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What is phrasing?
In music, phrasing is the grouping of the notes of a musical line into distinct phrases. This “Phrasing” video talks about how playing leads and melodies (or phrases) is similar to speech patterns.
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The Mel Bay F Chord
Question: In Mel Bays Chord encyclopedia he shows that instead of 5 major chords their are 6 the sixth one being F. xx3211. am i just not looking right cause mel bay and this site have total differences of opinion. Also some of his minor chords are different like on the site cm is written…
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Barre Chords
You cannot play every chord in the guitar’s open position. What if you wanted to play an F or B chord? How about an F# or Gb chord for that matter? You can’t do it without using a barred chord. There are 12 possible major chords and without barre chords you can only play 5…
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What is chord phrasing?
Chord phrasing is art of taking a chord progression and turning it into a means of personal expression. Chord phrasing allows you total freedom during the performance of a song to do anything you can imagine with the song’s chord structure. In other words, when playing rhythm guitar you don’t have to just play the…
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What is fingerstyle?
Ok. First things first. If you have a pick anywhere NEAR your computer, hide it!
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How do I play chords with slashes?
Sometimes when looking at a piece of music you’ll see some odd chord voicing that have slashes in them. For example a C/G chord, or an A/E. What kind of chords are these and how do you play them?
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“White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate
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Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley
Difficulty: Intermediate Here you’ll find Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah” with complete guitar tab as well as a simplified chord/lyric version to strum along to.
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“Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones
Difficulty: Intermediate Download the full guitar tab to this acoustic guitar classic. You’ll also find a strumming version of the song with chords and lyrics.
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“Yellow” by Coldplay
Difficulty:Easy – Intermediate There’s some interesting things going on in this song as two of the guitars use an alternate tuning. The chords played in this song may not be the style you are used to, so I included the correct chord diagram for each part. You’ll also find the complete guitar tab for download. Here’s how…