Group B: Chords
James Barratt walks through Group B of the Grade 1 technical exercises - power chords and major chords, with tips on muting and clean string control.
What's in the course
38 lessons (2h 32m) · 1 free
01. Intro to Approaches to improvisation
1:00
02. Getting started with improvisation
9:22
03. Improvising using chord tones
10:18
04. Assignment: Finding chord tones
4:05
05. Adding rhythmic interest to your solos
4:11
06. Assignment: Improvising over a chord change
2:52
07. Challenge: Submit your improv
0:24
08. Rhythmic improv & comping
9:55
Lesson transcript
Group B Music Lesson
Power Chords Exercise
Okay, so moving on now to group B. We're going to begin with the power chords exercise.
Key Points:
- Be aware not to hit too many strings with your right hand.
- We are looking to hit only two strings.
- If you want to hit more strings, that's fine, but make sure you're muting with your left hand.
- We don't want to hear any open strings on top, as that will ruin the sound of our power chord.
Rhythm:
We're going to play this with the rhythm shown in the book here:
1, 2, 3, 4.
Major Chords
Looking at part two of group B, we've got a selection of major chords. Here is how each of them sounds:
- A Major
- D Major
- E Major
- C Major
- G Major
Minor Chords
Group three is the minor chords. We've only got three of these. Here they are:
- A Minor
- D Minor
- E Minor
And that's your lot. Cool!
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