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Am I Playing The G Chord Wrong ???
A comment was made on my beginner guitar lesson video How To Play G C D Chords claiming they were stunned how I was playing the G chord. They claimed it was the wrong way to play the standard open string G chord on the guitar. This comment got me thinking what is the “right” way to play the G chord or which version is more “correct”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh9oGsuFrSE
So I decided to investigate if there is a wrong or right way to play this commonly used guitar chord. Check out my video below where I cover the 4 main ways to play the open string G chord and the pros and cons of each version and maybe even which way is the best way to play this commonly used guitar chord.
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Beginner Guitar Chords: Easy Strumming and Picking
After months of planning, shooting and editing I’ve finally completed my new video class Beginner Guitar Chords: Easy Strumming and Picking on Skillshare. With over 1 and a half hours of video plus additional PDF chord and song sheets and MP3 backing tracks. Check out the guitar class here https://skl.sh/41W8hIP with a free 1 month trial on Skillshare.
Have you always wanted to learn how to play the guitar but didn’t know where to start? Then this guitar class is for you!
Check out the video below to get a sample of what you could be learning on the guitar.
https://youtu.be/CtE1C4Ajn3s
This class is guitar learning made easy for absolute beginners. Read More
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Guitar Album Reviews – U2 – Rattle and Hum
Albums that got me into playing guitar
Way back in 1989 I was a 13 and after years of piano lessons I decided to
teach myself guitar. After all the guitar is a much cooler instrument and more
portable than a piano.That same year U2 were a superstar band releasing Rattle and Hum, a double album with a mix of studio and live tracks.
Containing the hit tunes Desire, All I Want Is You, Angel of Harlem and
Love Comes to Town the album was everywhere on the radio, TV and the film
version of Rattle and Hum was also shown in movie theatres around the world.On Rattle and Hum U2 we’re looking to simplify their music while paying
tribute to American rock n roll, gospel, soul and blues. Read More -
F Jazz Blues Chord Variations
In this guitar lesson learn how to play chords in a
jazz version of the 12 bar blues in the key of F.The 3 main chords of a blues in F are:
F7 (I chord
Bb7 (IV chord)
C7 (V chord)Charlie Parker.
However when jazz musicians play a 12 bar blues
they often add extra chords making the progression more harmonically
interesting and challenging to play. This chord progression is used for the
Charlie Parker tunes Billie’s Bounce and Now’s The Time. Here you will learn 3
different versions of a jazz version of a 12 bar blues in F that incorporates these
extra chords.The first of these additional chords is the B
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Autumn Leaves – 9th Chord Arpeggios – Jazz Guitar Solo Lesson
In this guitar lesson we will learn how to use 9th chord arpeggio patterns to create a guitar solo over the jazz standard Autumn Leaves in the key of G minor. For this tune it’s the last chord and not the first which is actually C minor.
The chord progression in G minor includes the following chords
C minor 7, F7, Bb major 7, Eb major 7, A minor 7 flat (AKA half diminished), D7
and G minor 7. There’s also a shorter chord sequence at the end of the tune
which includes the chords G minor 7, C7, F minor 7 and Bb7.With the tune in the key of G minor you can play a solo
over the entire tune using G natural minor scale (AKA G Aeolian mode). While
this will sound fine it won’t outline the chord changes. Read More
