Guitar skills: When it comes to chord progressions, you don’t have to break new ground to write great songs. In fact, some basic chord progressions have been used repeatedly in hundreds of pop and ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images In this lesson, I’d like to discuss playing over what’s known as a I - VI - ...

BEST OF 2021: Tired of using the same old shapes for your blues improvs? Learn these 10 chords and take your blues jams to the next level. Here we’re looking at some variations on basic ‘7’ chords (E7 ...

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary issue of American Songwriter (Jan/Feb 2015), “Measure for Measure” served up a smorgasbord of 30 handpicked, solid gold chord progressions. This e-book supplements ...