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Dave Keuning's chord has driven guitar players crazy for almost 20 years – especially anyone who has ever played in a covers band where this song is non-negotiable. The chord that opens this riff has ...

Classic tracks capo’d at the 7th fret include Hotel California and Here Comes the Sun but even just playing simple a I-IV-V chord progression (eg E-A-B) up there will sound fresh and vibrant.

Classic rock track . This '70s rock-style example is a cross between the Rolling Stones and Aerosmith, but also in the territory of Paul Kossoff of Free. A slash chord puts an alternative bass note at ...

10. Cocaine – Eric Clapton. Chords: E, E11, D, Dsus4, C, B. You could say that Eric Clapton didn’t change too much this J.J. Cale’s classic and one could argue he made it even simpler to play.

We're breaking 22 essential chords into three areas – beginner guitar chords, folk and blues. There's plenty of inspiration ...

And the classical guitar has an unmarked ebony neck, while the acoustic guitar features fret markers, small white dots in various pairs, groups or single formations on alternate frets of the guitar, ...

2. Guitar concerto in D – Vivaldi. This wonderfully playful Baroque concerto was originally composed for a lute, but the modern transposition for classical guitar is just lovely. Although Vivaldi ...