the song, and move on. But, if you don’t take the time to relate the new chord to a form you already know, then you end up with an isolated chord form in your knowledge with no reference to be able to use it in another setting.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could take a form that you already know and just adjust a note here and there to make the chord needed?

This lesson shows you a little bit of chord magic—how to build many chords from one base form from which all others are derived. Grab your guitar and let’s learn a little bit of chord magic!

- Steve Krenz

Steve plays a Gibson ES-335 in this lesson.

Check out Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar course for more great instruction.

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