Hey guys, welcome to another guitar lesson. Today I am going to show you a bunch of chords that inspire me a lot.
Being able to play chords in different positions of the next can be such a fantastic skill to acquire, especially because each position can unlock unique melodic possibilities.
In this lesson, we will be taking a look at a bunch of chords that I use all the time when I feel like noodling around with a few scales.
We will learn the Eadd9 chord and the E major scale that goes with it. The Dm(add9) chord and the D minor scale and D harmonic minor scale. The Gsus2(#11) and the D major scale (G Lydian). We will also learn the Em9 and the E Dorian scale.
Hey guys, welcome to another guitar lesson. Today we are going to take a look at one of the most simple yet effective techniques available on the guitar: The down-picking technique.
On the guitar, there are two picking movements. The down-stroke and up-stroke. These two picking movements combined make up another useful technique called alternate picking.
Most of the time, guitar players focus a lot on the alternate picking because it is essentially the most common way to play scales, arpeggios, melodies, and riffs. It is also the ultimate technique for fast playing, so guitar players love it!
In this lesson, though, we are going to take a look at the down-stroke only.
The goal is to learn how to play all the chords with the down-stroke only so that you can familiarize yourself with this technique and make a drastic improvement on your picking hand.
I did my best to come up with a captivating chord progression, so I hope you enjoy it.
Hey guys, Marco, here! Let’s talk about the Blues, shell we! In this video, I am going to show you three awesome Blues solo in three different music styles!
We are going to start with a simple Blues solo in E minor played with a simple riff. Then, I am going to show you how to play a solo in the B.B.King style, and we finish with a jazzy blues solo in A.
Each solo is played in a different style, and they are progressively more difficult, so if you feel like learning them, I recommend that you start with the first one.
The first blues is in E minor. The full solo is played with the E minor pentatonic in the first position of the neck. We will repeat the same riff over and over. This approach is very popular in the blues style.
The second blues is played in the B.B.King style. We will combine both major and minor pentatonic. The solo is melodic and features a lot of bendings.
The third blues is a jazzy blues in A. In this blues, we play over each chord. We will mix different scales and add the Turnaround at the end of the blues structure.
Enjoy this video, and good luck, guys!
Tabs and backing track available on my Patreon page.
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, today I am going to show you how to play a simple and sweet melody on the electric guitar. The goal of this lesson is to use the G major scale to write a melody that anyone can sing as opposed to a guitar solo.
The problem with learning scales on the guitar is that most of the time, we focus on playing them in boxes or vertical positions. In this lesson, though we are going to play a melody horizontally up and down the neck. This is an excellent approach anyone can use to write singable melodies on the guitar.
I am not going to show you how to play the G major scale note by note. There are plenty of websites that show you that. Instead, we are going to break down the G major scale into short melodies played in different positions of the neck.
I am showing you the melody on the electric guitar, but you can also use an acoustic guitar.
The natural minor scale is one of the most beautiful scales in music. It sounds sad and melancholic so it can be used over a minor chord progression to create beautiful melodies and guitar solos.
In this lesson, we are going to have a look at the E Natural minor scale and I am going to show you how to use some of the notes of the scale to outline the character and style of a melody.
The E natural minor scale is E F# G A B C D E. The two notes that really give the melancholic sound to the scale are the F# and C. You should learn the sound of these two notes really well as they are the two notes we will be focusing on today.
Once you are done learning the solo, spend time writing your melody using the E natural minor scale.
Today I am going to show you how to use the Pentatonic scale to create beautiful and exciting solos on the guitar. If you have been playing around with this scale for a while and you are looking for something new, this lesson is definitely worth giving it a try.
The Pentatonic scale is one of the most popular scales on the guitar. The reasons why this scale is so amazing is because of its unique interval structure based on five notes rather than seven.
In this lesson, we are going to have a look at the A minor pentatonic scale and how to play it in three different ways:
Horizontally on one string.
Horizontally on multiple strings.
Vertically in one position.
You can use the Pentatonic scale, as shown in this exercise on both electric and acoustic guitar.
Hey guys, welcome back to another guitar lesson. Today I want to show you how to play a beautiful chord progression on electric guitar in E minor key.
One of the things that I like a lot about the electric guitar is the fact that we can embellish chords melodically and rhythmically. Hendrix first introduced this way of playing chords in songs such as Little Wings and Purple Haze but it was then used in many different styles of music.
