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Most guitarists know a few chords in A major.
A. D. E. Maybe F#m if we’re getting fancy.
But knowing the chords is not the same as knowing what to do with them.
That’s the point of this free Guitar Weekly thread: A Major Toolkit.
It takes one familiar harmonic world, the I-vi-IV-V neighborhood of A major, and turns it into three connected studies:
Thread 1: The 7th Chord Map
You walk through the full diatonic 7th-chord family in A major: Amaj7, Bm7, C#m7, Dmaj7, E7, F#m7, and G#m7b5. The point is not just memorizing chord names. It’s seeing how the whole key fits together as a movable system.
Thread 2: A OK - Staccato Comping
Those chords become a real rhythm part: a bass-and-stab comp through A-F#m-D-E, with a ringing bass note underneath and clipped chord stabs on top. One guitar starts to feel like a whole rhythm section.
Thread 3: A OK - Melody Over the Changes
Then the same progression gets a melody. The line outlines each chord as it moves, climbs the neck over the D section, and resolves back home on A.
That’s the bigger idea: chords, rhythm, and lead are not separate worlds. They’re three views of the same music.
If you’ve ever learned a scale or chord shape and thought, “Okay, but now what?” this is exactly the kind of thread that closes that gap.
The full free lesson is here:
https://guitarweekly.com/weekly-threads/a-major-toolkit/
You’ll find the complete Weekly Thread, tabs, PDFs, and practice path inside.
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