The Complete Guitar Chord Masterclass

Learn Em, C, and G chords, blending minor and major tones for progressions. Use open strings and fingering on frets two and three, notes E, G, B, C, D.

Learn A minor, D, and E chord shapes, compare E minor and E major by a single note difference, and practice fingerings and string picking for smooth transitions.

Master the F, D minor, and A chords using a barre technique and careful finger placement to produce F, A, C notes, while moving between major and minor shapes.

Explore how right-hand strumming patterns bring chords to life by combining down and up strokes, counting four-beat and three-beat songs with downbeats and upbeats, for a swing-feel rhythm.

Learn four beat strumming patterns with a focus on shuffle rhythm, down and up strokes, using chord examples like D and G to practice switching smoothly.

Learn 3-beat strumming patterns, moving from 4-beat shuffle to 3-beat counts with down, up, down, up, emphasizing the first beat on chords like A minor and C.

Master movable power chords, a three-note shape that doubles the root, enabling you to play major, minor, and sharp chords across the guitar neck.

learn major barre chords as movable, full-sounding shapes formed by a barre with the first finger, linked to open and power chords on the sixth and fifth strings.

Master minor barre chords on the sixth and fifth strings by sliding E minor and A minor shapes up the neck. Press with the index and middle fingers for barres.

Identify notes in a key and turn them into chords to create a family of chords that sound good together, guiding your progressions and avoiding discordant pairings.

Learn how to find the notes in any key using whole steps and half steps, from c to c and a to a, and turn those notes into chords.

Turn scale notes in any key into chords by applying the major/minor rule (capital M, lowercase m) across seven steps. Build harmonious song-ready progressions from this chord bank.

Learn how roman numerals label chords in a key and build progressions like 1-5-4-6, so you can play with others by knowing both chords and numerals.

Use roman numerals to simplify transposing chords across keys while preserving the progression. Move from the key of C to G, keeping the 1-5-4-6 relationship intact.

Learn the standard song form with verse, chorus, and bridge, and how in-key chord progressions (verse: 5-4-6; chorus: 6-4-2-1) drive dynamics and guitar solos.

Finish the course by completing the final project: find chords to a song or write chords for your own song, then record or document your process and share.