Tag: guitar

Advanced Chord Lessons Part 2: Em7, Cadd9 and Dsus4

Advanced Chord Lessons Part 1: Dsus4 and Dsus2 The following lesson involves the Em7, Cadd9, A7sus4 and the previous lessons chords Dsus4 and Dsus2 chords. Each example chord progression and strum has an audio examplem for you listen and learn. Example 1: Em7, G major, Cadd9 and Dsus4 Example 2: G major, Em7, Dsus4 and […]

Advanced Chord Lessons Part 1: Dsus4 and Dsus2

Suspended chords are great for creating chord riffs. Look through any of your favourite bands back catalogues and you’ll see suspended chords. The following lesson involves the Dsus4 and Dsus2 chords. Examples 1 and 2 use the Dsus4 and Dsus2 with the D major chord. Examples 3 and 4 use the Dsus4 and Dsus2 with […]

Strumming – 1 2 + 3 4

Note: Click on an image to make it bigger Learning to strum properly and consistently is very important to guitar playing. Learning to count a rhythm can be invaluable in learning how to do this. That said though being able to hear and recognise rhythms is more important. A combination of the two will improve […]

Notes on the ‘D’ string

This article deals with the notes on the guitar and not why you should learn them.  Why learn notes on the guitar? Notes on the ‘D’ string: Highlighted in Red Sharp notes on the ‘D’ string. Flat notes on the ‘D’ string. D# = Eb F# = Gb G# = Ab A# = Bb C# […]

Hall of the Mountain King

As part of my tuition for guitar I’ve written out some of the best beginners peices. The following is and excellent introduction to the E, A and D strings. To play and exercise you fingers properly try and play it using the correct fingers. For this peice use the same number finger as the fret: […]