Subject: A to E Chord Changes
A to E Chord Changes
December 20th, 2016 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Today's message is a quick one. The A to E chord changes are pretty self-explanatory, so you don't need me getting in the way with my jibber jabber. Besides, when you get this, I'll be sitting in a dentist's chair having some work done. Y ...
E Major Barre Chords
December 19th, 2016 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, Like A major, an E major barre chord is one of the easier barres to play. That's because for at least the open position, you get to use the nut as the barre. This lines up with the root 6 barre chord, which makes sense, since we're using ...
E Major Positions
December 18th, 2016 at 10:01 am EDTHey Friend, E major is a bit special compared to all the other chords we've looked at so far. Instead of less than a dozen different positions within the first 12 frets, we've got 14 today! E Major Positions PDFE Major Positions MP3 Some of these inc ...
E Major Intro
December 17th, 2016 at 11:38 am EDTHey Friend, It's Saturday again, and time to check out the next chord in the A major key. Next up - E major. This is a chord most of us learn as one of our first. The shape is extremely easy to form with fingers new to guitar, using your index, middl ...
Some Holiday Guitar Music
December 16th, 2016 at 8:35 am EDTHey Friend, Since we're getting close to the time the big fat man in the red suit will be making his rounds (SANTA!!!), I thought I'd share a couple Christmas song lessons from Steve Krenz (Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar). Even if you don't celebrat ...
A to D Chord Changes
December 15th, 2016 at 8:52 am EDTHey Friend, Today is all about using different chord positions on the guitar neck to play an A major to D major progression (I to IV chord). Take a listen first to the MP3 so your ears get tuned to what these are supposed to sound like. You don't nee ...
D Major Barres
December 14th, 2016 at 8:37 am EDTHey Friend, The D major barre chord is going to come up in songs for you. It is located smack dab in the middle of the guitar neck, so there's no avoiding it. While the root 5 version (using the A shape triad in addition to the barre) is the more cha ...
D Major as the IV Chord
December 13th, 2016 at 8:31 am EDTHey Friend, In the key of A major, D major is the IV chord in the harmonic progression. Let's do a quick review so we know how far down the path we've gone. The A major scale is as follows: A B C# D E F# G# (A) The resulting chords that come out of ...
Tricksy Chordses
December 12th, 2016 at 8:34 am EDTHey Friend, Chords is tricksy, they's is! Like nasty hobbitses, they can fools us, my Precious... Something you'll learn the more you dig into guitar chords is that one chord can have many names. Because there are three notes (or more), you have the ...
Sunday Fun Day
December 11th, 2016 at 9:55 am EDTHey Friend, Let's take a little break today. I don't know about you, but I've got lot's of fun stuff to try and finish up before the end of the year. Yesterday, I broke loose of some inertia and got back to work on baseboard trim in our kitchen. My ...