Blues Guitar Chords: Chord Scale

Today's guitar chord of the day post takes a different turn and includes eight guitar chords! We've looked at some of these chord inversions but this post puts them in a new context.

All of the chords presented are inversions or extensions of C7, so can be played in place of C7 in a blues progression. The interesting thing about this progression is that the top note of the series of chords plays through a C Mixolydian Scale.

The first is a C7 chord with a C root note on top

The second chord is a C9 chord with the 9th, D on top.

The third chord is a C7 chord with the 3rd, E on top.

The fourth chord is a C11 chord with the 11th, F on top.

The fifth chord is a C9 chord with the 5th, G on top.

The sixth chord is a C13 chord with the 13th, A on top.

The seventh chord is a C7 chord with the 7th, Bb on top.

The final chord is a C7 chord with the root note, C on top.

As we can play any one of these chords in place of a regular C7 we can play melodies with our rhythm parts - this sounds much more interesting than playing just one inversion for an extended period of time. Try linking these together and making up your own combinations of these chords and tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

Blues Guitar Chords: E9

Today's guitar chord of the day, continues our series of Blues Guitar Chords: E9.
This chord is moveable and has its root note on the E string (indicated by the black box in the chord diagram). Here's the fingering for this guitar chord shape:

Blues typically follows a 12 bar pattern based around Dominant 7th Chords:

||: E7  |  A7  |  E7  |  E7  |  A7  |  A7  |  E7  |  E7  |  B7  |  A7  |  E7  |  B7  :||

9th Chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
E9 uses these notes: E, G#, B, D 
Mix up today's chord of the day with previous Blues guitar chords when you play through the 12 bar progression and tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

Blues Guitar Chords: D9

Today's D9 guitar chord of the day is another inversion of a 9th chord and continues our series of blues guitar chords.

The root note is on the A string, it's easy to slip this up two frets to play an E9 chord. Use this with yesterday's A9 Guitar Chord and play through the entire blues chord progression.

D9 uses these notes: D F# A C

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Blues Guitar Chords: A9

Following on with our series of Blues Guitar Chords, today's Guitar Chord of the Day is A9.

Blues typically follows a 12 bar pattern based around Dominant 7th Chords:

||: A7  |  D7  |  A7  |  A7  |  D7  |  D7  |  A7  |  A7  |  E7  |  D7  |  A7  |  E7  :||

We've look at many different ways of playing dominant 7th chords on the guitar before, but we can make the blues progressions more interesting to play and listen to by using extended chords.

9th chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7, 9
A9 uses the notes: A, C#, E, G, B
The root note of the chord isn't played in this inversion, but we can imagine a root note on the E string to help us locate where to play the chord.

Try playing through the above blues chord progression with 9th chords and tune in tomorrow for another guitar chord of the day.

C9 guitar chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is C9 guitar chord. This chord has its root note on the A string
Dominant 9th chords use these scale degrees: 1, 3, 5, b7, 9

C9 uses the notes: C, E, G, Bb, D
Our inversion uses the notes in this order: C, E, Bb, D, G

9ths make greate blues guitar chords, play today's guitar chord with other 9th chords, 13th chords, or other Dominant 7th chords to spice up you blues rhythm guitar playing.

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B9 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is B9. Dominant 9th guitar chords are simply extended 7th chords, so they work great as blues guitar chords. This chord has its root note on the guitar's top E string.
Dominant 9th chords use these scale degrees: 1, 3, 5, b7, 9

B9 uses the notes: B, D#, F#, A, C#
Our inversion uses the notes in this order: A, C#, D#, B

Hook this 9th chord up with 13th chords, or other Dominant 7th chords to spice up you blues rhythm guitar playing.

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C7#5b9 / Bbm7b5 / Gb9 / Dbm6

The recent Guitar Chord a Day series 12 Dominant 7th Chords, introduced 12 useful dominant 7th guitar inversions.

Today's guitar chord of the day is actually four chords in one:

• C7#5b9
• Bbm7b5
• Gb9
• Dbm6

 Dominant 7th chords are easy to modify to create other chords:

• Lower the 3rd one fret to make a minor7 chord
• Raise the b7 one fret to make a major7 chord
• Raise the root two frets to make a 9th chord

Thinking of our guitar chord as a C7#5b9 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and raising the root and the 5th by one fret to create a 7#5b9 chord.

Thinking of our guitar chord as a Bbm7b5 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and lowering the 3rd and the 5th by one fret to create a m7b5 chord.

Thinking of our guitar chord as a Gb9 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and raising the root note by two frets to create a 9th chord.

Thinking of our guitar chord as a Dbm6 - this could be created by taking this dominant 7th chord and lowering the 3rd and the 7th by one fret to create a m6 chord.

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