Now it's time to stretch out those fingers with some 7's. Adding a 7th does not make them any harder than playing other regular chords, but you might find them a little tricky just because you'lkl be using your little finger. They have a very distinct sound and are used a lot in Blues, folk and country.

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G7

A bit of a finger stretcher, bit like a wider version on C, but not hard once you have practiced it. And sounds well cool in blues.

Start with your first finger and then stretch the other two fingers across. Keep it easy by remembering to keep your fingers round (like you are holding a ball) and use the tips of your fingers not the flats.

C7

Start with a regular C chord and add your little finger.

Try to mute the 6th string with the tip of your 3rd finger. It will make the chord sound better cos the low E makes the chord sound muddy, and also makes more room under your finger to try and let the note on the 4th string ring out clearly.

You might find that your little finger gets pretty sore at this stage because we've not used it a lot thus far and so the skin might not be as tough. As you may already know, the only solution is practice and resting up when it gets sore. Shouldn't be too long now until all your fingers are tough enough!

B7

B7 is a very common chord, and I must admit that I didn't have a hard time with this one when I was learning, but many people do! It can be hard to get all the notes ringing out clearly and the little finger has to press hard too, and some people find the little finger to be a lot weaker because it's not been used too much at this stage... and as mentioned above, it could get sore quicker than your other fingers. Might take you a few goes to get to this chord.

Check that your 2nd finger is muting the sixth string and that the second string is ringing out clearly and is not touched by the 3rd or 4th fingers. That is the hardest bit to get right for sure...

Now it's time to look at another really useful chord BC-142 • The F Maj7 Chord

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