Chord Changes for Beginners

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: Hey beginners! I developed this lesson for the purpose of identifying some of the issues associated with difficulty making chord changes. We'll examine three different sets of chords, D & A, E & Am, Am & C. Here in part 1, we'll simply be strumming each chord eight times before switching to the next. NOTE: The best way to master these chord chan...

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Instructor: Chris Feener Level: Beginner Topic: Chords Style: Any Style

Excerpt: So, let's try altering the strumming pattern so that this starts to sound a little more musical, as opposed to like exercises. The rhythm for the strum pattern is as follows: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & D   D   D U D U The main technique that we're going to address in this section, is called the "relief stru...

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