Originally Posted by: frontierAk
I've always had an interest in this type of contemporary music and curious if anyone,perhaps the GT instructors can direct me to the right avenue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSMc4jEKgSU

That is modern R&B (rhythm & blues), kind of a combo of soul, funk & jazz.

He is playing an E-flat minor 7th (i), B-flat minor 7th (v) & C-flat major 7th (VI).

I have tutorials about those chord shapes here:

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=501

Using the shapes you learn in my tutorial, you can play what the guitarist in the video played:

E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |----7-9-9-------9------4-3s4--3s4--3s4---4-------|
G |---6----6------6------3--2s3--2s3--2s3----3------|
D |--8-----8-----6------4---3s4--3s4--3s4-----4-----|
A |-6-----------8------2----1s2--1s2--1s2------2----|
E |------------6------------------------------------|

Hope that helps. Let us know how it goes! Have fun. :)