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Acoustic Fingerstyle Blues Guitar Arrangement

Today I’ll show you a nice acoustic fingerstyle blues arrangement. It’s got that delta blues, Robert Johnson kind of feel to it.

I’ll explain it slowly and step by step so it’s easy to understand for guitar players of all levels.

Try to memorize the piece while practicing it so you have something to play on the beach, on your front porch and to perform for friends and family.

A really nice sounding blues arrangement right in your back pocket whenever you need it.

Below I’ve written out the tabs.
You can also download the tabs / tablature right here: TABS Guitarhabits’ Fingerstyle Blues

Take your time and take it slow. The piece has 12 bars / measures. If you find it a bit challenging just practice one or two measures a day and you will get there.

Have fun!

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Enjoy the lesson!

How to Use Chord Formulas and Their Benefits

By Klaus Crow 23 Comments

Why do you need chord formulas? Why do want to learn about them in the first place and what are their benefits?

Knowing some basic chord theory can make all the difference to your playing. It makes guitar playing more fun, interesting and a lot of what you play will make more sense. The pieces of the puzzle will fall in place.

Knowing how chord formulas work and knowing the notes on the strings is the ultimate combination.

What can you do with chord formulas?

– Learn how to make your own chords.
– Understand music theory.
– Figure out how to play a chord when you only have the name of a chord.
– Understanding the difference between chords like Dom7, Maj7 and min7.
– Make a chord easier to play if your pinky can’t reach for the major 7 or any other nasty note.
– Quickly turn a G major chord into Gsus4, G7, Gmaj7, G13 or any other variation you think of.
– Learn to see how easy it is to change from major to minor or any other chord.
– Apply the knowledge to your rhythm playing, songwriting, soloing and improvisation.
– Discover how chord formulas relate to every aspect of guitar playing as your knowledge expands over time.

What is a Chord Formula?

Chord formulas reveals the chord structure. It shows all the notes that are played in a chord, in other words, which specific notes make up a particular chord.

Cooler Pentatonics and Licks Adding The Major Third

By Klaus Crow 3 Comments

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The pentatonic scale is an awesome scale. It’s a fairly easy scale and it can be used for almost every style of music: blues, country, pop, rock and more.

That’s why most guitar players use it most of the time. Great nothing wrong with that.

But wouldn’t it be nice if you could add a few notes to the minor pentatonic scale to give it more flavor and spice up your playing?

Well today we’re going to add the major third to the minor pentatonic scale. The major third will bring some happy, fresh and lively color to the table. Adding extra notes to the pentatonic scale is a common thing in soloing and will make your playing a lot more fun and interesting to listen to.

I’ll show you how to play the 5 pentatonic scales shapes / positions adding the major third and 5 licks to spice up your playing.

THEORY
The major third is a musical interval and is the distance between the root and the third note of the major scale. It also consists of four semitones (4 frets).

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