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Following on from my last post, here is the second installment from ‘Worksheets for the Songwriting Guitarist’.

The idea for it came from this post over at songwritingapples.com. It’s about learning new chord shapes in a new tuning, but even if you stick to standard tunings I think this could be useful.

The Chord Diary

You’ve probably seen the many guitar chord books on sale. You might even own one or two and be quite familiar with the chord diagrams within. They certainly can be useful, but I don’t like them.

Why not?

For three reasons.

1. They only ever contain ‘standard’ chord shapes.
2. There’s no room for creativity, for filling in your own chord shapes.
3. They don’t encourage you to think about WHY chords are called what they are.

The Chord Diary worksheet allows you to record chord shapes that are unique to you, allowing you to

● Record shapes as and when you learn/invent them
● Make any relevant notes about the chord

How do I use the sheet?

Simply fill in the chord symbol as I have below (click on the picture to make it bigger) , and make some notes about it. Whatever you think is relevant. Pretty soon you’ll have a library full of chord voicings to choose from.

Here’s the worksheet for you to use as you see fit.

Chord Diary.pdf
Chord Diary.doc

APOLOGIES!! These files aren’t in the place they used to be! I’m in the process of getting them back online, but in the meantime, you can get a copy of the finished Ebook if you subscribe?