Subject: What Have You Done for Yourself, Lately?
What Have You Done for Yourself, Lately?
November 20th, 2016 at 10:18 am EDTHey Friend, What have you done for yourself lately? So many of us are running around "takin' care of business" that we forget to grab a moment to just chill, relax and let our brains quiet down for second. Between family, work, school and all the nor ...
D to A Changes
November 19th, 2016 at 11:08 am EDTHey Friend, Hope the weekend is shaping up nicely for you. I 'll keep it quick... Here's a set of exercises focusing on D major to A major chord changes for you to play with. Feel free to choose different combinations with the chords shown. And as an ...
A Major Barre Chords
November 18th, 2016 at 8:26 am EDTHey Friend, You've got it easy today - only one true barre chord to deal with! The open A chord is already in the root 5 barre chord position, so no need to switch it up. Just finger the A chord and strum from the fifth string (A) down through the hi ...
A Major Positions
November 17th, 2016 at 8:24 am EDTHey Friend, I've got eleven A major positions to share with you today. I've also got the exercise files for yesterday's introductory message. I did want to remind you that like other chords, A major shows up in six keys - three major and three minor: ...
A Major Intro
November 16th, 2016 at 8:27 am EDTHey Friend, The next chord coming up in the key of D major is our good friend A major. While I haven't covered it in any depth in this series yet, we have looked at it as part of the CAGED system. It's the "A shape" (duh), which can be moved up and d ...
D to G Changes
November 15th, 2016 at 8:29 am EDTHey Friend, I put together a handful of chord changes from D major to G major, or the old I to IV chord progression. Each pair is located close to each other, but that doesn't mean you have to follow that approach. You can use any of these triads in ...
G Major Again? Ugh...
November 14th, 2016 at 8:32 am EDTHey Friend, Whew! The coffee is strong this morning! I guess the better to jolt me into the week... F# minor was the IIIm chord in the key of D major, so now it's time for the IV - G major: I IIm IIIm IV V VIm VII°D Em F#m G A Bm C#° So far we've ...
D to F#m Chord Changes
November 13th, 2016 at 10:21 am EDTHey Friend, It's helpful to see how chords interact together, and I thought you would enjoy an exercise showing the D to F#m change in various positions. As you play through the exercises, I want you to pay attention to the fact that between the two ...
F# Minor Barre Chords
November 12th, 2016 at 11:58 am EDTHey Friend, It was a good week. I even slept through the night last night, which is completely uncharacteristic of me. And that's with coming off a bad day at work! Maybe it was the up-ending of American politics. Maybe it was the new front door we ...
F# Minor Positions
November 11th, 2016 at 8:39 am EDTHey Friend, Happy Friday! I've got eleven different F# Minor shapes and positions for you today. But first, let me finish what I started yesterday. I was talking about the F#m as the IIIm chord in the key of D major. I gave you its notes and basic c ...