Instructional

Here's one of my absolute favorite chord shapes - Am9 played on the 5th fret with open strings The combination of fretted and open strings creates a unique cluster of sounds that is particularly pleasant [...]

Here's a very nice, almost "mystical" F#7add11 chord shape on the 2nd fret! As you can see , i try to use as few fingers as possible in my chord shapes, opting to utilize open [...]

Here's a REALLY nice sounding B minor 11 chord shape, using open strings Pay attention to the interesting effect created on the top 3 strings, due to the combination of open string chiming and the [...]

Here's another excellent little post to help you with expanding your chordal vocabulary! This is a 3rd fret Cmaj9  - You can use it as a substitute for Cmaj7 and even C major triad The [...]

Here's a really useful version of Dm9 - this shape uses 2 open strings and sounds great played with a clean sound, maybe with just a touch of delay & chorus It can be used [...]

Here's a great little chord shape for A minor 11 - easy to finger and easy to remember! This is a simplification of A minor 7 chord - wher we take the perfect 5th of [...]