CHORD PRACTICE
Now we add the D major chord. This is your first full chord.
Play along to the chord exercises below. Try to stay in time with the track as best you can. Your target is to eventually be able to play along to all the tracks until they reach the end (bar 40). These exercises will have you playing your songs much more quickly than just song practice.
**FOR D TO G WATCH THE THIRD FINGER VERY CAREFULLY**
D to G
**FOR D TO C WATCH THE THIRD FINGER VERY CAREFULLY**
D to C
D to Em
**FOR D TO Am WATCH THE THIRD FINGER VERY CAREFULLY**
D to Am
NOTES ON THE GUITAR
Now we add the D note.
SCALE PRACTICE
Let’s revise the scales we already know.
Play the C major scale over this track.
Play the C major scale over Walk The Line or Let It Be and follow the chords
Play the A minor scale over this track.
Play the A minor scale over Spancil Hill and follow the chords
C major / A minor Licks
Learn and play along to the example below using the C major/A minor shaped scale in C minor
NEW SCALE
We now add the G major scale. Before you play to the track, practice playing up and down the scale like it’s written in the notation below.
Play the G major scale over this track.
SONG PRACTICE
Adele – Someone Like You – Video
Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way – Video
Bob Dylan – Blowing In The Wind – Video
Fields Of Athenry – Video
Cliffs Of Dooneen – Video
Isle Of Innisfree – Video
Jesse Colter – Storms Never last – Video
Khalid – Young Dumb & Broke – Chord Sheet
Shakira – Try Everything – Chord Sheet
Happy Birthday – Video
The Jungle Book – I Wanna Be Like You
Garth Brooks – The River – Video
Meghan Trainor – All About That Bass – Video
The Lion King – The Circle Of Life
The Lion King – Hakuna Matata
Avicci – Hey Brother
Frozen – Let It Go
Lukas Graham – Seven Years Old
Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
She’ll Be Coming ‘Round The Mountain
Waltzing Matilda
Mary Poppins – Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
