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Guitar Lover — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:52:10 +0000

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Guitar Lover — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:11:12 +0000

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Intro to Country Guitar Chords

Guitar Lover — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:22:25 +0000

This lesson will cover the basic intro to country guitar chords. Before beginning, make sure you warm-up for at least 5 minutes. It is absolutely vital that you warm-up before playing every day. Do not blow this off. It is absolutely crucial that you do exercises that will strengthen your fingers, hands, and forearms. These exercises make you stronger, faster, and the ability to play longer which will propell you to being better than 95% of the other beginners out there.

With that said, let us begin…

The first thing I want you to know is that I’m not going to sit here and write about a bunch of chords that are great to play. I’m going to give you tips on playing chords so that you can understand what you need to practice in order to play them well. Keep in mind that all music is built around chords which are built from scales. So, in order to be a great country guitar player, it is important to master both scales and chords.

So what exactly is a chord?

Well, I am glad you are asking that question (you are asking that, right?). Remember how I mentioned chords being built from scales? A chord is 3 different notes from 1 scale played together at the same time. When you strum these 3 notes, it will create a nice sounding harmony that is pleasing to the ear.

In order to play a chord, you will need to learn how to press down 3 different strings at once. Now do you see why I am making you practice that warm-up everyday? You will have a very tough time pressing down 3 different strings with 3 fingers at the same time if you do not develop your fingers with the warm-up.

You see, most people sit down with the guitar for the first month and try to only learn chords. It’s what I did. It’s what 95% of beginning country guitarists do. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to play music, but I created this site to make you a good country guitar player. In doing so, you’re going to have to follow my advice. No short cuts.

So I recommend that you do the warm-up at a minimum of 5 minutes per day. However, I would prefer if you would practice the warm-up until your hands are sore to the point where it hurts to play. That is when you know you have reached your threshold. At this point, you can now start studying chords, scales, theory, tabs, etc. anything that you want.

By doing the guitar warm-up every single day, your skill level is going to surpass every beginner that isn’t doing the warm-up tremendously. What I am saying is that you are going to be better than 95% of the other guitarists out there that started playing when you did.

I hope I’ve ingrained into your head how important the warm-up is. You’re probably sick of me talking about it already! I’m glad that you took the time to read this. From this point, we can move on to me actually teaching you guitar chords which I will be doing in the next lessons.

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Guitar Lover — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:35:33 +0000

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Learn to Play Guitar: Learn to Play Easy Nice Sounding Guitar Chords

Guitar Lover — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:45:10 +0000

To learn to play guitar is difficult and easy at the same time. The guitar is a fascinating instrument. It is very difficult to master in some areas but you will also find wells of easy to play but nice sounding treasures among the strings.
In this learn to play guitar article I will give some examples of easy to play guitar chords and progressions. I will use guitar tab to help you find the notes on your guitar.
In this article i will only use the first four strings on the guitar. In the guitar tab staff notation I will also use only the first four lines. The first string is the thinnest string on the guitar or the E-string.
The first guitar tab progression will be in the key of D. The chords of the progression is Dmaj7 and Em7. Here is the guitar tab:
1. –2—0—
2. –2—0—
3. –2—0—
4. –0—0—
The guitar chord progression above can be used as a little intro in a song in the key of D. It can also end a song or be used as a break between verses in a song. You can repeat the progression to make it last longer.
The next example will use the first chord and a Gm6 as the second chord. This little passage can also be used as an intro in a song if you like it:
1. –2—0—
2. –2—3—
3. –2—3—
4. –0—0—
The following example will use just one chord, the D chord and it will be moved two frets up. When you move the chord up it will not be D anymore. It will change into a E7 or if you want E/D. This means that you play an E-chord with the note D as a bass note.
The chords in this guitar chord progression will be D and E7. Try it!
1. –2—4—
2. –3—5—
3. –2—4—
4. –0—0—
When you move the chord up the two frets you don’t need to lift you left hand fingers. Just release the pressure of your left hand fingers a bit and slide up to the new position.
This method of sliding to new positions can be used when you change between chords. Many times you can keep one or more of your fingers on your fingerboard and slide when you change to new chords. This will make it easier to find the chord and will speed up the chord change.
Our last little guitar chord progression will use the same progression with just a different way to play the E7 chord.
Remember that all these chord progressions can be repeated over and over as intros or something else in the key of D on your guitar.
1. –2—0—
2. –3—0—
3. –2—1—
4. –0—0—
Observe that you can slide with you first finger that you hoopefully have pressed down on the second fret of the third string when you play D. When you change to the second chord you can slide to the first fret.
The above progressions use the open D-string as a fundament so to speak and this bass note creates an illusion of peace in the chord progressions. In tonal music this bass note is called a pedal point.
If you like finger picking on your guitar I will give you a pattern that can be used with these chords. I will use the common classical guitar symbols for the right hand fingers. P denotes the thumb, i the first finger, m the middle finger and a the ring finger.
1. –a———–a—
2. ———-m——-
3. ——i———–
4. –p—————
I hope you will find this little learn to play guitar lesson helpful. There are a lot of chord progressions that sounds nice but are very easy to play. In other words, I will be back!

