All guitarists have a love affair with chords, chord forms, chord progressions and chord tricks. The world of music revolves around chords and chord progressions and as a guitarist you have the perfect chord machine, like a little musical laboratory to study in.
In order to be a good songwriter, lead guitarist, rhythm guiarist or arranger you must have a firm grasp of chords. GuitarU.com posts new innovative ways to help you in your study of chords, chord forms and chord mechanics on an ongoing basis. As a guitarist your bread and butter, your stock and trade, is an impressive command of a large chord vocabulary. For your own benefit, know a lot of chords and how to use them.
This course will show you the all time classic chords every guitar player learns first and quickly show everything you need to know to jam, write songs and play in a band.
LESSON 1: Prerequisites And Open String Chords.
LESSON 2: Key Chords And Chord Patterns.
LESSON 3: Chord Quality And Substitute Chords.
LESSON 4: Developing A Vocabulary Of Open Chords.
LESSON 5: Playing And Understanding Slash Chords.
LESSON 6: Creating Great Arrangements And Parts With Basic Chords: SUBSTITUTES.
LESSON 7: Creating Great Arrangements And Parts With Basic Chords: SLASH & SLIDE.
LESSON 8: Learning And Understanding Bar Chords: ROOT 6 Concept.
LESSON 9: Learning And Understanding Bar Chords: ROOT 5 And ROOT 4 Concepts.
LESSON 10: Standard Applications Of Bar Chords.
LESSON 12: SUSPENDED CHORDS – A Complete Study.
LESSON 13: CAGED Part One – Professional Guitar Neck Organization.
LESSON 14: CAGED Part Two -Neck Mastery Through Studying Sharp Keys.
LESSON 15: CAGED Part Four – Flat Keys And I – IV – V Constructs.
LESSON 16: CAGED Part Five -Mastery Of The Neck Through Studying Flat Keys.
LESSON 17: CAGED Part Six -Transposing The 5 Universal Shapes to Minor Chords.
LESSON 18: CAGED Part Seven -Transposing The 5 Universal Shapes to Dominant Chords.
LESSON 20: Drop Three, Drop Two, Extended Harmonies And Jazz Chords.