Guitar lessons: The CAGED system is a well known approach that makes it very easy to access any chord across the whole neck. Today, we’re applying it to major and minor chords. If you already know the ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally ...

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When we learn about creating a chord from a scale, we list the notes in order of appearance: Root, 3rd, 5th. However, swapping this order around can sometimes be really effective. Shifting the 3rd (or ...