I’d appreciate your feedback
For reasons good or bad I have had to update the website to work with modern browsers, mobile phones etc. To be honest I don’t like it but it had to be done.
Although the site looks quite different, the main thing that has changed (other than the colours) is the navigation. Whereas it all used to be on the left, it is now on the top and on the left. The top navigation should drop down to allow you to choose the main categories and the sub categories then appear on the left. This is for desktop sized browsing. Mobile works a little different in that the left column will move to the top under the main navigation. Hope that makes sense? 🙂
Anyway, let me know what you think, good or bad including problems you might be experiencing. If I can change something without too much difficulty then I will.
Comments below …
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Lee
Well done!
Well planned site. Easy to navigate and full of the essentials.
Regards
Rob
Hi, a fantastic site! One suggestion I can make is to have an image of the chord appear when the mouse is hovering over it.
The use of the word ‘position’ on the minor pentatonic scales pages is confusing. In general guitar terminology ‘position’ indicates the fret number that the first finger plays on, or the fret number being used that is closest to the nut. The CAGED system then determines the ‘pattern’ number. C is pattern1, A is pattern 2 etc.
Otherwise,your site is excellent. The information is concise and well presented.
sincerely
Rick
Thanks for your comments Rick.
It’s always difficult to know what’s the best terminology. Trouble with guitar there are so many variations with the terms people use. I have just as many books by respected authors that say “position” for the same thing. I’d guess “pattern” or something else would probably make more sense. Personally I don’t like the term “position” for either use. If enough people find it confusing then I’ll look into changing it. Appreciate you giving your thoughts though. It all helps.
I am 70 + years old. I have played guitar (self-taught by an idiot) since I was 15. I was trolling the Internet for some sort of music education. I came across this wonderful website. I have always known somehow that music wasn’t a bootful of notes randomly poured out on to piece of paper. I have been on your website every chance I get working on everything you have included. Love the diagrams. Finally, no more chaos! I wish I would have had this clear information many years ago. But there’s no time like the present! Thank you for your time and effort for creating this website. Just a little thank from across the pond! Jack
Thanks Jack. Great to hear.
I have a list of things that I want to add to the website. Just finding the time is a bit difficult but I’m working on it so keep checking back. Maybe something interactive will be a good idea. Tips and advice offered etc..
Hi
Why does it say Major/Minor say Am chord A-C-E has 3 notes in the chord, when you look at the fingering theres always another two randoms notes in the shape. Are they disregarded? , if not then why still do the say three notes per chord- just sa’in
Helen. If I understand you correctly, the extra fingered notes are octaves. For instance, the 2nd diagram for Am is a bar chord. It has three A’s, two E’s and one C in the fingering. Does that make sense?
Thank you for this website, even though i play the keyboard (piano) i still find this website helpful thxs alot. ????????
Thanks James. I’ve often wondered if non guitarists use this site as some of it is obviously still relevant info. 🙂
Hi Lee. Great reference site. However, I think I’ve spotted a slight error.
On the ‘Chord numbering page’ (http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/chord-theory/chord-numbering.html), you show iii9 and iii13 in the chart. However, the 9th and 13th of these chords are non-diatonic, so they don’t actually belong to the Key.
Cheers,
Tony
Thanks Tony. I thought I’d ironed out all the errors by now! Obviously not, so well spotted and thanks for bringing it to my attention.
I’ve updated it now, hopefully I have it right this time. 🙂
Cool and no worries. I have been doing my own music theory revision and I’ve been using your site for a lot of the details. It’s a great site – really simple and easy to use. And I literally had only finished doing my own table of diatonic chords when I saw your table, so it was fresh in my mind. Anyway, keep up the good work.
Amazing site! Kudos for upgrading it for mobile users, I do most of my browsing out of a tablet and my phone. Just want to say thanks because this is the first site that has all the scales and clear enough chord theory to understand it without a video. Awesome work.
Thanks Flaco
I Appreciate it.
Lee
WoW what a great site!,,,I’m 63,,,and to think that I used to copy and draw those same scales/chords into my note book,,,the notebooks that were full of paper! Ha sounds like ancient history!! I would use a ruler, have extra pencils and erasures,,,,wow,,,loved those days! Great Site,,,I will visit often!
Thanks Big John.
Hi Lee,
Thank you for creating this website! It’s been very helpful to me in understanding music theory, although I do have questions. In the C scale, if 1-3-5 (C-E-G) are the notes that make a C chord, why does the chord diagram showing you where to put your fingers say C-E-C? I believe it says to put your first finger on the C instead of a G.
Hi Robby.
I’m not quite sure what you mean. Do you mean on the page for C major chord? http://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/c-major-chord.html
I can’t see a problem there so can you give me a bit more detail?
Thanks
Lee
Thanks voor this great site!!
Thanks Kees
Great website! I’m still taking lessons and I use this site a lot. I’ve been looking at the page on arpeggios, but I’m not sure I understand what these pages are telling me? Could you touch on this a little more? Are these pages illustrating practice routines!
Thank you
Ron
Hi Ron.
They are just the arpeggio patterns and notes, i.e., the notes contained within a chord. You can play / practise them the same as you would a scale just to learn and get used to how chord tones interact with the fretboard. Putting them to good musical use is a bit more complicated but that should come with practising them over chords and backing tracks and try to come up with ideas that sound good. That’s a very simplified explanation but learning the shapes is a good start.
The blues scale might be easier to pick up if I knew what frets you are on
Hi Lee
I may have missed your reply.
I want to register and I can’t find the link.
I want to send a picture and I must register to do that.
Hi Donald. I did reply to your other comment. I’m still working on this, I’ve had problems with spam and a few other things that have caused some issues. The registration should be working this week sometime.
Where are you trying to send a picture? If it’s in the questions section then you should be able to do that without registering. Let me know and I’ll check it out.
I’ve checked this and you are right, I never realised you need to be registered to upload images in the questions and answers.
Anyway, just a few more checks to make, hopefully the registration will be up and running by tomorrow.
Try here Donald.
https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/blog/members/