3 guitar chord substitutions that advanced players know (#2 is heavy!)
Sep 08, 2026Here are 3 beautiful guitar chord substitutions to reharmonize dominant 7
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💬 LESSON DESCRIPTION:
Chord substitution is a powerful way to rethink and reharmonize a chord progression to make it more interesting.
In this week’s video, I reveal three powerful guitar chord substitution concepts that advanced players use to refresh and reharmonize chord progressions.
Number two is my favorite and it goes deep!
I’m excited to show it to you.
Thanks for watching!
~ Jared
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