Crash Course to Learn Guitar Chords

Guitar Lover — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:46 +0000

Let’s face it, to learn guitar chords the old way is a lesson in pure boredom! How many books do you own with the same old charts that you are meant to remember by heart? It’s not easy I know. Their are thousands of chords and progressions to memorize, and all while trying to keep time in your band. Many times beginners would just get frustrated and settle for knowing the same basic chords everyone else knows. Recently their has been a revolutionary training guide called The Guitar Chord Parser Plus. It’s this guide that is helping guitarists of all levels learn guitar chords with pure ease! This Guitar Chord Parser will teach you how to break down chords and scales to make it extremely easy to create your own melodies from chords you already know. You may not understand chords too much, and that’s also ok because this guide makes it easy to learn without delving into the same old style patterns that we are so accustomed to. Here are a few other things you will learn from this awesome guide. You will create your own melodies by simply using notes within chords you already know. You will be able to spontaneously create sounds that are uniquely yours. Be able to play along with virtually any acoustic sounding song with your own, made up melodies. Learn the basics of guitar scale movements. Become adept at moving from string to string, horizontally up the guitar fretboard. Easily be able to switch from playing a series of individual notes to chord strumming. Picture yourself picking up your guitar and playing along with any song you have at your disposal, creating your own riffs and licks pulled from your own creativity, and not from what a reference book tells you to use. You are about to learn guitar chords the right way, and all by ignoring the old way. Don’t settle for books and charts that everyone else uses, bring a little of your own creativity to the table and learn from a pure pro!

