Amazing Guitar Chord Progressions

Master music intervals and their applications by studying interval formulas for major and minor steps, including flat and diminished variations.

Learn fretboard interval shortcuts to build power chords and quick chord shapes. Use one-and-five, one-and-eight, major/minor thirds, and major second to boost chords and improvisation.

Triads form the most common chords, built by adding the third and fifth above the root, helping you improvise chord progressions and guitar solos.

Explore the diatonic chord scale system and distinguish interval patterning from chords built in those intervals, noting how C major differs from C minor by E versus E-flat.

Learn major and minor scales through a two-step process: apply the major scale formula using whole and half steps from root notes C, F, and D, and derive E minor.

Explore how to form major and minor chords by using the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of a scale, with examples on the A major scale and A minor chord.

Explore the difference between sharps and flats, and how scale formulas use whole and half steps to choose sharps or flats in major and minor keys.

Learn how to find a song’s key on guitar by understanding 12 notes and half-step and whole-step relationships, then apply major and minor scale formulas to identify chords.

Explore suspended chords by learning that the third is replaced by the second or fourth. This creates a less stable, not defined as major or minor sound, and chord shapes.

Learn to compose guitar chord progressions by choosing a key (major or minor) and mixing major, minor, seventh, and sus chords. Explore adding sixth chords and practical fingerings.

Explore the most important chord progression, the 2-5-1, with real-world examples in C major, showing ii7–V7–I and major variations across famous songs.

Master a walking bass with half-step technique across major six and minor seventh chords, memorize tablature, and use a four-tempo chromatic pattern with bass slap to move smoothly between chords.

Explore a simple jazz walking-bass chord progression with major seventh, e-flat diminished, and G major seven chords, using a three-finger approach to play bass notes and chords together.

Build seventh chords by adding a seventh above the root, using C major seventh as example, covering major seventh, major with minor seventh, minor seventh, half diminished, and fully diminished.

Practice seventh chords within amazing guitar chord progressions to build familiarity and fluency in chord changes.

Use dominant chords to prepare a resolution in the target key by counting five notes to form a dominant seventh, with options for a major chord or a minor seven.

Choose a major key and build progressions from triads, using a dominant chord as a reliable 1–5 anchor. Then add major seventh, minor seventh, and sixth chords to deepen harmony.

Explain how diminished and half-diminished chords differ by the seventh: diminished seventh vs minor seventh; rooted in a diminished triad with flat five, then learn guitar shapes.

Learn to apply fully diminished chords in progressions using four types, the same guitar shape moved by one whole step in half, and substitute the dominant for richer endings.

Practice building major chords from a major scale using 1–3–5, then explore the ninth chord, a sonority frequently used in funk, jazz, and blues.

Learn how to construct 11th chords by outlining a major scale and building from the major triad, using the tones 1, 3, 5, 7, and 11.

The 13th chord is the same as nine and eleven, formed from a major chord with notes 1, 3, 5, 7, and 13.

Explore altered chords and slash chords, including d slash f sharp, and learn first and second inversions using c major with e and g as bass notes.

Explore tritone substitution to replace dominant chords, using F sharp seven as a substitute for C seven to add color in 2-5-1 progressions, especially in jazz.

Learn to build chord progressions by applying three chord functions—root, sub dominant, and dominant—using examples in C major to craft functional sequences and understand when to use secondary dominants.

Learn a chord progression in three levels, from simple major/minor and power chords to seventh and dominant chords, exploring 2-5-1 progressions across pop, rock, bossa nova, and jazz.

Level 2 expands the progression with a walking bass, seventh chords, and diminished substitutions. It emphasizes dominant and subdominant functions, with two endings and a repeat structure for jazzy textures.

Level 3 guides you through a sophisticated jazz chord progression, adding secondary dominants and tritone substitutions, using diminished and full diminished dominants, inversions, and walking bass to enrich harmony.

Turn a chord progression into an arrangement by blending melody, walking bass, and harmony techniques, using e minor 'flying to the moon' and pentatonic blues notes as practical examples.

Learn to craft strong guitar chord progressions in E major by starting with E major, building a ii–V–I cadence (251), and adding dominant seventh and suspended chords for musical spice.

Conclude the course on amazing guitar chord progressions by inviting learners to explore free and paid Udemy courses to develop their music skills, rate the class, and request chord guidance.