Free Acoustic Guitar Lessons for Beginners

E6 Guitar Chord Lesson for the Beginner

paulinems — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:56:42 +0000

Learn how to play the E6 (also known as E Major Sixth, EMaj6, E Major 6th) chord, with this free guitar lesson. The E6 Chord is found in the E Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D# E. It is made up of the 1 , 3, 5 and 6 of this scale. Meaning the notes E, G#, B and C#.

E6 Chord notes: E G# B C#

View the rest of this E6 beginner guitar chord lesson here

Advanced Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn To Play F#m/Gbm

paulinems — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:12:45 +0000

Learn how to play the advanced F Sharp Minor chord (Also known as F#m, Gb minor, G flat minor) on guitar, with this free guitar chord lesson. The F Sharp Minor Guitar Chord is not an easy chord to finger if you are a beginner.

On the following page are 4 different ways to play the F Sharp Minor chord on guitar, three of which are barre chords.

The F#m Guitar Chord is found by locating the 1, b3 and 5 positions (F#, A and C#) of the F# Major Scale: F# G# A# B C# D# E#
So the notes of the F#m chord are: F#, A and C#…

View the rest of this lesson on playing the F Sharp Minor Chord Here..

Dont Be Cruel Guitar Lesson as Performed by Elvis Presley

paulinems — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:48:44 +0000

Learn how to play “Don’t Be Cruel” as performed by Elvis Presley with this free guitar lesson. This song was written by Otis Blackwell and then recorded by Elvis back in 1956. It is by far one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time and made Rolling Stones list of the 500 greatest songs of all time…

Follow this link to read the rest of this easy guitar song lesson on Don’t Be Cruel

Beginner Guitar Chord Tutorial – Learn To Play Fm6

paulinems — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:06:24 +0000

Learn how to play the basic beginner guitar chord F Minor 6 (Also known as Fm6 or F Minor 6th) with this free guitar chord lesson.
This chord is found by locating the 1,(b3), 5 and 6 positions of the F Major Scale: F, G, A, Bflat, C, D, E . That little “b3″ simply means a flattened third. You are taking the 3 step in the F Major scale (A) and lowering it by a half step to an Ab.

Notes of the F Minor 6 chord are: F, Ab, C and D

Like most chords, there is more than one way to play the Fm6 chord. Listed below in the chord chart diagram is the F Minor 6th chord played on the first fret.

View the rest of this lesson on how to play F Minor6 Here.

Chord Scales – Using Chords Within a Scale & Understanding Basic Harmony

paulinems — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:03:59 +0000

Scales?

A scale is a an organized collection of notes. A scale can have as many notes as 11 the “Chromatic Scale” for instance but typically, the majority of scales have 7 different notes.

In the case of E Major, those 7 different notes are: EF#G#ABC#D# and the scale then ends on the same note it started on “E.”

When most guitar players think of scales, they imagine singlenotes played one at a time and sure, that is one such application of scales. However, a scale can also be applied by playing groups of notes from within the scale.

Chords & Scales? Yes You Can!

When 3 or more notes are played at once, we call that grouping a “chord.” Within a major scales, these chords ALWAYS follow a set pattern that are based off each note of the scale: Major, minor, minor, Major, Major, minor and lastly, diminished.

This means that in the key of EMajor, the chords based off the E, A and B notes will yield Major chords. The minor chords will fall on the F#, G# and C# notes and that leaves D# as the designated diminished chord.

So a “chord scale” is simply the chords from a scale played in a successive manner. We can apply this to acoustic guitar for a number of different chord voicing possibilities and further, it’s definitely helpful to know these shapes and ideas as it gets you out of the rut of “stock,” run of the mill chord voicings and shapes.

What we’ll also be doing is using particular open strings as “commontones” or “pedal tones” that give these chord shapes a “shimmer” to them that you just don’t get with barred or closed position shapes. Let’s take a look at some ideas in the key of ….

View the rest of this acoustic guitar chord scale lesson here.

Easy Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Dm11

paulinems — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:25:59 +0000

The Dm11 chord ( also known as D Minor 11, D Minor Eleventh, D Minor 11th) is a beautiful sounding chord and often used in jazz guitar. It is also quite easy to play and is one of your more basic beginner chords.

The D Minor 11 Chord is found by locating the 1, b3, 5 , b7, 9 ,11 steps of the D Major Scale: D E F# G A B C# , or the notes D, F, A, C, E and G. The “b3″ symbol translates to “Flattened 3rd” , which means we simply lower the 3rd step of the D Major Scale (F#) a 1/2 step to a “F”. The “b7″ symbol translates to “Flattened 7th” , which means we simply lower the 7th step of the D Major Scale (C#) a 1/2 step to a “C”….

View the rest of this lesson on how to play the D Minor 11 Chord.

Easy Guitar Song – Kris Allen Live Like We’re Dying

paulinems — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:14:35 +0000

Learn How To Play “Live Like We’re Dying” As Performed by Kris Allen

Learn how to play the song “Live Like We’re Dying” as performed by Kris Allen with this free guitar lesson. This song is a hit single from his debut album . Kris was the American Idol season 8 winner as I am sure you already know. This song was originally recorded and made popular by “The Script”, but Allen’s version was also a hit and topped the charts in the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. You can learn more about this song over at Wikipedia…

View the rest of this easy guitar song by Kris Allen, Live Like We’re Dying

Easy Guitar Song Lesson – Save Tonight By Eagle Eye Cherry

paulinems — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:13:35 +0000

Learn To Play “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry
Learn how to play the song “Save Tonight” by Eagle Eye Cherry with this free guitar lesson. This song was written by Eagle Eye Cherry and was released on his debut album “Desireless” back in 1997. This song topped the charts in Ireland, USA , UK and Sweden.

This is a great song to practice your rhythm guitar as it uses a faster slightly challenging rhythm but with easy beginner guitar chords…

View the rest of this easy guitar song lesson on Save Tonight by Eagle Eye Cherry Here.

Basic Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn To Play Csus4

paulinems — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:38:38 +0000

Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson — Learn To Play Csus4

Learn how to play the basic beginner guitar chord Csus4 (also known as C Suspended 4) with this free guitar lesson.

The Csus4 Chord is a fairly easy guitar chord to play. Just like the C Major Chord, this chord is also found in the C Major Scale: C D E F G A B C. It is made up of the 1, 4 and 5 of the C Major scale. Meaning the notes C, F and G. The guitar chord diagram chart below will further demonstrate how to play this chord….

Basic Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn To Play Em9

paulinems — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:51:53 +0000

Beginner Guitar Chord Lesson – Learn To Play Em9

Learn how to play the Em9 chord with this free guitar lesson. The Em9 (also known as E Minor 9, E Minor 9th) is a beautiful, haunting, jazzy sounding chord. Once you play it you will understand why. It is also a very easy basic beginner guitar chord.

The E Minor 9 Chord is found by locating the 1, b3, 5 , b7, 9 steps of the E Major Scale: E, F#, G#, A, B, C#, D#, or the notes E, G, B , D and F#.. The “b3″ symbol translates to “Flattened 3rd” , which means we simply lower the 3rd step of the E Major Scale (G#) a 1/2 step to a “G”. The “b7″ symbol translates to “Flattened 7th” , which means we simply lower the 7th step of the E Major Scale (D#) a 1/2 step to a “D”….

View the rest of this lesson on how to play the Em9 (E Minor 9, E Minor 9th) Guitar Chord