Tenor Guitar Resources
You can find my YouTube channel here, where I'll be building a playlist of lessons, ideas, and discoveries as I continue my tenor guitar journey.
Along the way, I'll also be sharing helpful resources here on the website, including downloadable PDFs, chord charts, practice materials, and additional recordings. Whenever a resource relates to a specific video in the playlist, I'll make that connection clear so you can easily find everything that goes together.
Whether you're making the leap from ukulele, just picking up a tenor guitar, or simply looking at the instrument from a fresh perspective, I hope these resources make your own journey a little more enjoyable.
Let’s start with a request for a PDF of CARELESS LOVE in C- first introduced in Lesson 3
This chart is very simple, but provides a great framework with simple chords. Please note- for Lesson 3 we edited the D7 chord to a D minor chord. This was done for simplicity of choosing a 5 fret “home” chord on the fretboard. Later in Lesson 6 we return to the original (and more correct) D7 as we explore our moveable chords.
Lesson 8- Whenever You’re Lonesome
Okay friends, this tune is a real gem. A Joyful Little Band performs it in Bb, so that is how I’ve presented it in Lesson 8’s video. This is a great song for exploring the key of Bb and the circle of fifths. The following resources will be helpful: Chord Diagrams (in educational format), and Song Chart with chord diagrams for playing along.
Lesson 9- Get Your Chords Moving! (Videos are in the works and will be posted when ready.)
Let’s take a trip up and down the neck! In this four-part mini-series, we’ll explore the moveable (closed) chord shapes that give the tenor guitar its versatility in Chicago tuning. We’ll start with a little fretboard theory, then dig into four essential chord families: major (9a), minor (9b), dominant 7th (9c), and minor 7th (9d). The video links and PDFs are organized below, giving you everything you need to learn the shapes, practice them, and put them to work in your own playing. Whether you’re playing a hot jazz tune, an old standard, or just noodling around the fretboard, these moveable shapes will give you a whole new set of chords to work with.
9 Overview- A quick review of the musical alphabet- 12 half steps provide the building blocks for all music. Video here, and corresponding PDF here.
9a- Major chord shapes video, and its corresponding PDF.
9b- Minor chord shapes video, and its corresponding PDF.
9c- Dominant 7th chord shapes video, and its corresponding PDF.
9d- Minor 7th chord shapes video, and its corresponding PDF.