Subject: The Burn
The Burn
July 21st, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, Barre chords, the great equalizer. Okay, maybe that's going a bit overboard, but you gotta admit, trying to play barre chords for the first time can certainly bring you to your knees! I started you out with "the pinch." Over time, you hav ...
The Reach
July 20th, 2016 at 11:16 am EDTHey Friend, Yesterday we talked about "the pinch," strengthening the muscles in your hand that give you the vice-grip clamp-down on the strings. The pinch is something you'll develop over time, but I have a feeling you want to play barre chords now! ...
The Pinch
July 19th, 2016 at 1:02 pm EDTHey Friend, Over the past couple of days, I introduced the two barre chord shapes you will encounter the most in your guitar playing. I also applied that knowledge to the C major chord, explaining where you can play it in two positions on the neck. G ...
C Major Barre Chords
July 18th, 2016 at 11:20 am EDTHey Friend, Now that you've had the chance to see the basic barre chord shapes, let's apply that to the C major chord. For any major chord, there are two locations you can use to play their barre chord. One will use the E shape from CAGED. The other ...
Barre Chord Shapes
July 17th, 2016 at 12:31 pm EDTHey Friend, Last week I showed you nine different shapes for the C major triad, located all over the neck. Today, let's look at the barre chord shapes. The first thing I want to point out is that you already know the primary shapes for barre chords: ...
Week 3 Review
July 16th, 2016 at 11:15 am EDTHey Friend, We've been at this chord thing now for three weeks. I know I tend to repeat things a lot, but that helps the information get drummed into your brain. The more you hear and see it, the easier it gets. The main idea behind this week's exer ...
Decoding the Shapes
July 15th, 2016 at 12:00 pm EDTHey Friend, How'd ya do with the exercise files? No worries if you had to put in a long day at the j.o.b. There's time to look these over and get familiar with the shapes. In case you didn't notice in the tabs, I noted which of the CAGED chord shapes ...
C Major Triads
July 14th, 2016 at 11:19 am EDTHey Friend, After yesterday's discussion about the five basic chord shapes, I felt a demonstration was in order. It's one thing to read about them, another to see and hear. Here are the exercise files. Each C major chord has a number in parentheses. ...
Five Shapes to Start
July 13th, 2016 at 11:22 am EDTHey Friend, You most likely already know and love the open C major chord. It's probably one of the first chords you learned on guitar. You may have even been introduced to the C major barre chord. Well hang on to your hat, because you're going to be ...
Sounds of The Universe
July 12th, 2016 at 11:10 am EDTHey Friend, Let's do this. In the beginning, there was a void... a nothingness. Out of the nothingness came a sound, and the Universe listened. Then multiple sounds found their way out of the void... The sounds worked well together and the key of C m ...