Melody Note Chord Study – Daily Video Guitar Lesson [08.10]
- Tuesday, August 10, 2010, 15:18
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Expand your chord knowledge by thinking of chords “upside-down” in this guitar lesson.
In my experience, many guitarists only know the root note of the chord that they are playing. In other words, they know that an E minor chord has an ‘E’ note and a B7 chord has a ‘B’ note, etc. Well, chords are made up of three or more notes and these notes can be arranged in any order.
For today’s guitar lesson the idea is to keep a note constant as the highest note (skinniest string) and change the bass note chromatically under it. The melody note in the examples is a high E note. There is more than one right answer to this exercise but here is what I came up with:
If you work through this exercise you should realize that any note can be harmonized with any bass note. This should make you a more creative rhythm guitarist and a more knowledgeable melody writer and songwriter, as well.
There are many more exercises I have to share with you to make you a better rhythm guitarist. If you would like insider access to more of these video guitar lessons, I would be happy to show you.
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Storm,
Your lessons are excellent, as always I appreciate the time and thought that goes into them and find them to be extremely valuable and enjoyable. Should I find myself in a better economic position, I will utilize you as a personal instructor and always suggest you to guitar buddies of mine that are looking to improve/enhance their playing.
Thanks and Cheers!
Steve Sharkey
Heya Storm, that’s a very simple and effective way to find some nice tones for sprucing up a tune! Not even halfway through your video, I got ideas for how to finish a song I’ve been working on for a while now but just couldn’t get it to sound the way I hear it in my head.
Awesome lesson! Thanks so much!
Great…!
@Steve Sharkey – Thanks for the kind words. If you simply mention this website to a friend you are doing right by me!
@Eric S. – That’s is a great result from this lesson! I am happy it helped you.
Storm-
Wow, thank you man!
You just opened up my mind…and that’s a good thing.
What you’ve demonstrated is the formula for harmonizing just about anything.
I’m slowly grasping what you did here. The next question would be, “What were you thinking when you ‘filled in’ the middle notes. Is this the tip of the iceberg as to how to think like Joe Pass or Bill Evans? You’ve got me hooked.