That's no problem, particularly if we go back to our recording and take a pair of scissors to it, chopping notes to create melodies and looking for 'passing notes', which help our chords blend more ...

The add9 at the top takes a regular minor chord and makes it very interesting. With its jazz sound this is great as a passing chord, or to use when combining rhythm with lead guitar playing.

Improvising Passing Diminished Chords There is a lot of uncertainty that surrounds diminished chords. How do they work exactly? What chordscales do they take? How do you improvise over them? Gain some ...

Knowing your pentatonic shapes is very helpful, plus the CAGED chord shapes and the triads and inversions they incorporate. One thing we don’t generally get to demonstrate here is the use of space and ...

The F and Gm chords are the key to The Beatles-esque style here. The F chord doesn’t belong in the key (D major), but works well as a passing chord between F#m and Em.