- Intro
Advanced Chords - Intro
Learn how to extend your barred chord shapes!Go to Advanced Chords.
- Extend Major Chords
Extend Major Chords
Learn how to extend major chords into maj7 and dom7!Go to Maj-Maj7 Chords.
Go to Maj-Dom7 Chords.
- Extend Minor Chords
Extend Minor Chords
Learn how to extend minor chords into min7 and min7b5!Go to Min-Min7 Chords.
Go to Min7-Min7b5 Chords.
- Cycle Of 4ths
Chords Cycle Of 4ths
The key exercise to learning your chord shapes!Go to Chords Cycle Of 4ths.
- Dom7 Cycle Of 4ths
Dom7 Chords Cycle Of 4ths
Run your dom7 chord shapes through the cycle of 4ths!Go to Dom7 Chords Cycle Of 4ths.
- Maj Cycle Of 4ths
Maj7 Chords Cycle Of 4ths
Run your maj7 chord shapes through the cycle of 4ths!Go to Maj7 Cycle Of 4ths.
- Min7 Cycle Of 4ths
Min7 Chords Cycle Of 4ths
Run your min7 chord shapes through the cycle of 4ths!Go to Min7 Chords Cycle Of 4ths.
- Min7b5 Cycle Of 4ths
Min7b5 Chords Cycle Of 4ths
Run your min7b6 chord shapes through the cycle of 4ths!Go to Min7b5 Chords Cycle Of 4ths.
- What’s next?
What's next?
Next up is to organize all chords around every major scale shape!Go to What's next?
More Chords
Learn how to build add9, sus2 and dim chords!Go to More Advanced Chords.
Master Chords
Extend your chords even further! Go to Master Chords.
Turn all your major barred chord shapes into dom7 chords!
You can build a dominant 7 chord by lowering the root yet another step, this gives you a b7 instead of a maj7th.
You notate this by simply writing a 7 after the chord.
The video demonstrate the concept in A, again, it’s understanding the shapes that is important.
As with the maj7, it is a good idea to leave the lower part of the G shape out when playing a G shaped dom7 chord.
However, you should always visualize the whole chord shape when you play the chord.
The C shapes b7 has to move to the next string in order to get the dom7 chord.
This means that we no longer have a 5th within the chord.
That’s OK since the rule of thumb is that the 5th is the first note you leave out when building bigger chord.
A 5th only really effect the sound when it is altered. Learn more about altered chords in the Guitar Conspiracy.
