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Picking up from my post about learning to play a guitar<\/a>, I thought I’d add some notes of some of what I’ve learned along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up, reading music. Not necessary. I used to be able to read music, back when I played classical guitar in the 1980s, but I’ve fallen out of practice now. FACE, EGBDF, treble clefs and their ilk are all a distant memory. These days I read chord charts and lyric sheets with a few strum patterns!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three chord trick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I mentioned in my last post that the chords A D and E were useful for playing basic pop\/rock songs. There’s a huge range you can play with these three chords. That’s because of something called the three chord trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically, for a given key, there is a set of three chords that will work together musically. These are the 1st, 4th and 5th. In the key of A, that’s A D E. For G it’s G C and D. (Musical notes only run A to G, then they start again for the next octave).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are other things to consider – like major and minor keys; and subdominant, tonic and dominant seventh chords<\/a> but the 1, 4, 5 is really helpful to know. Just play around and see what you can play\/make up with three chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a capo <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you want to adjust the key, but don’t want to move away from simple open chords like A, C, D, E and G (Bs and Fs make things complicated on a guitar), then a capo<\/a> comes in handy. Basically, it’s a bar that’s placed across the strings at a given fret and it effectively shortens the strings (acting in place of the neck of the guitar), adjusting the key without retuning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barre chords<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I’m at the stage where I’m just starting to learn about barre chords<\/a>. Basically, a barre chord uses a finger, laid across five or six strings in a similar manner to a capo. Add in an E shape (6 strings) or A shape (5 strings) chord and move up and down the fretboard to play all of the major chords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image by Thorsten Frenzel<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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