• Partial Chord Shapes Primer

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    Mark Wein
    Published on 05-19-2010 02:23 PM
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    This is the first in a series of lessons about smaller chord shapes that you can use not only for rhythm guitar playing but also for some lead guitar chops that we'll be working on later. This isn't a very exciting lesson by itself but what I am doing is giving you the basics for what is coming next in the series...get these under your fingers and we'll have some musical examples with backing tracks to play along with in the next lesson!



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    1. Misha's Avatar
      Misha - 01-04-2011, 06:39 AM
      Hi!

      I'm Misha (from harmony-Central),

      I'm not very good with rhythm and I know it! At first, the guitar was so physically challenging for me that I would not really bother with rhythm because my hands weren't fast enough. I have a pretty good ear too so I was paying attention to the melody the major part of the time...

      Now, I want to play with other people and I'm conscious and/or proud so I don't want to make a foll of myself or piss off other players!

      I think you are maybe going to laugh at what I'll tell you, maybe it's just me and not everybody else having issue with this but... I have trouble with "strumming up"...

      I never know whicj strings I have to hit with the pick. I think I don't pick the bass note... Well. do you have a lesson that gives tricks about this

      As I told you, maybe it's just me, but it makes my rhythm very bad!

      Cheers and thank's for your devoted work!

      (By the way, my first language is French... I'm sure I make a lot of mistakes in English that I'm clueless about!! Sorry in advance!)
    1. Mark Wein's Avatar
      Mark Wein - 01-04-2011, 06:23 PM
      Hi Misha! I'm running out the door right now but I'll give you a detailed response later today!
    1. Mark Wein's Avatar
      Mark Wein - 01-04-2011, 09:46 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Misha View Post
      Hi!

      I'm Misha (from harmony-Central),

      I'm not very good with rhythm and I know it! At first, the guitar was so physically challenging for me that I would not really bother with rhythm because my hands weren't fast enough. I have a pretty good ear too so I was paying attention to the melody the major part of the time...

      Now, I want to play with other people and I'm conscious and/or proud so I don't want to make a foll of myself or piss off other players!

      I think you are maybe going to laugh at what I'll tell you, maybe it's just me and not everybody else having issue with this but... I have trouble with "strumming up"...

      I never know whicj strings I have to hit with the pick. I think I don't pick the bass note... Well. do you have a lesson that gives tricks about this

      As I told you, maybe it's just me, but it makes my rhythm very bad!

      Cheers and thank's for your devoted work!

      (By the way, my first language is French... I'm sure I make a lot of mistakes in English that I'm clueless about!! Sorry in advance!)

      ok..I'm back!

      I'm going to give you a batch of lessons to work through and see if they help before we do anything else:


      Time and Rhythm:

      Time and Rhythm
      Rhythm Exercises #1
      Eighth Notes and Subdivision
      Strumming Eighth Notes
      Subdivision of Time for Rhythm Guitar
      Subdivision of Time for Rhythm Guitar - Eighth Notes
      Subdivision of Time for Rhythm Guitar - Triplets
      Subdivision of Time for Rhythm Guitar - Sixteenth Notes
    1. Misha's Avatar
      Misha - 01-05-2011, 12:04 PM
      Oh! Thank you sir, very much!

      I'm going to start with all these lessons. It should keep me busy for a while!

      /Misha
    1. Mark Wein's Avatar
      Mark Wein - 01-05-2011, 06:49 PM
      Quote Originally Posted by Misha View Post
      Oh! Thank you sir, very much!

      I'm going to start with all these lessons. It should keep me busy for a while!

      /Misha

      Have fun!

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