In this guitar lesson, I will show you how to take basic chords to the next level. I call these chords the “No Pain No Gain” chord because they are beautiful and very challenging.

There are two things that we can do to transform a chord from basic to advanced:

• Make the chord harmonically more challenging.
• Make the chord technically more challenging.

In this lesson, we will explore both of them. As you will see, as we add more notes to the chords, the chord shapes will inevitably become more challenging to play.

One of my favorite chords in this lesson is the lovely Cmaj7 chord played with a not quite simple shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the lesson.