Guitar skills: If there’s one thing you'll need to do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords ...

Listen up: scales aren’t just torture devices invented by guitar teachers... When you use a scale, say, C major, you are playing ‘in the key of C’. The word ‘diatonic’ simply means ‘within a key’, so ...

For big, clear chords that pack a punch, strike a rock pose with this lesson... “So what’s the deal with power chords – how are they different from other chords?” A chord is two or more notes played ...