Beginning Guitar Podcast - How to Play Guitar

More complex chords

Vital to keep fingers arched. Use only your fingertips to play these chords. No flat fingers!

six-string G, G7, Em, E, Am
Five string C

This page has chord diagrams for the chords in this episode

Don’t get confused on the difference between E and Em. Remember, major is more than minor so E major needs one more finger than E minor.

How to count eight notes. Just like we did with chords. 1 & down, up
Eight note exercise. Use alternate picking (down, up, down, up...)

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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Another eighth note exercise

|------------------|-----0-0----------|
|------------------|-0-0--------------|
|-------------0-0--|------------------|
|---------0-0------|------------------|
|-----0-0----------|------------------|
|-0-0--------------|------------------|

Boogie Beat

|-----------------|-----------------|
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|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|
|-----2-2---------|-------------2-2-|
|-3-3-------------|-----------------|

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