Beginners Guitar Chords – 3 to Get You Started

Guitar Lover — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:36:38 +0000

If you’ve just started out playing the guitar, this lesson will show you three basic chords that you can then use to play a lot of different songs, after a bit of practise (the famous ‘3 chords’ !). Step 1 – Tune Your Guitar Before starting a guitar practise session, always get into the habit of tuning your guitar. If it’s out of tune, then any chords you play on it won’t sound too good, so to avoid getting discouraged, tune it up first. The following is a quick guide to putting your guitar in Standard Tuning: 1 -||–|–|–|–|–|– (highest-sounding) 2 -||–|–|–|–|-X|– 3 -||–|–|–|-X|–|– 4 -||–|–|–|–|-X|– 5 -||–|–|–|–|-X|– 6 -||–|–|–|–|-X|– (lowest-sounding) If you’re playing the guitar by holding the neck with your left hand, then if you tilt the guitar towards you, you should see the strings arranged like this. You tune the strings one at a time, by putting one finger on the fret marked with an ‘X’ in the diagram, and playing that string, together with the string above it (ie higher than it). So start off by tuning string 2 (next to top string): put your left index finger on the 5th fret on string 2, as shown in the diagram, and while playing this note, play string 1. If the notes don’t sound the same, adjust the tuning peg on string 2 until it matches. Then do the same for strings 3, 4, 5, 6. Watch out that you put your finger on the 4th fret when doing string 3, for all the other strings, use the 5th fret. The C Major Chord Ok, now hopefully your guitar’s in tune, so let’s move on to learning the first guitar chord – C Major. The chord diagram for it looks like this: 1 -||–|–|–|– (highest-sounding) 2 -||-1|–|–|– 3 -||–|–|–|– 4 -||–|-2|–|– 5 -||–|–|-3|– 6 -||–|–|–|– (lowest-sounding) In this guitar lesson, we’ll only be using the first 3 frets on the guitar. The numbers in bold on the chart show you where to put your fingers. Your index finger is 1, middle is 2, ring finger is 3, then little finger is 4. So the steps to forming this C major chord with your hand that’s holding the guitar neck are as follows: * Put your 1st finger on the first fret of string 2, and hold it down * Add your 2nd finger on the second fret of string 4, and hold it down * Finally, add your 3rd finger on the third fret of string 5, and hold it down If you followed these steps, you should have all three fingers holding down strings 2, 4, and 5. When pressing down on the strings, it’s important to put your finger as close as possible behind the fret. So not right on top of the fret, and not too far away either. This way, the string won’t make a ‘buzzing’ sound when you play it. In this chord, strings 1 and 3 have no fret held down – you just play the string as it is (this is called an ‘open string’). When starting, it might be hard to get string 3 to sound, as your other fingers might be stopping it from ringing. If it doesn’t ring to start with, don’t worry about it, just play the other strings. One important point when putting your fingers on the frets to make the chord, is that the fingers should curl down onto the strings from directly above. This way, each finger is only holding down the fret it’s supposed to, without affecting other strings next to it. This helps you get a cleaner sound to the chord. So if you’ve managed to get your fret hand fingers in place to hold down the chord as shown, then strum the strings with your other hand (either with the plectrum, or just your fingers). If you’re holding down the chord correctly, then you should hear the C major chord sounding. With this chord, the bottom string (string 6) isn’t normally played, so try to strum just strings 1 – 5. Congratulations – you’ve just played the C major chord! If it sounds a bit strange, then you might need to check your guitar’s in tune, or check you’ve got the right strings/frets held down. Practise playing this chord a few times, until you get the hang of it. The G Major Chord Moving on to the next chord, the diagram for G major is as follows: 1 -||–|–|-3|– (highest-sounding) 2 -||–|–|–|– 3 -||–|–|–|– 4 -||–|–|–|– 5 -||–|-1|–|– 6 -||–|–|-2|– (lowest-sounding) In the same way as you did with the C major chord, try to form the chord step by step, starting with your 1st finger on string 5 at the 2nd fret, then 2nd finger on string 6 at the 3rd fret, finally your 3rd finger on string 1 at the 3rd fret. When you can hold all three fingers down on the correct frets at the same time, try strumming this chord. Strings 2, 3, 4 should ring freely, so try to ensure your fingers curl down onto the fretted strings without obstructing them. All strings should be strummed for this chord. Sometimes it can be a bit of a stretch between fingers 2 and 3, so practise this one until it feels more comfortable. I personally use fingers 2, 3 and 4 for this chord as I find it more natural, and it also makes it easier when switching back and forth between G Major and C Major. Basically, don’t be afraid to experiment a bit, and find what works best for you. The D Major Chord OK, so here’s the last of the three basic chords, D major: 1 -||–|-2|–|– (highest-sounding) 2 -||–|–|-3|– 3 -||–|-1|–|– 4 -||–|–|–|– 5 -||–|–|–|– 6 -||–|–|–|– (lowest-sounding) Again, form this chord step by step, one finger at a time. When you can hold all 3 fingers down, try strumming it. Usually for the D major chord, the bottom two strings aren’t sounded, so try just to strum the top 4 strings if you can. Practise! Well those are the three basic chords. The next step is to practise them over and over, until you can form them reasonably quickly each time. What you find is that when you first learn how to play the chords, and are forming them step by step, placing each finger in turn, it seems to take ages to position each finger. With plenty of practise however, your hand gets used to forming the shapes, with a kind of ‘finger memory’, and it gets a lot easier. Take plenty of breaks in between practising them, and you’ll find that in each practise session, forming the chords gets easier. Link Them Together Once you’ve got to the stage where you can form each of these three chords fairly easily, the next step is to try changing from one chord to another. For example, say you’re playing the C major chord. Try strumming this for a few counts of 4 (ie count ‘1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4′ aloud as you’re strumming the chord), and then change to one of the other chords (G major or D major). For example, you might come across chord progressions (sequences of different chords) written out like this: | C / / / | C / / / | G / / / | G / / / | D / / / | D / / / | So here, for each bar (part between the ‘|’ symbols), there is a count of 4, and in this progression, you play C major for 2 bars (’1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4′), then G major for 2 bars, and finally D major for 2 bars. Again, as with when you were practising forming the chords, it will seem to take a long time to change your fingers from one chord shape to another. Just keep practising though, and it will get easier, to the point where as you’re counting aloud, as you count ‘1′ when you’re changing from one chord to another, your fingers will form into the next chord shape without you thinking too much about it. Keep At It! Well that’s the end of this lesson on basic chords. Once you can get to the stage where you can play the above chord progression fairly smoothly, without too much of a delay when changing between the chords, you can try finding some simple arrangements of songs that use just these three chords. One example would be The Beatles’ ‘Hey Jude’, a basic version can be played with these chords. Good luck with your guitar playing!

