Can be played over a minor chord. Note that it has a minor 2nd which is a semi tone away from the root giving a "Spanish" feeling to the scale. Lydian Mode Essential jazz chords– if you want to learn to play jazz songs, you should start with these eight chords. The following are links to various lessons on guitar chords. Some are easy, some are a bit more challenging. This is a major scale. The raised 4th degree gives the scale a more "modern sound" when soloing over a major chord! MixolydianMode

This is called the "natural minor" scale. It is used to solo over minor chords, the minor 6th giving a slightly darker sound than the Dorian mode with the major 6th. Locrian mode Learning to play guitar well is a big task, but Chordbook.Com is about cutting through the jargon and presenting you with great well designed web apps to help you on your way. Have fun and don't get weighed down by where you want to be with your playing, just focus on moving forward and learning a step at a time. Guitar Video Lessons Starting with basic major & minor chords, sus4, sus2, 7ths, major 7ths, barre chords etc. and then gradually building up to more advanced chords such as 9ths, 11ths, 13ths and many more. How guitar chords work– this lesson is the first lesson in a series of lessons about guitar chords. It breaks down what chords are and covers the basic chords that you should start out with. Sus chords (suspended chords)– sus chords sound awesome and are generally easy to play. This lesson is dedicated to suspended chords.We have a membership area, at the moment you can use the Forum and we have big plans for this so we will keep you posted on new developments. Building chords with triads– the first step to really understanding chords is to understand triads. Tip: If you want to study and memorize all the chords in the book than the fastest and most efficient way to go is to incorporate them in the songs you are playing. Speak out the name of every chord you are playing over and over again. It really works! How to figure out the chords in a key– if you play guitar chords, you’ll probably know that certain chords seem to fit together well. Every key contains specific chords. This lesson goes through how to figure out the chords in each key.

The following are links to six lessons in a series dedicated to chords. They work well as a sequence of lessons, but you can also jump in to a specific topic. We will look at the intervals relative to the root of each scale which will give the flavour and mood of each scale. Ionian ModeThere are seven notes in a major scale yielding seven different modes. These modes can be used to solo over given chord changes. The article on harmonising the major scale described the chord types derived from the major scale. When talking about modes we are using the accompanying scales for each chord type. So using the C major scale.. C Major Scale This is a major chord but with a minor 7th, giving the the scale a more "bluesy" sound. To be played over dominant 7th chords. This is a great scale to play over the dominant 7th chords of a blues progression to break out of the minor pentatonic and blues scales most beginning guitarists use. Aeolian mode Drop 2 jazz chords– if you really want to explore the guitar with chords, the drop 2 chord system will give you many hours of endless fun. You have to know all the notes on your guitar, you’ve got to know all the scales, you have to know all the ‘chords’ and make sure you do that stuff as much as possible”– Joe Satriani