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4th Chords and Quartal Harmony
As I have discussed in previous posts, traditional harmony/theory constructs chords in intervals of a third. There is another type of chord construction that is quite common in jazz, called “quartal harmony” or sometimes better known as “4th chords.” Quartal harmony is most commonly associated with the modal jazz of the late 1950′s and 60′s. [...]
Continue reading...Chord Hacks: Chord Structures for Guitar
29 March 2010
What I would like to do, for the sake of this article as an introduction only, is to get you to look at the guitar for playing chords as groups of four notes. Typically your fretting hand only has four notes to work with because you only have four fingers to use. There are exceptions [...]
Continue reading...Chord Hacks: My 5 Favorite Chords
18 March 2010
Every guitar player has their favorites; chords they just love to try and work into the songs they write, when they are comping, and when a friend asks to “show them something on the guitar.” I thought it would be fun to share a few of my favorites with you and, hopefully, get you to [...]
Continue reading...Chord Hacks: Multi-Use Chord Voicings
8 February 2010
Five chords, one fingering. Wouldn't that be a great way to learn guitar? Why struggle with trying to memorize thousands of chords when you can cut that number by half, five, or ten times? With multi-use chord voicings, it's possible!
Continue reading...Chord Hacks: Intermediate Blues Chord Comping
25 January 2010
In our first official Fretterverse video, I show you some intermediate chord concepts for the 12-bar and jazz blues. Watch it, learn it, love it, share it!
Continue reading...Chord Hacks: String Group Inversions
13 January 2010
I don't know if you spent any time investigating the different string groups from my previous post, but I would like to continue exploring the string groups and how to bring some life to your chord playing.
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