CHORD PRACTICE
Now we advance to 4 string chords. The low bass string will now give your chords extra weight.
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.
**WHILE PRACTISING G to C WATCH YOUR SECOND FINGER GOING TO C**
G to C
**WHILE PRACTISING D TO C WATCH YOUR SECOND FINGER GOING TO C AND THEN YOUR THIRD FINGER GOING TO D**
D to C
**WHILE PRACTISING D TO Em WATCH YOUR SECOND FINGER GOING TO Em AND THEN YOUR THIRD FINGER GOING TO D**
D to Em
**WHILE PRACTISING D TO AM WATCH YOUR 2ND FINGER GOING TO AMINOR AND THEN YOUR 3RD FINGER GOING TO D**
D to Am
NOTES ON THE GUITAR
Now we add the E 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 following the chords
Play the A minor scale over this track.
Play the A minor scale over Spancil Hill following the chords
Play the G major scale over this track.
Play the G major scale over Blowing In The Wind following the chords
NEW SCALE
We now add the E minor scale. Notice again the minor scale has a dark or sad sound. Before you play to the track, practise playing up and down the scale like it’s written in the notation below.
Play along to this track in E minor. Try adding slides, hammer ons, pull offs and most importantly phrasing.
Once comfortable improvising with the scale, play the E minor scale over Ride On following the chords.
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 – Chord Sheet
The Jungle Book – The Bare Necessities – 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
