Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Chord Play

The goal of this lesson is to find new chord sounds. The example above shows a common bass line used with G major and then shows part of the G major chord played with a completely different bass line. This can open up some interesting new sounds whether you play with separated bass notes or add them with the chord together. I like to start with part of a chord and then try different bass notes, but it can also work well if you just change your highest note. Overall the goal is to show that you can use part of what you already know to find new things on the guitar. Try playing some of your favorite chords but changing just a note or two!