Hey guys, welcome back to another guitar lesson. Today I am going to show you how to play a romantic chord progression on the acoustic guitar.
Romantic and passionate chords can be achieved by transforming the chords into major and minor seventh chords. Add a simple fingerpicking pattern, and a lovely guitar tone and the recipe is ready.
The chord progression we checking out today is in E major key. Just two chords and a simple rhythm. The second section features a quite exciting chord progression in C# minor played with a chromatic bass line that adds a lot of color to the music.
I love playing with major and minor seventh chords. It feels like you can always come up with something different every time you use these chords.
Hey guys, welcome to another guitar lesson. Today, I am going to show you how to play a Blues in C using two scales: The major and minor pentatonic scale.
One of the remarkable things about the Blues is that it allows you to use two scales over the chords. I always loved watching blues players blending the two scales effortlessly. However, when I tried, it didn’t sound quite the same!
You see, guitar players tend to let the fingers decide what to play. In my case, I would learn one blues lick using the C major pentatonic, and I would try to replicate the same riff with the Minor pentatonic using the same shape. We can call it a “Copy and paste” Blues lick approach.
Things changed when I started listening to singers and how they blend the two scales. The transition between the major and minor scale was soo smooth that it almost felt like one scale.
Once you get rid of the scale box, you can appreciate playing the Blues as a singer does.
In this lesson, I am going to show you what I learn by playing a Blues like a singer. I am also going to show you how to blend the two scales so that you always know what scale goes on which chord.
Hey guys, in this lesson I am going to show you how to add more chords to a simple chord progression. If you, like many other guitar players out there, are stuck always playing the same chord progressions over and over, this lesson could show you a way to change that.
In this lesson, we are going to focus on adding passing chords to a chord progression in C major. I picked the most simple chord progression in this key so that almost everyone can understand and play the chords.
The chord progression goes as follows: C | Am | F | G |. This is indeed a straightforward progression!
We are going to add more chords following three different systems:
The walking bass.
The dominant chord.
The Subdominant-Dominant chord.
The music sounds better than these names, so don’t feel intimidated. I am going to show you the theory behind the chords: Hopefully, you can use it to enhance other chord progressions you already know.
Hey guys, welcome back to another excellent lesson. Today I am going to show you how to play beautiful chords on the electric guitar. Beautiful chords are usually a combination of three things: Good notes, great rhythm, and distinct tone.
Just think about it. Try to play a beautiful chord with sloppy rhythm or an awful tone. It doesn’t matter how beautiful the chord is; it will sound horrible.
In this lesson, I am going to show you how to combine simple extended chords with a very particular rhythm to create a killer chord progression on the electric guitar.
Now, I say electric guitar because this is the one I used in this video, but you can play this chord progression on the acoustic guitar too.
Hey guys, welcome to the Module 2 of Scale, Arpeggios & Ideas.
In this module, we are going to learn a new set of scales, arpeggios, and musical ideas. There are more scales this time as we have to cover the melodic minor scale and our very first interval scale.
You will learn:
The G major scale.
The A natural minor scale.
The G major arpeggio.
The A minor arpeggio.
The A harmonic minor scale
The A melodic minor scale.
The E major scale in octaves.
Idea 1 – The staccato technique.
Idea 2 -Difference between crescendo and diminuendo.
In this module, the recommended speed is 80Bpm (two notes per beat). Practice the scales with i-m and m-i as well as i-a.
As always, take things step-by-step and make sure you can play each scale fluently before moving on to the next one.
Hey guys, I was playing around with a guitar capo and decided to use it on four strings only … it was mind-blowing!
In this lesson, I am going to show you how to use a guitar capo to create beautiful sounding chords. The trick is to use the capo on the second fret but only on four strings (the low E, A, D, and G), and leave the B and top E strings open. By doing that you will tune your guitar in F#m without changing the tuning.
Using the capo like this allows you to use all the basic chords you already know (such as the E minor, A minor, G major, C major, and F major), plus you have access to a ton of new chords.
Today I am going to show you a simple musical idea I wrote using the capo on just four strings. I hope you get inspired and use this approach to write your music.
Hey guys, welcome back to another lesson. Today I am going to show you how to play a slow blues on the acoustic guitar.
You will learn how to play a Blues in E using the fingerpicking technique, melody, and blues chords that are so characteristic of this music style.
The Blues is a simple style full of emotions, expression, hearth, and soul. African Americans created it in the early 20th century and quickly became one of the most important influences of popular music.
I am not a blues player, but I love this music so I hope I can inspire you to play more of this beautiful style.
Hey guys, welcome back to another guitar lesson! Today I am going to show you the ten most popular chords on the guitar.
Some chords indeed resonate better with the guitar. Think about the difference between a basic C major chord and a beautiful C#m9 and how the second chord can massively influence your songwriting.
Some of these chords can be considered to be the most famous chords on the guitar. The type of chords you know since you started playing the guitar.
We are going to have a look at:
1. Dadd9
2. Aadd9
3. Emaj7
4. Am(add9)
5. Dm(add9)
6. Em9
7. F#m7(11)
8. Eadd9
9. G6/9
10. Fmaj7(#11)
I am going to play a musical example for each chord so that you can hear how they sound.
Hey guys, let me show you how to play this beautiful pop chord progression on the acoustic guitar using the fingerpicking technique.
We are going to learn a lovely chord progression in C# minor. The cool thing about this lesson is that it starts with just one melody on the B string. After you learn this, you can then add the bass note and full chords to the melody.
The chord shapes are very simple as we are mostly playing just two strings. However, some of these chords can be quite jumpy so make sure you learn one chord at a time if you need to.
The chord progression goes as follows: C#m | E | A | % | C#m | E | A ||. Simple yet beautiful.
Hey guys, welcome to this new course called “Scales, Arpeggios, & Musical Ideas.”
In this course, I am going to show you how to play Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Interval Scales, and Arpeggios. We are also going to learn short musical ideas played with different guitar techniques.
In Module 1, we are going to take a look at the:
C major scale.
C major arpeggio.
E natural minor scale.
E harmonic minor arpeggio.
E minor arpeggio.
Musical idea 1: Difference between “Forte” and “Piano” and Natural Harmonics.
Musical idea 2: Thumb technique.
As we progress throughout the modules, we will add more scales such as the melodic minor scale and the interval scales (scales played with two notes).
This is the perfect course for any guitar player who wants to add scales and arpeggios in their routine. Improve your technique with this simple yet effective course and take your playing to a whole new level.
