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6b Building a rhythm and playing lead guitar.
In our last lesson we worked on the Am pentatonic scale in
the root note position. Now it's time to put together a few chords and to build a
backup rhythm.
The chords that we will use will be the Am, F and G. These chords will
sound nice while we play the Am pentatonic scale over them.
Look below and notice the numbers under each chord. The numbers
indicate the count. This means you strum each chord 1 time.
Count slowly and evenly from 1 to 4 playing the indicated chord on the
indicated count.
Repeat over from the beginning.
If you record these chords down on a cassette deck, you can play the Am
pentatonic scale over them. You can also use these chords to write your
own song. Try putting words to them. Practice these chords over and over.
In our next lesson we will begin to write our first original song using
these chords. We will also try to play a few leads over the chords below
in the lessons coming up. We will begin to pick the notes out of the chords and find the
relationship to them in the Am pentatonic scales.
Practice the chords below playing them as illustrated. I usually use my
thumb for the Root 6 E bar chords. But that may take you some time to get use to.
When you play chords, it is important to put your fingers as close to the
frets towards your picking hand.
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Listen to the chords above and
notice how they blend in nicely while you play the Am pentatonic scale
with them. |
I have posted the beginning to our first original song we
will begin to work on. It is played slow and uses the Am, F and G chords
in the open position and 1st position. It's a good idea to listen to it and try to figure
it out. I have already written out the tablature for this song and we will
be getting to that in the next couple lessons or so. Try to see how close
you can come to learning it and then you can check out the music in tab.
Assignment:
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C
Major chord C
E G
Dm chord
D F
A
Em chord
E G
B
F Major chord F
A C
G Major chord G
B D
Am chord
A
C E
B Diminished
B D F
C
Major chord C E
G |
You can use the illustration above to pick the
notes out of each chord very easily. Look above and find the Am
chord. Notice the notes of that chord, A,
C and E. Look at
the C chord above and notice the notes of
that chord C, E
and G. The outer circle shows the chords that
make up the key of C Major. If you were
sitting at the piano, all of the white keys would be the key of C
Major. The key of C Major has no sharp
of flat notes. The black keys on the piano are the sharp and flat notes
that make up other keys. Look at the illustration above at the C
in the outer circle.
From the C note work your way around the circle to
the right. C, D,
E, F, G, A , B then C
again. If you were to use all of these notes and chords to write a
song, you would be playing in the key of C major.
To play a lead over these chords, you could use the Am pentatonic scale.
The Am chord above is a natural minor to the
key of C major. It is the Sixth note of the key of C
major. Count from the C above and Am
will be the sixth note.
Every major key has a natural minor in it. Every
sixth note of the major scale will be that keys natural minor. Then natural or relative minor has the same notes
as its major scale it is in. I will use
the key of C major in our lessons and then other keys will be very easy to
figure out in future lessons. My CD Rom has every major key illustrated.
With each illustration, I explain what scale to play over each major key.
You can see now how much information would have to be illustrated. There
is just to much information to do that. Our CD Rom A visual learning
experience is a highly recommended tool, everyone should have it. Check
it out here.
Good Luck,
From the Jam Room
