Guitar Chord Voicings: Playing Up The Neck

Rick Peckham connects chord construction with practical voicings across the guitar neck. Triads, seventh chords and substitutions help learners move beyond one familiar shape. It suits guitarists who can already play basic chords and want to understand how a different inversion or register changes the accompaniment without losing its relationship to the harmony on a lead sheet.

What you will learn

• Construct triads, seventh chords and inversions.
• Explore barre, power and drop-two chord shapes.
• Apply voicings and substitutions to accompaniment.

Who this suits

Intermediate learners with some guitar familiarity. The workload includes readings, assessments and practice activities rather than the same number of video hours. Plan time to play each shape cleanly and hear how its notes relate to the underlying chord.

Before you enroll

Plan regular playing practice alongside the lessons, using a tuned instrument and a tempo that lets every note sound clearly. Increase difficulty gradually and take breaks when your hands need them. A long video total is not a prediction of how quickly you will play well. Check whether the demonstrations require an acoustic guitar, an electric guitar or an amplifier, and use recordings to compare timing and tone over time.

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Put it into practice

Choose a short original chord progression and play it in two neck positions. Record both versions, identify the highest note in each voicing and explain how the change affects the accompaniment.

Source and review

This overview is based on the provider's published information, checked on 12 October 2026. It is an editorial assessment, not a claim that we completed the resource. Time filters are approximate study ranges; projects and exercises can take longer.

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