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Posts Tagged ‘lessons’
Free Guitar Lesson: 1 String Exercise
Getting your fingers to untwist themselves can be a frustrating process.
Practice is king – for the exercise we’re going to use the ‘G’ string as our basis and the notes from the A minor(natural) scale have been used – this will hopefully give us a few things,
- Learn how to use our fingers properly.
- Learn the notes on the ‘G’ string.
- Get used to moving up and down the neck in a none scalic way.
- Build up stretch in our fingers.
First thing we need to do is get used to the pattern – try the exercise below – the finger to use is written above the corresponding note – to get to grips with this you need to start slow and concentrate on getting your fingers right.
You will see that the first note of each bar is played with the 1st finger and the last note is played with the 4th finger.
The middle note is the trickier part, this note is indicated in blue it’s important that you get this finger correct as it will allow a smoother way of playing – it may be awkward but stick with it and you’ll see an improvement.
Remember,
- Play slowly to start
- Use Alternate picking
Once you’ve mastered the exercise try playing whilst learning the notes.
Notes have been added below for each bar.
Learning the notes on the guitar is one of the most important skills you can aquire.
Hope it helps!
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Strumming 1 2 +(3)+ 4 +
The following lesson is primarily a series of strumming exercises that can also benefit chord changes.
Each example has an audio example for you to listen to.
In each example the strum is played once for each bar.
The strum shown below is quite a comfortable strum to learn but usually it is learnt by ear.
The (3) in the bracket is spoken but not played.
The best way to accomplish this is to count the strum but soften the three (3).
Or you could just listen and follow the arrows.
It is important that you follow the arrows to keep a consistency of strum.
As with all lessons each image can be enlarged by clicking on it.
Example 1: Em, A major, D major, G major
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Example 2: C major, Am, Em, G major
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Example 3: C major, F/E, Am, G7
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Example 4: Am, G major, Em, C major
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Advanced Chord Lessons Part 5
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 1: Dsus4 and Dsus2
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 2: Em7, Cadd9 and Dsus4
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 3: Cadd9, Cmaj7, Asus2 and Asus4
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 4: Slash Chords
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 5: Slash Chords
Each example chord progression and strum has an audio examples for you listen and learn.
Example 1:
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Example 2:
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Advanced Chord Lessons Part 4
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 1: Dsus4 and Dsus2
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 2: Em7, Cadd9 and Dsus4
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 3: Cadd9, Cmaj7, Asus2 and Asus4
Advanced Chord Lessons Part 4: Asus4 and Asus2
Each example chord progression and strum has an audio examples for you listen and learn.
Example 1:A, Asus4 and Asus2
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Example 2:
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Example 3:
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Example 4:
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Example 5: Only recorded the A and Asus2 chords for the audio example
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