Welcome to Guitar Secrets
Guitar Lessons that work!
A Visual Learning Experience,
Lead Guitar Made Easy.
Instructional CD ROM. It's time to Learn Right!
Guitar Scales and
guitar chords
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[ A Progression ] [ Open A Progression ]
[ Guitar Rhythm ] [ Root 5 and 6 Progression ]
Guitar Progressions using the open A Guitar chord
This guitar progression does not use the bar chords but uses the open
position chords. The
chords used will be the open position A chord, D chord and the E chord.
This is the open position A chord. It is played on the second fret and you use
the index finger. Hold down the D, G and B strings. Then strum from the
open A string down to the
High E
string. |
This is the open position D chord. The index is on the
G string second fret,
the middle finger is on the high E string second fret and the ring
finger is on the B String 3rd fret. Strum the strings starting from the
open D string. |
This is the open position E chord. The index is on the
G string 1st fret, the
middle is on the A string 2nd fret and the ring is on the
D string 2nd
fret. Strum from the open Low E string through the rest of the strings. |
Count slowly and evenly from 1 to 4 playing the indicated chord on the
indicated count.
You can play lead using A major pentatonic over the A chord, D major pentatonic over the D chord and
E major pentatonic over the E chord.
Practice this chord progression a few hundred times and we'll see you in the next
lesson.
Just a quick tip, eventually you will want to lay these progressions down on
tape so you can improvise over them.
Our
CD Rom A Visual Learning Experience includes progressions with the drum tracks to improvise over. You will also be
given the recommended scales to use.
Good luck,
Guitar Secrets
