Monthly Archives: April 2011
Dust in the Wind Chords
Dust in the Wind – Guitar Chords: Dust in the Wind is a great fingerstyle song from the musical group Kansas. Listening the the song, you hear the strong fingerstyle influence throughout the entire piece. At first glance, this song … Continue reading
Rhythm Chord Syncopation
Rhythm Chord Syncopation: This is the next in this series of rhythm chord lessons and we will investigate syncopation used in rhythm chords, or adding syncopation to a selection. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this term, syncopation … Continue reading
Guitar Arpeggios
Guitar Arpeggios: One common fingerstyle approach you should learn is called the arpeggio. That is just a fancy word for playing chords in a rolling pattern and individually rather than a strum. This method of playing chords often involves both … Continue reading
How To Play Alternating Bass Guitar Chords
Playing Alternating Bass Note Chord Patterns:: In this exercise, we will get your feet wet into what is called alternating bass notes and showing you how they can be combined with chords. Not only is this a bit more of … Continue reading
How To Play Guitar Chords
How To Play Guitar Chords – Chord Changes: The next big challenge you will find with playing chords is called chord transitions, or changing between chords. In this example, let’s try to move (or transition), smoothly between a G Major … Continue reading
