How many chords do you need in a chord progression? In this fingerpicking guitar lesson I am going to show you how to create amazing music using three chords only.
The thing is, one chord isn’t enough! Two chords could be good but you really have to find a way to spice things up or the music will sound repetitive. Three chords is the best place to start with.
In this lesson I want to show you how adding more musical elements can be way better than adding chords. For me musical elements could be a different plucking pattern, short melody within chords or even just pausing on a chord.
I hope you enjoy this lesson guys! Eventually you will be able to use this concept for your own music 🙂
The D minor is one of my favorite key on guitar. There are so many beautiful chords available that sometimes you don’t know where to start. In this lesson I am going to show you a sad chord progression played with beautiful chords.
Another awesome thing about the D minor key is that most of the chords sound amazing when played with the E open string. A D minor chord will become a Dm9 and a Bb major a Bb#11. The cool thing about it is that we only have to add the E open string to the basic chords we already know.
If you find the chords too stretchy to play I recommend that you really practice slowly. One chord at a time will be enough.
Hey guys, let’s keep going with the Technique lab Vol.2 dedicated to the Travis picking technique. In this lesson, I am going to show you how to play the Travis picking thumb movement on three strings. This is just an introduction to the three strings movement before we try something more challenging.
The exercise is in C major, and it should help you understand the thumb movement on three strings. We will start with the thumb only before adding a super simple melody on the top two strings.
Overall this is a straightforward exercise that introduces a challenging approach.
Hey guys, let me show you how to play a beautiful sounding chord progression in E. I have been experimenting with a lot of different keys and E minor has always been the most difficult to play with.
The thing is, E minor is probably the most played key on guitar. From beginners to advanced guitar players, we all love this key.
After playing around with the chords, I came up with this chord progression that I want to share with you. The goals are always the same guys. Try to combine fretted notes with open strings.
One of the cool thing about this lesson is that it is entirely based on power chord shape, which will be played melodically.
Awesome Chords … Inspired by John Mayer (groovy stuff)
Hey guys, let me share with you this awesome rhythmic idea I recorded today. I was listening to John Mayer a couple of days ago and I realized his rhythmic parts are always beautiful and really groovy. One of the thing that I noticed is that in many songs the rhythmic parts are played with a staccato technique.
The staccato is a form of musical articulation that will make the note or chord shorter in duration. You will basically play the chord and block it quickly after.
This approach will give more groove and rhythm to the chords. We will also fill in the gaps between chords with short phrases.
Take it step by step guys and thank John Mayer for this wonderful lesson 🙂
In this fingerstyle lesson, I am going to show you how to play a busy chord progression on fingerpicking guitar. For me, a chord progression is busy when there are multiple musical elements combined, such as:
Chords
Melody
Rhythm
Percussion
Scales
Solos
All these elements combined feel a little overwhelming at first, so please, take things step-by-step and learn one section at a time.
I did my best not to add too much of everything 🙂
Enjoy this lesson.
P.S: This lesson took four hours to record. There are days where your creative flow doesn’t want to cooperate. If you are having such a day, slow down and take a quick break. I went for a quick walk inside my garden and called a friend on the phone. When I went back recording, it was easier to see what I was doing wrong, and it only took 20 minutes. If I only took a quick break earlier hehe.
Hey guys, I hope you are well. In today’s lesson, I am going to show you how to play beautiful sentimental chords on guitar using fingerpicking technique.
As you probably know, I love experimenting with different chord progressions and keys. I am always surprised when I come up with a new way of playing a simple chord progression. Sometimes changing one note could open up new, exciting chords that you didn’t know about.
In this lesson, I want to share with you the three musical elements I love to combine the most: Chords, melodies, and scales.
There are so many different ways of writing and composing, and this is just one way. I hope you like it 🙂
Hey guys, another great day for me (it is always awesome when I work on a new lesson). How about you?
Today I am going to show you how to play this beautiful, yet straightforward chord progression in F# minor with chords played up and down the neck. The goal is to keep the left-hand simple (only fretting two strings) and benefit from combining open strings to chords.
This is the part.2 of the Just Beautiful Chords … (jaw-dropping) The video that I posted last week which you guys loved. The first video has already been watched over 100.000 times, so I thought I could do another video similar but in a different key.
This lesson shows you that you don’t have to play crazy, difficult chords to create beautiful sounding harmonies.
Hey guys, let me show you how to play this beautiful chord progression perfect for songs using a simple fingerpicking pattern on acoustic guitar.
I am going to show you different ways of playing the same chord progression so stick around to the end of the video.
The goal of this lesson is to learn how to come up with different guitar parts using the same chord progression so that you can diversify the structure of a song or exercise you are playing.
I am going to show you how to do that in E major key (one of my favorite keys on guitar), but it can be done on any key or chord progressions.
As always, take things step by step and learn one variation at a time before putting everything together.
Hey guys, welcome to another fingerpicking lesson 🙂 Today I am going to show you how to add beautiful musical ideas to a simple chord progression. This is one of the most requested topics, so I am super excited to walk you through this topic.
There are a few things we will be focusing on today:
We will be working on a beautiful chord progression in B minor key.
There are three different steps you must follow to learn how to add simple licks between chords. #1 step learn the beautiful chord progression, #2 add a simple lick to the chord, #3 make the licks cool.
There will also be an additional section, which I called B section, where I show you how to play a straightforward guitar part using the D major scale.
This is the perfect guitar lesson if you want to learn how to play simple licks between chords in a musical way.
