Blues Guitar Lesson – Blues Guitar Chords – Part Two

So by now you have those 3 note dominant 7 chords down, right? If not be sure to check out part one of the blues guitar chords lesson. Be sure to watch the video guitar lesson.

In part 2 of this lesson I’m going to show you some really cool chords built from these basic 3 note blues chords:

And the alternate fingering of the 6th string root dominant 7 chord:

Starting with the G7 fingering in the chord chart above, you only have to add your 4th finger to the 5th fret on the B string to play a G13 chord:

The Dominant 13 chord is a really cool sound, very jazzy!

The 6th string root Dominant 9 chord is not really built on the Dominant 7 fingering, but it’s too cool to leave out:

Notice that the G note is not played in this chord (3rd fret, 6th string). This works out great when you are playing in a band. The bass player will play the root at the bottom, and your chord is in the middle range for a nice smooth sound.

There are two ways to play a dominant 9 chord with a 5th string root based on the 3 note blues guitar chord. For the first all you have to do is add your 4th finger to the B string like this:

The other way is a little bit more difficult. You have to hold the top 3 strings down with your 3rd finger:

Holding 3 guitar strings down with your 3rd finger may be tough at first, but keep at and eventually it will become easy. And once you can do that you can tackle the 5th string root Dominant 13 chord:

That one is probably the hardest. It may be easier at first to work on this fingering higher up on the guitar fretboard where the frets are closer together.

Be sure to watch the video guitar lesson where I demonstrate all of these chords.

Coming Up: Blues Guitar Lick #2!

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