Change the major 3rd of an open A chord to either a 4th or a 2nd to add movement, but without changing the sound of the chord too much. Great for folk and pop. This funky idea is a sure-fire way ...

Attempting to emerge from the shadow of 1989's sprawling eighth album, Disintegration, the band, fronted by Robert Smith, were hoping they could jump back on the more universal rails they’d once ...

Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered tunings and many points between - to build your musical vocabulary and hone your own voice on the acoustic guitar.

To find out more about the chord and why it feels so powerful to so many, host Robin Young talks to Dr. Martin Clarke, a musicologist who studies the intersection between music and theology.