In our second lesson, we’ll start incorporating upstrokes in our strum pattern. We’ll start by practicing just the pattern and then advance to playing along with a rhythm track. Move on to Lesson 3 to add even more upstrokes. Lesson Material: GarageBand Loop (.zip file) Jam Track (mp3) Gain access to the Basic Strumming & Chord Changes Course and over 500 more exclusive lessons (full list) by starting a free 7 day trial of our Premium […]
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Basic Strumming & Chord Changes Lesson 1
This is the first lesson in a four part series dedicated to the beginner or intermediate player that wants to develop their strumming and chord changing abilities. Peter will provide step by step instruction on how to play some easy chords and basic but very useful strum patterns. We’ll start by covering the Em and B7 […] Gain access to the Basic Strumming & Chord Changes Course and over 500 more exclusive lessons (full list) by starting […]
Lesson 5 – Chord Set Three
Let’s expand our chord vocabulary and add three new chords shapes to the progression. This time we’re playing E9, A9, and B9 and we’ll work in our A7 and B7 barre chords from the last video. After reviewing the chords themselves, Peter will walk you through all of the chords changes. This progression moves around […] To access this page, you must purchase a Premium Lesson Plan or log in to your account and return […]
Lesson 4 – Chord Group Two
To make things interesting, we’ll add new chord voicings for E7, A7, and B7 to our progression. Moving up the neck, we’ll play a new shape of E7 at the 7th fret. We’re also going to use a movable barre chord shape for playing A7 (5th fret) and B7 (7th fret). Peter will again review each chord […] To access this page, you must purchase a Premium Lesson Plan or log in to your account and return […]
Lesson 3 – Playing the Progression with a Jam Track
It’s time to put together the chords and progression as a song. We’ll start by practicing the whole progression at a slower temper along with a metronome (0:12). If you feel comfortable with that speed, move along to playing with the track at full speed (2:35). Next, we’ll move up the neck and learn an alternate […] To access this page, you must purchase a Premium Lesson Plan or log in to your account and return […]