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Chord Lessons
Chord a Day - 2013
For all of 2013 there will be a new chord each day that you can added to your chord vocabulary.
- Basic Open Position Chords for C Tuning
These are the chords that every ukulele player should know.
- Movable Form Chords
20 plus ukulele chord lessons, open postions forms and their movable forms.
A, Am , A7, B7, C, Cm, C7, D, Dm, D7, E, Em, E7, F, Fm, F7, G, GM, G7, A, Am, A7
- Core Chords - The Big Six
The 4-part Seventh chord can forms the foundation for our core contemporary, a.k.a, jazz chords. This lesson covers the big six that find a wide use in all forms of contemporary music.
- The Dominant Seventh Chord
Not all seventh chords are actually dominant seventh chords.
Cool Chords Lesson Series
These chords are part of the Cool Ukulele Chords Series of lessons.
- Creating Cool Ukulele Chords
Just what are those crazy chords you see advanced players using?
- G7
Alternate voicings to one of the first chords most players learn.
- A7
- F♯m7♭5
A chord in music is any harmonic set of two to three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. These need not actually be played together: arpeggios and broken chords may for many practical and theoretical purposes be understood as chords. Chords and sequences of chords are frequently used in modern western, west African and Oceanian music, whereas they are absent from the music of many other parts of the world.
The most frequently encountered chords are triads, so called because they consist of three distinct notes: further notes may be added to give seventh chords, extended chords, or added tone chords. The most common chords are the major and minor triads and then the augmented and diminished triads. The descriptions "major", "minor", "augmented" and "diminished" are sometimes referred to collectively as chordal "quality". Chords are also commonly classed by their root note so, for instance, the chord C Major may be described as a triad of major quality built upon the note C. Chords are also classified by inversion, the order in which their notes are stacked.
more information on WidipediA: Chord Progressions
- WidipediA: List of Chord Progressions
Simply put, a chord progression is a sequence of chords. Songs are chord progressions with melodies and lyrics added.
For a more elaborate description checkout the WidipediA article and link below.
Turns out there are a lot of common chord sequences that make learning a lot of songs easier.
- Simple Progressions
- Three Chord Progressions
- Blues Progressions (I – IV – V)
- 50's Chord Progressions
- Andalusian Chord Progression (I – VI – IV – V)
- Backdoor Chord Progression
- Montgomery-Ward bridge
In jazz music, the Montgomery-Ward bridge is a standard chord progression often used as the bridge, or 'B section,' of a jazz standard. The progression consists, in its most basic form, of the chords I7 - IV7 - II7 - V7. Often, some or all of the chords are dominants are substituted with ii-V progressions or otherwise altered. This is used in such standards as "The Sunny Side of the Street", "When You're Smiling", and "Satin Doll".
A chord progression (or harmonic progression) is a series of musical chords, or chord changes that "aims for a definite goal" of establishing (or contradicting) a tonality founded on a key, root or tonic chord. In other words, the succession of root relationships. Chords and chord theory are generally known as harmony.
A chord progression can be thought of as a harmonic simultaneity succession: it offers an ongoing shift of level that is essential to the music of Europe (at least since 1600), Oceania and South/West Africa. A change of chord, or "chord change", generally occurs on an accented beat, so that chord progressions may contribute significantly to the rhythm, meter and musical form of a piece, delineating bars, phrases and sections.
more information on WidipediA: Chord Progressions
Basic Ukulele Chords Chart
These charts are available in the lessons section of the site.
The following two charts are for C Tuning and organized by the chords that show up in common keys.
Both charts are FREE.
- Basic Open Position Chords - C Tuning
Basic open position chords in the common keys of C, G, D, A, and E - with seventh chords in all keys. Includes diminished and augmented chords.
- Basic Open Position Chords - C Tuning for Lefties
the same chart as above but for lefties.
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