This post is for those just starting out. The first chord you get to learn is C Major. The full chord is this: C_chord_sound_file Hard to play? That’s okay. If you want you can start with the easy version. Just one finger! Play only the last three strings (the …
“Ow! My fingers hurt!” Many teachers will tell you just grin and bear it. But I’ll try to help you this time, because you’re just starting and I don’t want you giving up! And yes, the fingers hurt from guitar at first, but the fingers toughen up with practice. I know, I know. “But they’re …
Greetings to all who came over from Puttylike. You should enjoy this. You can never learn too many skills, right? One day I was visiting several booths at a wellness fair. One guy was showing his mental exercise program which was supposed enhance skill and productivity for careers and businesses. He had me do …
There was a legend that when ninjas were growing up they would plant a tree. Every day they would leap over that tree, and as it grew they’d increase their leap over time. Once it grew too high to jump over, then they’d plant another one and start over. Great story, Mr Miyagi, but what …
[important]Write a small song to your progression. If you want help, copy a repeating piece of text from a poem, a Scripture or even a conversation. Don’t worry about it being stupid, just get started. This is for yourself. It’s just practice, so anything goes![/important]
Okay so you have the four main chords of G: G5, C2, Em7, and Dsus. Experiment with different orders of chords. These are called progressions. A couple examples of very common progressions to learn really well: G5, Dsus, Em7, C2 Em7, C2, G5, Dsus Try more. Play around with them. And now you can play …
One more chord for the key of G. If you know D already, just add the pinky above it and wala: Dsus!
Still playing old school E minor the way the books taught in the beginning? Why not spice it up a bit? You might just like it and never want to go back! The tricky part is the mute. Just lightly touch the “x” with the first finger. This lets the bass note ring out. Play …
[important]Cool trick: Remember G5? If you play a G5 all you have to do is move the 2nd finger, and keep the rest the same. Wala: C2![/important] Easy exercise: Strum a G5 and then C2 and back to G5, back and forth. Practice this for a few minutes. Keep doing that till is sounds …
Fun Chord Science Lessons are what some books call “theory”, but I can explain it without all the scary academic terms. Do you know what a key is? For now we’ll call it a set of chords based on the starting and ending chord, the “home” chord. So if a song is in G, it …
