Basic open chord progressions.

This tutorial is in the key of G and is a blues based turnaround. You will earn that a blues turnaround is made of dominant 7th chords and you will learn how to connect each chord with a walking bass line.

Learning to use simple chords and by moving a few fingers, coming up with brand new chords.

In this tutorial we will use a backing track to practice a chord progression in A major. We are going to focus primarily on two things: getting from one chord shape to the next and doing it in time with the music. This tutorial uses the chords A major (I), F# minor (vi), B minor (ii), E major (V).

This tutorial was inspired by messages from subscribers that wanted to know how I get ideas for solos and fills. These are the positions I use for both, and also when I'm playing rhythm. These positions can be used in many styles of music, so don't be afraid to experiment with them.

Here you can learn to play a blues by using barré chords. Using barré chords on blues is actually one of the most used patterns in all blues and is used by players like SRV or Eric Clapton. This is also a good test for your endurance. The more you will practice this the longer you will be able to play barré chords.

This song is also listed under the name "Muted Chording" that I posted earlier & more recently as "FabGirl". The same notation tab is below but the sound file has been getting updated so I decided to repost it. Here's the HiFi version so far: HiFi Version And a "guitar only" version is below. The trick here is to play smoothly and evenly. Meld each chord into the next by ch...

This is a brief summary of what we have covered in the last two tutorials. Having learned the basic mechanics of fretting notes, we learned how to play four simple chords (C major, G major, A minor and E major). We learned how to play them individually and then put some of them together.

In this first step, we'll cover how to actually tune your guitar to an Open G The easiest way to do open G tuning is to: 1) Tune the 6th string (bottom E) down by two semitones (one whole step), to a D.
 2) Tune the 5th string (A) down by two semitones (one whole step), to a G.
 3) Leave the 4th (D), 3rd (G) and 2nd (B) strings alone.
 4) Tune the 1st string (top E) down by two semito...

In this lesson we are going to play a B major chord. The same ideas about proper fingering apply to this chord shape also. Remember that from the last knuckle of your finger to the fingertip your fingers should be arched so they are pointing straight down into the string & fretboard. Remember that your fingertip should be right behind the fret you are playing. Not on top of the fret. Remembe...