Guitar Alliance

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  • Open C Tuning

    Slightly more obscure, open C is tuned to a C major chord, and utilizes a very low sixth string to give the guitar a big, full sound.

  • What are chord extensions?

    Extensions are simply Major, minor, or Dominant 7th chords with one or more scale steps added to the formulas.

  • Guitar Chord Charts

    Here I’ll be listing various chord charts that you can download and print out. The chord forms are presented on chord diagrams, so you’ll need to learn how to read chord diagrams if you want to any sense of the chord charts. Don’t worry, it only takes a couple of minutes to learn.

  • “Refugee” by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy “Refugee” was released in January 1980 as the second single from the Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album Damn the Torpedoes. Main Riff The main riff consists of a rhythm guitar and lead guitar. The rhythm guitar riff is instantly recognizable to many.  The lead guitar is overall pretty easy, except for…

  • Operator by Jim Croce

    Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Jim Croce Where to find this song – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim track #7 Release Date – May 1972

  • What Is The Blues?

    blues (blz)  A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the. 2. A style of music evolved from southern African-American secular songs and usually distinguished by a syncopated 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: “The blues is an…

  • 12 Bar Blues With Barre Chords

    For those of you who can play barre chords, they will open up a whole myriad of variations of the 12-bar chord pattern for you to try.  First, try playing the same progression using the following barre chords at the 5th and 7th frets;

  • Hey There Delilah by Plain White T’s

    Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy

  • Working Class Hero by John Lennon

    Difficulty: Easy This song has been recently done by Green Day, but here’s the John Lennon version. There are two guitars, where one actually is the melody line. The up and down arrows indicate strumming patterns. Pay close attention to the bass notes, which will be on the Low E string and the A string.

  • Cats In The Cradle by Harry Chapin

    Difficulty: Intermediate