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1. Introduction, positioning, chords D, C, G 2. Simple strumming, technique, A, A7, E, E7, easy songs 3. Arpegio, strumming technique, Bob Marley, Dm Am Em F 4. Chord progressions and fretting exercises 5. Chord and scale theory, C7, B7 (H7), D7, G7 6. Fingerpicking and arpegio exercises 7. Powerchords, 5th chords, arpegio, Nirvana 8. Rock n roll, Knockin' on heaven's door, m7, M7 9. Bar chords, (A and E shapes), Wild Thing, About a girl 10. Bar chord shapes (D and C shapes), 7, m7 and M7 11. CAGED system, G bar chord shape, Pearl jam 12. Wonderwall by Oasis


11. CAGED system, G bar chord shape, Pearl jam

You will learn...

 

Tune your guitar

I do encourage you to tune your guitar before you continue - otherwise it will sound horrible, and people will not want to listen to your beautiful music...

Tune your guitar by comparing notes with your computers MIDI-bank: click here!

Almost at the end...

The lesson after this one will be the last one of the beginner's course. However you can continue learning after this course in the theoretical course, that will be added eventually. Only in this lesson you will learn new chords - in the last lesson you are only going to learn Wonderwall by Oasis - consider it a nice bonus-lesson=).

If you made it this far I am really glad, and I hope you have understood everything that I have been trying to explain until this point.

Anyway - let's get on with the lesson shall we?

G bar chord shape

As usual - same principle. Imagine a G chord in open form but with your index finger replacing the nut. Root note is on the lower E string. A new open chord is introduced as well, Gm.

Open G-chords

G bar chord shapes

as the diagram depicts it is best to place your index on all strings, however it is enough to just fret the D, G and B strings as well

Note: these chords are difficult, and are usually only gripped and used on fragments. However it is still important that you learn how these shapes work by heart.

Here are some examples of chords in the G-shape

  A#m     Dm     Bm
e--6-------10------7-----
B--3--------7------4-----
G--3--------7------4-----
D--3--------7------4-----
A--4--------8------5-----
E--6-------10------7-----

The CAGED system

When you have done that you have learned all 5 basic bar chord shapes that constitute the CAGED system. In the theoretical course you will see why it is important and extremely useful to know these shapes - probably you have already noticed several advantages - for instance that you have many possibilities of fretting a single chord - at least 5.

In short summary the CAGED system (and you have to understand that the fact that they actually form the word "caged" is a product of chance, nobody actually tried to construct the guitar so that this system would appear, as far as I know anyway) is a way of describing the way the chords repeat in their corresponding shapes from one shape to the other. For instance all C major chords in all shapes you have learned so far are fretted accordingly, increasing in pitch:

C shape | A shape | G shape | E shape | D shape | C shape and so on
---0--------3--------8---------8--------12-------12----
---1--------5--------5---------8--------13-------13----
---0--------5--------5---------9--------12-------12----
---2--------5--------5---------10-------10-------14----
---3--------3--------7---------10----------------15----
---------------------8---------8-----------------------

All other chords will follow the same pattern of shapes being repeated after eachother.

If you understand this now then you are very smart. If you do not - no worries. It will be much more clearly explained in the follow-up theoretical course.

 

Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind the Counter In a Small Town

Pearl Jam is according to me one of the best bands out there. Don't let the long name of the song scare you though - it's not that hard to play ^

Chords used

D Cadd9 G A Em Em7


e--2--3----3--0---0--0--
B--3--3----3--3---0--3--
G--2--0----0--3---0--0--
D--0--2----0--3---2--0--
A-----3----2--0---2--2--
E----------3------0--0--

Strumming pattern

Here's the tabulature for the strumming pattern (MIDI-files underneath each section)

Download as TXT-doc

Verse & chorus
E||--2--2-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
B||--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
G||--2--2-2-2-2-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
D||--0--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-0--0-0-|--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
A||-------------3--3-3-3-3-2--2-2-|--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
E||------------------------3--3-3-|--3-3-3--3-3-3-3---------------|

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

Listen to this tab

Pre-chorus
E||--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--3--3-3-|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--0--0-0-0-0--0--|
B||--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--2--2-2-2-2--2--|
G||--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--0--0-0-|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--2--|
D||--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--|
A||--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--3--3-3-|-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--0--0-0-0-0--0--|
E||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

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

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

Listen to this tab

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I demonstrate the strumming and the chords in the video

 

 

Lyrics with chords

Verse 1
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
I seem to recognize your face
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Lifetimes are catching up with me

Prechorus 1
A Cadd9 A Cadd9 A
All these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the place
Cadd9 Em Em7
But no one's ever taken me

Chorus
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... (2x)

(then it's the same chord pattern)

Verse 2
I swear I recognize your breath
Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising
Me you wouldnt recall, for I'm not my former
It's hard when, your stuck upon the shelf

Prechorus 2
I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate
Perhaps that's what no one wants to see

Verse 3
I just want to scream...hello...
My god its been so long, never dreamed you'd return
But now here you are, and here I am
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...

Chorus/Outro
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... (2x)
Hearts and thoughts they fade...away...
Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away... (3x)
Hearts and thoughts they fade...

Source: LetsSingIt

Allright...

That's all for this lesson. Before moving on to the next...