Substitute guitar chords in D

By Andy@Musicademy | March 7, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 3 In the last two posts we looked at alternative chord voicings in the keys of G and C. Now let’s look at my favourite set of shapes which is for the key of D. I’m a big James Taylor fan and many of his songs use these exact voicings so if […]

Substitute chords for the key of C

By Andy@Musicademy | March 4, 2009

Substitute Chords – part 2 Previously we looked at a whole range of chords you can get nice alternative voicings with in the key of G. For many players once they start using these G based chords they simply put on a capo for other keys and never learn any other shapes again! This is a […]

Chord of the Month – Em11

By Steve Weeks | December 8, 2008

This is a really beautiful substitute for ‘oh so common’ Em chord |— |-0- |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— F# |— |-0- |-0- |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— D |— |-0- |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— A |— |-0- |— |— |-0- |— |— […]

Chord of the Month – EmM7

By Steve Weeks | November 26, 2008

Lets be fashionable and topical with the “James Bond” chord – EmM7 |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |— E (1) |— |— |— |— |— |— |-O- |— |— |— |— F# (9) |— |— |— |— |— |— |— |-O- |— |— |— D# (M7) |— |— |— |— […]