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It's the perfect lesson for newer students that are starting to become confident with simple chord progressions and are looking to develop creativity with their strumming. If you are struggling with ...

E major is one of the easiest and most important chords for any beginner guitarist to learn. It's used in loads of songs from classic rock to contemporary pop and it has an even easier nearby ...

Guitar skills: let's get one thing straight – you don't need to know a lot of scales to be a good guitarist. In fact, if you've been playing for under a year you could quite safely get away with only ...

Before you can get stuck into barre chords there are a couple of pieces of info you need to nail. The 'root note' is the note a chord gets its name from. It's the most important note in a chord. The ...