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Suspended Chords
A suspended chord is a chord that creates a subtle harmonic tension by adding an extra note that sounds like it wants to resolve back to the original chord. You can hear their use in most types of music. Usually, this extra note replaces the 3rd. As an example, an Esus chord resolves back to…
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Cmaj7 (C major seventh chord)
The C major seventh (also know as CM7, Cmaj7). Where major and minor triads have 3 different notes, 7th chords have 4. We can construct the CM7 chord by taking a look at the C Major Scale: We can take the 1st, 3rd, 5th notes of the scale to create the C major chord. To make a C major seventh…
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Easy Everyday Fingerstyle
In this lesson, we’ll explore how you can incorporate fingerstyle techniques into your everyday playing. Besides, who wants to have to search for a pick every time you pick up the guitar? Fingerstyle can be easy, fun, and convenient! Topics covered in this lesson include… How fingerstyle tone differs from the use of a pick…
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Open G Tuning
How to Tune To Open G For open G tuning, you will tune your guitar to D-G-D-G-B-D. I’ll show you how to tune to it in the following video. Chords In Open G Open G Notes Creativity With Open G Tuning
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Touch Harmonics
If you already know how to play natural harmonics at the 5th, 7th, and 12th frets, then you’re ready to learn a technique called “touch harmonics” that allows you to play artificial harmonics anywhere. In this video lesson, I’ll show you how to do it.
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Masters Of Acoustic Guitar (Part 1)
Looking for a little inspiration? Here are some acoustic guitarists that you may not be familiar with, but have made a huge impact on the instrument and music in general. Watching these players in action will make you want to pick up that guitar and practice. Paco de Lucia No guitarist has done more to…
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Four Barre Chords Every Acoustic Player Must Know
No matter which way you look at it, barre chords are unavoidable. The fact of the matter is that you won’t be able to play most songs without them. The reason is that you cannot play every chord using open chords. What if you wanted to play an F or B chord? How about a…
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“Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” Easy Open Chord Fills
Do you ever get bored by just strumming chords when playing a song? Do you feel that the songs you’re playing need something a little extra? You don’t have to sit there and settle for just chords because there’s so much more that you could be doing. In this lesson, we’ll talk about how you can…
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Are Strumming Patterns For The Birds?
Most people that have been playing awhile don’t spend a lot of time studying strumming patterns. In reality, there are only so many ways to look at a song. The genre is the most important factor that, nine times out of ten, will dictate the style of the strumming. If you know how to play…
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Open String Thing
Open String Thing PDF Example 1 In our first example we’ll play around with the open C chord’s open strings. Example 2 Let’s do the same with the D chord… Example 3 Reckless use of open strings can allow creativity to take control. Example 4 This could be the beginnings of a great song… Example 5…