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Finger Placement For Clear Sounding Chords

Quick Win

If you’re having a hard time getting your chords to sound great don’t feel bad. Most everyone has this problem when learning guitar.

I’ll give you some tips to help you fix bad sounding chords… starting off with the basics issues that cause buzzing or dead sounding notes.

More importantly, I’ll give you a system to develop the habits to solve this issue once and for all.

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Strumming With Your Fingers (Easy And Advanced Techniques)

Quick Win

It is useful to learn how to strum the guitar with fingers for times that you don’t have a pick or when you want a different sound. When you’ve completed this Quick Win you’ll have four strumming techniques that you can use without a pick.

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How to Play Bossa Nova Rhythm

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Here’s an easy Bossa Nova strum that you can use on either a nylon string guitar or steel string guitar.

I’ll start with a simple version, then teach you how to embellish the basic pattern. To give you the full experience we’ll then apply the strum to some cool “bossa” chords.

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Capo Magic

Capo Magic

Using a capo is a valuable skill.  One of the most important uses is to raise or lower the pitch of a song to make it easier to sing along. In this course module, you’ll learn the ins and out of changing keys with a capo and without a capo. The course includes several practical exercises with Play-Along tracks. You’ll also get my unique Key Change Chord Chart along with the instruction to make rapid key changes.

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Changing Chords On Time While Strumming Guitar

Quick Win

Changing chords on time while strumming is a crucial skill when playing guitar. If changing chords without slowing down or fumbling is difficult for you… You are not alone. In this lesson, you’ll learn the critical techniques that enable you to change chords smoothly and on time.

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Happy Birthday & Changing Keys

Song Library

A two-for-one… A simple version of Happy Birthday, then I use this to explain how to change the key to make it easier to sing depending on your voice. This is an important lesson if you want to play and sing.

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Beyond Beginner Chords

Beyond Beginner Chords

Ready to stretch beyond the open “folk” chords? This is the next step. We’ll start off by working on “problem chords”. You’ll learn alternate ways of playing “bar chords”.
We’ll cover “Fun and Interesting Chords”, several “slash” chords, diminished chords, three note chords, Major 7 chords, “Jazzy Chords” and, my favorite, suspended chords. ** NO BAR CHORDS**

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