Rock on electric guitar

Rock on electric guitar: the strumming pattern “power-chord eighths”, in 4/4 and the progressions classic Mixolydian (I–bVII–IV) and blues frame (I–IV–V), each with audio on its own page. This is the electric guitar's home ground: pop, rock, blues, funk and soul were shaped around its sound, whether you strum full chords or play short, tight chord stabs behind the singer.

Attitude, volume, and a driving pulse: rock cuts straight to the point, with heavy accents on beats two and four that make your head nod on its own. Here you'll find the classic Mixolydian — in practice, a major sound with a lowered seventh that gives the style its gritty edge — and the blues frame, the chord skeleton inherited from the blues.

Grooves

Progressions

My Chords & Scales: Build the genre's repertoire: saving chords and scales to the Notebook is part of Pro · use it in Chord and Fret

Updated October 20, 2026