Guitar lessons: The most common chord progression is known as a ‘12-bar blues’, which, predictably is 12 bars long (eight-, 16- and 24-bar versions are common, too). What the name doesn’t tell you is ...

This is a challenge most novice guitarists will face. Although there are thousands of chords to learn on the guitar, it’s easy to get started. You may like Best acoustic guitar for beginners: Strum ...

Somewhere along the way, barre chords became the gold standard. For many songwriting guitarists, they’re seen as a kind of graduation from open chords, a sort of signal to the guitar world that you’ve ...

Welcome back. This is a continuation of our exploration of chord progressions in songs, both diationic (one key) and chromatic (more than one color, of key). It starts with an example by The Beatles, ...

Wong explains how outlining notes in the chord progression helps find a solo that's melodically on-point and just what the song calls for ...