The CAGED chord shapes can be a great way of learning the geography of the fretboard. The shapes, both major and minor, occur ...

Inversions are essential for jazz players, virtuoso cats such as Martin Tyler, but they are super-useful for any player ...

In G major, starting on G ... so don’t get too stuck trying to play the chord shapes. Normally, we’d start by playing the G in the bass, because the root is our first port of call for ...

If you want to play a B major chord, you hit B, a D#, and an F#. One white key, then two black ones. The piano keyboard is not isomorphic, meaning chords of the same quality have different shapes.