Guitar basics: getting started with rhythm guitar Well, bigger isn’t always better. Six-note chords can sound messy and lack clarity, especially when the guitar has a distorted tone. This can be good ...

To make these chords sound richer, you can add another note which is the 7th interval up from the root. With the root, 3rd, 5th and 7th all combined, 7th chords are created.

For now, though, we're going to neatly sidestep hundreds of years of musical development and jump into chord theory by the back door. We're going to look at power chords! Make the devil horns sign, ...