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Slash Chords For Open G: G/A, G/B, G/C, G/D, G/E, G/F#
Remember: A slash chord or slashed chord, also compound chord, is a chord whose bass note or inversion is indicated by the addition of a slash and the letter of the bass after the root note letter. It does not indicate “or”. In this lesson we’ll learn the slash chords for open G. We’ll change the root note to each of the scale steps of the G major scale to…
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The Expanding Turnaround
The expanding turnaround has a moving melody line that moves away from a static note. This one is shades of ZZ Top’s ‘Jesus Just Left Chicago’.
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Sound Of Silence by Simon And Garfunkel
This riff is set at 104 bpm ( beats per minute ). You will need to place a capo on the sixth fret. Fingerpick this riff. You will basically be playing two chords. One of them will be an Am, and the other will be a G chord. Allow all notes to ring for this…
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The History Of Dot Inlays
Memorizing the name of the notes on the entire fretboard can be a daunting task. A standard guitar has 21 or more frets. That’s 126 or more frets to memorize… or is it? Realize that the 12th fret is the same note as the open string. This is called an octave. An octave is the…
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Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Intro “Texas Flood” by Stevie Ray Vaughan Vaughan started a revolution. It wasn’t that he was playing anything new. Heck, he was just playing traditional blues music and blues runs borrowed from his predecessors. No, it wasn’t what he played, but HOW he played it. It was his unparalleled intensity. It was his ability to…
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Redemption Song by Bob Marley (Intro)
This song might be from Bob Marley, but it’s not a reggae song as you might believe. It’s just a rock type ballad. It’s in the key of G and uses only simple open chords. Introduction The intro is kind of like adding a little phrase that’s built around a G chord. Watch The Fret…
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Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses
Intro This is the primary riff from “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses. It’s a little tricky to get down at first because there is a lot of string skipping. If you are having trouble with it, you may want to play it along with a metronome with the tempo turned way down.…