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21.
A Guide for Beginners - Major Chords (#9)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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<font color="#000000"><b>The D Major Chord</b></font><BR>
Of all the chords we've covered so far, I find the D Major chord to be the hardest to finger. The
first chord in "Hey Jude" by the Beatles is a D, and I remember st...(more)
Basics · Beginner · 2830749 Hits · 4.50 / 5 (5469 ratings)
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A Guide for Beginners - Minor Chords (#10)
- Page 2
by Christopher Sung (9297)
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<font color="#000000"><b>The A Minor Chord</b></font><BR>
Let's start with the A Minor chord. For now, it probably isn't particularly important to know <b>why</b>
it's called an A Minor or what it means to be 'Minor'. In ...(more)
Basics · Beginner · 401155 Hits · 4.37 / 5 (435 ratings)
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A Guide for Beginners - Minor Chords (#10)
- Page 3
by Christopher Sung (9297)
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<font color="#000000"><b>The E Minor Chord</b></font><BR>
The fingering for an E Minor is shown below:<p>
<IMG SRC="/images/beginner/chord-em.gif"><p>
Thus, the chart for the E Minor chord above tells us the following:
...(more)
Basics · Beginner · 401155 Hits · 4.37 / 5 (435 ratings)
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A Guide for Beginners - Minor Chords (#10)
- Page 4
by Christopher Sung (9297)
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<font color="#000000"><b>The D Minor Chord</b></font><BR>
The fingering for a D Minor is shown below:<p>
<IMG SRC="/images/beginner/chord-dm.gif"><p>
Thus, the chart for the D Minor chord above tells us the following:
...(more)
Basics · Beginner · 401155 Hits · 4.37 / 5 (435 ratings)
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Using the Dim7 Chord and Scale (#12)
- Page 1
by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Let's first take a look at how to play both a C# Diminished 7 chord, and the related scale that is often played on top of it - the C# Whole-Half Diminished scale. The C# dim7 chord contains the notes C#, E, G, and Bb. It's ...(more)
Theory/Reference · Advanced · 19760 Hits · 4.22 / 5 (18 ratings)
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Using the Dim7 Chord and Scale (#12)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In jazz, the diminished chord is often used as a passing chord between two more solid chords. In this example in C Major, the C# Dim7 chord is used to link the C Major7 chord in mms 1-2, and the D Minor7 chord in measure 5. ...(more)
Theory/Reference · Advanced · 19760 Hits · 4.22 / 5 (18 ratings)
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Using the Dim7 Chord and Scale (#12)
- Page 3
by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In popular music, the dim7 chord is often used to help return the progression to the tonic chord. In the example below, we have a classic I-I7-IV introduction (G-G7-C) in mms 1-3, and we use #IV Dim7 (in this case, good 'ol ...(more)
Theory/Reference · Advanced · 19760 Hits · 4.22 / 5 (18 ratings)
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Basic Bends (#13)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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One of the most important aspects of playing the blues is bending. Bending occurs when you finger a note, pluck it, and then either push it up towards your head, or push it down toward your toes. The more you bend, the high...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 157732 Hits · 4.15 / 5 (209 ratings)
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Basic Bends (#13)
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by Christopher Sung (9297)
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Another classic bend is to bend the D up two frets to the E (which is the key of the tune). Often, you want to play the note that is the key of the tune (in this case, E), and instead of just playing the E, you can pluck a D ...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 157732 Hits · 4.15 / 5 (209 ratings)
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Basic Bends (#13)
- Page 3
by Christopher Sung (9297)
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In measure 9, we simply use the same bend from measure 1 (the A bent up to the B), but we are doing it an octave higher. Even though its the same bend, it sounds a little bit different - partly because it's higher in pitch, ...(more)
Blues · Intermediate · 157732 Hits · 4.15 / 5 (209 ratings)
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