Terms such as ‘altered’ and ‘extended’ chords are relatively simple to explain. Extended chords add other notes from the scale to the existing root-3rd-5th triad (for example, C-E-G), so if we add a ...

Learning to play guitar is a difficult, fulfilling, and fun hobby. The web site Riffstation lets you crank that fun up to 11 by teaching you how to play a song exactly while the music video plays.

Just three chords this time because open Gm7 and Cm7 shapes are rarely used, leaving just Dm7, Em7 and Am7. Practise by strumming each chord, then picking each string to check they are all ringing ...

2. “As Tears Go By,” Marianne Faithful (1964) Co-written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, “As Tears Go By” was recorded by U.K. singer Marianne Faithful.