In this lesson, I am going to show you my take on these chords and how I like to them melodically and rhythmically.
We are playing an E minor chord, D major, and C major chord. Each chord can be performed in its basic bar chord form.
Play the E minor chord with 5th string fret 7, 4th and 3rd string fret 9, 2nd string fret 8, and top E string fret 7 with the bar chord. The D major can be played with the 5th string fret 5 and 4th, 3rd, and 2nd string fret 7. I use the little finger to bar three strings, but you can play it using the ring finger. The C major has the same shape as the D major chord starting from the fret 3.
Also, play a G and D/F#.
2.How to Strum the Strings
The most challenging part about playing this chord progression is the strumming.
When I play the chords, I always single out some of the notes of the chord. For example, when I play the E minor chord, I would strum the low E string followed by the rest of the strings. I will also strum upwards only on the top two strings.
This type of strumming technique also occurs on the D major and C major. For the D major play the root note first then strum the rest of the chord. Don’t bother about the top E string; the left-hand finger mutes it. You can do the same for the C major.
This approach can be quite difficult depending on your level. Spend a little bit of time practicing the chords just like shown in this section before moving on to the actual guitar part.
3. How to Embellish the Chords
Now that you learned the chords and the basic strumming, it’s time to learn how to embellish the chords.
For the E minor chord, start by playing the low E string followed by the E minor chord. Strum the bar chord on fret 7 and quickly hammer the fret 9 on the G string and the fret 8 on the B string. Then, pluck the top two strings with an upstroke.
We can still add more notes on the E minor chord. Just play the G string fret 7 and B string fret 8 together followed by a hammer-on on the G string fret 9. Go back to fret 7 with a pull-off and then play the fret 9 and 7 on the D string.
The next chord is the D major. Play the bass note, then strum the chord. Slide the fingers from the fret 5 to fret 7, hammer the fret 9 and play the 4th and 3rd string fret 7 with a bar chord. Only play the two strings and add a wide vibrato. Keep the bar chord down and play the chord again, add a hammer-on on the D string fret 9, then go back to the fret 7 with a pull-off. On the A string play the fret 8 and 7.
You can play the same thing on the C major chord. The only difference would the last four notes which are played on fret 5 and 7 on both D and A string.
The last two chords, the G and D/F# are pretty simple. Just strum the G chord and the D/F# follow by a riff on the low E string fret 5 and 7, the A string fret 5, and back to the low E string open.
Repeat the same thing.
4. Learn the B Section of the Song
There is also a B section which is played with the same chords in a different order.
We will start by play the C major one time followed by the single notes on the A string fret 5 and hammer-on on fret 7. Play the 4th, and 3rd string fret 5 as well. Do the same for the D major chord.
Play the E minor twice. Start with the bar only and hammer the fret 9 and 8 just like we learned. Then play another upstroke with the bar chord only followed by the D major and C major. After you play the C major embellish the chord with the same hammer-on.
Start the chord progression again and play the C, the D, and the G major chord.
You can then go back playing the E minor, D and C major chord followed by the G/B (2, 5, 3), the A minor chord and the G major chord.
Let’s Wrap This Up
I love to spice up chords by using the Hendrix style chords.
The chord progression can be quite challenging so take things step-by-step and follow the four steps shown in this lesson.
Once you feel confident, use these chords for other chord progressions.
Hey guys, I hope you are having a fantastic Sunday. I just recorded a lovely melody on my electric guitar using the Pentatonic scale (my favorite scale).
The Pentatonic scale is one of the best scales for simple melody writing. The thing is, all the notes sound good!
We usually use the Pentatonic scale to improvise or write a solo, but in this lesson, we will try to write a simple yet beautiful melody. The approach is different. When I improvise, I keep noodling around, but if I have to compose a motive, then I have to select the right notes.
A cool lesson if you want to know more about the Pentatonic scale.
How can we make chords sing? Very simple! In this lesson, I am going to show you how you can make your guitar chords sing a beautiful melody.
A chord is just three notes. The Root note, 3rd, and 5th. The 5th doesn’t sing as beautifully as the 3rd, so the first step would be to change the interval structure and play the chord with Root, 5th, and 3rd.
In this lesson, I am going to put these chords into practice and play a beautiful chord progression. I am also going to add a few additional notes to the chords and a B section where we are going to combine chords and melody.
I am using an electric guitar, but you can try with your acoustic too.
