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What Is A Chord/Lyric Sheet?
A chord/lyric sheet usually contains (1) the chords used in the song (2) the lyrics within the song.
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How To Read Slash Sheets
Slash sheets provide an overall structure for playing chords. This page will tell you how to read them.
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DADGAD Tuning
There is a whole subculture of guitarists who play exclusively in DADGAD tuning, as it lends itself well to certain types of styles (celtic music, for example). But, DADGAD has also been explored by Jimmy Page and other rock guitarists. I like to refer to it as “dad gad” tuning. Here’s how to tune to…
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Open C Tuning
Slightly more obscure, open C is tuned to a C major chord, and utilizes a very low sixth string to give the guitar a big, full sound.
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What are chord extensions?
Extensions are simply Major, minor, or Dominant 7th chords with one or more scale steps added to the formulas.
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Guitar Chord Charts
Here I’ll be listing various chord charts that you can download and print out. The chord forms are presented on chord diagrams, so you’ll need to learn how to read chord diagrams if you want to any sense of the chord charts. Don’t worry, it only takes a couple of minutes to learn.
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“Refugee” by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Riff Rundown Difficulty: Easy “Refugee” was released in January 1980 as the second single from the Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers album Damn the Torpedoes. Main Riff The main riff consists of a rhythm guitar and lead guitar. The rhythm guitar riff is instantly recognizable to many. The lead guitar is overall pretty easy, except for…
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Operator by Jim Croce
Difficulty: Easy – Intermediate Composer – Jim Croce Where to find this song – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim track #7 Release Date – May 1972
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What Is The Blues?
blues (blz) A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the. 2. A style of music evolved from southern African-American secular songs and usually distinguished by a syncopated 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: “The blues is an…
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12 Bar Blues With Barre Chords
For those of you who can play barre chords, they will open up a whole myriad of variations of the 12-bar chord pattern for you to try. First, try playing the same progression using the following barre chords at the 5th and 7th frets;