Mel Bay’s Deluxe Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords

Guitar Lover — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:42:15 +0000

Product Description
If you are only going to get one guitar chord book, make it this one! Thousands of chord forms are presented. Chords are presented in each key and numerous forms are shown for each type of chords. Chords are classified into melody forms, inside forms, rhythm forms and bottom four string forms. Each type of chord is shown in notation and it lists the name of each note and its function in the chord (root, third, seventh, etc.) Also, the name of each note is shown on every diagram and the bottom and top chordal tones are listed (5th, root, etc.). A great value for any guitarist.

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Guitar Basics: Essential Chords, Scales, Rhythms and Theory

Guitar Lover — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:48:01 +0000

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This pack gives essential instruction on open chords, barre chords, power chords, strumming; scales, rhythm playing, the blues, and moveable chord shapes. It includes inversions, ‘color’ chords, practice tips, chord charts, songs, and progressions.

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These Is What You Need to Know About Guitar Chords

Guitar Lover — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:47:10 +0000

Guitar chords are a collection of tones that sound together at a time when played on a guitar. These chords are set up on the guitar in such a way that they can be optimally used for many playing styles. The notes composed can be composed with the guitar chords. Unlike other musical instruments, a guitar is flexible for chording purposes. Many chords can play the same notes on the fret board.

Guitar chords are represented in a chord diagram format for the players. Several symbols are used to identify the diagram.

* The vertical lines represent the guitar strings and the line on the left shows the sixth string on the guitar.

* The horizontal lines show frets on the guitar.

* A symbol x is shown above a vertical line that indicate a string not played.

* A symbol o is above a vertical line that indicates an open string.

* To show a position in which a string is played the filled circle or square represents it.

* A curved line is used t o indicate a bare

* There are numbers beneath each string that shows the index finger and the middle finger.

A guitar player needs to change the low E string tuning to a D note. The guitar chords change place between strings.

The major guitar chords are a root note, a note, a major third above the root and a fifth above the root. These five chords are very important to a guitar as they are all major triads and they refer to chords. Another reason is that they area available in open position and the first three frets open strings. These five chords have its root on a different string. They can be connected and linked to create one large pattern of tones on the fret board.

There are two completely tone major chords, they are of B major and F major, and they are played as bare chords. The effect is that the barre chords act as if the guitar has been shortened like a movable nut. Barre chords in the shape of A and E major can be played on the fret board. These chords are considered as major because they have its shape and they determine the intervals between the notes.

Minor chords noted as C, CM, OR CMIN are also the same as the major chords only that they have a minor third instead of a major third. This difference is of one semi tone. Augmented chords and diminished chords can also be created.

A guitar chord can be reversed when the bass note is not the root note. The chords are extended to seventh, ninths, elevenths and thirteenths also. These all are played with the CAGED shapes.

There are also power chords that consist solely of a root note and a fifth. It is possible to play five power chord shapes in a guitar that have six strings. Many alternate tunings are there and these change the way of the chords played making it easier to play. If all six strings are tuned to play a chord then a guitar is openly tuned without fretting. This enables the player to bar every fret of the guitar to make a chord.