Guitar Chord

Hello guys....

Gosh!!! I didnt go for jamming for almost 2 month already, that because of the fasting month and the month of Eid. I have to respect it and also busy visiting friends and relative or they visiting me.

So, yesterday I spent the whole morning by playing my guitar in my room. I have 3 electric guitar now in my room... When i took one of it, the fender stratocaster-mexican 1996. i found that the strings are rusty. hmmm..... Well. Thats because i forget one thing! I didnt take care of it since my friend used it in a function last september.

May be on that moment his hands was sweating or wet when played my strat. A bit frustated coz i dint take care of it. So, I believe thats the lesson I learn and want to share with you guys. Take a good care of your AXE and FX. coz that the thing that u will be frustated enuff when they are not in good condition.

Not just for the string, but may be on the paint, the fret wires, the bridge, the pickups, the humidity, maybe the temperature.

Most guitarists agree that we need to wipe the strings and body with clean and dry towel. Then put it in the case. And the best case that protect your AXE is the hard case, or some people use the term Coffin case. It is quite expensive compare to the gigbag or soft case. But to tell u, it really protect your guitar.

But if u can only afford the softcase or gigbag, its okay. it protect ur axe anyway, from scratch and direct heat. But remember dont lean your guitar neck to the wall... it may make ur neck bowing.

And for your FX, try not to let it just like down after playing, its good to cover it. If it has some case put it in the case. Take off the battery if not being used or else the battery will be running out. some FX just need to plug off the cable to safe the battery. Put the FX away from possibility of something fall on it or people walk on it. Dont ever spill water on it or put it on the wet floor.

There are some other ways to take care of your axe. I will tell about it some other times later...

See you!!!!

Weve previously looked at a nice sounding minor 11 chord with its root on the E string.Today well play a very common minor 11 inversion with its root on the A string.

This chord is quite easy to play barring across 5 strings with your 1st finger and holding down the B string with your middle finger. This is a common inversion and was used in the famous Miles Davis track So What from Kind of Blue - this song used a bass riff followed by Em11 and Dm11.

Minor11 chords can be played in the place of most minor chords and can replace chord ii, iii and vi in major keys. Minor 11th chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5, b7, 9, 11 its very common to leave some notes out - our inversion is missing the 5th and 9th.

Cm11 uses the notes: C, Eb, G, Bb, D, F

Our inversion uses the notes in this order: C, F, Bb, Eb, G

Tune in tomorrow for another Guitar Chord Of The Day.

Continuing our series of Dominant 7th Guitar chords, today we have the last of our inversions with notes on the middle four strings of the guitar.


This inversion has its root note on the G string and uses the notes of the G7 chord in this order:

• B (the 3rd)
• F (the b7th)
• G (the root note)
• D (the 5th)

Know weve covered  8 different inversions of G7, make sure you can play all of the Dominant 7th inversions weve looked at and played so far. Practice playing through blues progressions in different keys without changing position using different inversions of G7, C7 and D7. Try playing blues progressions in other keys too.

Tomorrow well start the final leg of our mini-series on Dominant 7th chords and look at inversions on the bottom four strings of the guitar. Check back then for another guitar chord of the day.

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Are you suffering from TMI? (Too Much Information)

There are literally thousands of resources for learning to play guitar. Beginning guitar players are being bombarded with information, opinions, learning methods, DVDs, you name it. Theres really way too much to choose from, so your progress stops because you dont know who to listen to.


What should you learn first?

Some guitar teachers advise you to learn notes, some think its chords, other think its songs, and still others think its technique. Heres how I approach teaching a beginning guitar student. Keep in mind that I dont engage in "cookie cutter" lessons where I teach the same way whether youre 8 years old or pushing 80.


There are things you should think about.

Even though youre just starting out, you should give some thought to what youre trying to do. For example, if you goal is to play and sing, you should probably start out by practicing chords. As soon as my students can play 4 or 5 chords I get them working on a song. Its a lot more fun to practice chords when they end up sounding like something. Dont buy a chord book with the intention of just memorizing all the chords. Unless you have a use for a give chord youre not likely to remember it.

Note reading, tabs, and chord charts.

While its easy to find tablature, or tabs, for songs, its still a good idea to learn at least a little about standard notation. Reading music is not as difficult as most people think it is, and there are lots of times when its more useful. Tabs are not standardized, so most of them dont indicate rhythm. To use a guitar tab youll need to have a recording of the song and preferably a way to slow it down. The program we use to slow songs down is: RiffMaster Pro. (Affiliate link.) The advantage to tab is that its a number system so its easier to read sometimes. Most songbooks come with the chords listed at the top of the 1st page and placed over the correct words.

Find yourself a teacher, at least in the beginning.

A professional, experienced teacher can help you sort through the choices available as well as answer questions. One of the problems with teaching yourself to play guitar is that it can take a long time to learn what a teacher could show you in a few minutes.

The main thing is to get started doing something!

After reading this post, Im hoping youre ready to get started. Another negative from too much information is not knowing where to start, and putting off learning the guitar completely. Once youre on your way to playing you can make educated decisions about what to learn and in what order.

Any questions or comments? Post them below this article and Ill be happy to reply to them.

Todays Guitar Chord of the Day is another dissonant guitar chord in our occasional series on Dissonant Chords. As with our other dissonant guitar chords this one has 6 semitone halfsteps.

Here are the notes for this guitar chord:
D#, E, F, F#, G, G#

As this chord is very dissonant and is made up 6 half-steps, it cant really be labeled in the usual way.
Tune in to Guitar Chord of the Day tomorrow when well look at how to make lots more chords from our 12 Dominant 7th Chords Every Guitarist Should Know.

Do you want to speed up your progress?

I was always interested in learning to play guitar, in fact I had my first guitar lesson when I was 5 years old. Unfortunately, that was my last one until I was in high school. I didnt have a guitar and remember sitting on the floor, guitar book next to me, pretending I was strumming. Im sure my parents and the music school were just humoring me since I never got to go back. When I did start to play guitar, it kind of happened by accident. A friend and I were at a high school basketball game and started up a conversation with a guy we thought we knew. As it turned out, we didnt know him, but we became friends. He had a guitar, an old Kay archtop he was learning on, and I would play it when I went to his house. Soon after that, another friend at school told me his dad had a guitar he wanted to sell. We went and looked at it and since he didnt want much for it, I was the proud owner of a new guitar.

Practice + A little friendly competition = PROGRESS!

Since my friend Rich and I both knew people who played guitar, it was fun to learn something new and then show it off the next time we got together. However, youd only be able to be better for one day since the person that you were showing off to would immediately go home and learn what youd played! In addition, I found a guitar teacher so it helped both of us learn more quickly.

Finding someone to practice with can really help.

There are several advantages to having a practice partner. Its a lot less frustrating to know that youre not alone in the beginning stages and that there are other people struggling to improve. If you find someone with similar taste in music you can have fun trying to learn new songs. Things tend to go faster when you have a little friendly competition. It tends to make you practice more.

How to find someone.

Not knowing someone can be a deterrent, but there are lots of ways to solve the problem. The first resource would be your guitar teacher or the place where you take lessons. We offer controlled jam sessions and have had several friendships develop in the classes. Not taking lessons? Try going to an open mic or a jam session. In our area there are several open jams and open mics. You dont have to play at first, maybe just listen and see if theres someone at your level. While its ideal to have someone that plays better than you, if theyre too advanced they may not be interested. Good luck and I hope you find someone to pick with. It really does make an enjoyable hobby even better.