- 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 minor barred chord shapes into min7 chords!
You can extend a minor chord into a minor 7 chord by using the same principle as with the dom7 shapes, simply move the root two frets down. As always, remove all unnecessary notes.
Make sure you mute the 5th string with the flesh of the middle finger when you’ve turned the Em shape into an Em7, this goes for Gm7 shape as well.
In order to get the C shaped min7 chord we have to move the root up to a minor third and the 5th up to the b7th, again the C shape no longer has a 5th.
It is actually not until at this stage that the Cm shape becomes useful as a full chord shape.
Cm7 shape as a starting point
Notice how the Cm7 shape is much more comfortable to play than the Cm shape.
It would be a good idea to see all your Cm shaped scales as well as the arpeggios from the Cm7 shape, rather than the Cm shape.
Also, any other extension to the Cm chord would sit closer to the m7 shape.
These would be extensions like m9, m11 and any of the altered chords.
