Basic Chord Progressions Guitar Lesson
Basic Chord Progressions
In the second lesson, David covered a few power chords. Now he will move on to triads. You will learn a few progressions involving these new chords.
Taught by David MacKenzie in Basic Electric Guitar seriesLength: 14:15Difficulty: 1.0 of 5
1. Keep the nails on your left hand as short as possible. Long nails disallow you from fretting any chord properly. Also, you run the risk of scratching your fretboard.
2. Fret the string with the very tip of your finger. Use the padded region next to the nail to fret the string.
3. Keep all joints in the left hand loosely bent. Do not flatten any of your joints.
4. Keep the left-hand wrist bent and arched. If you find that you are muting a string within the chord, arch your wrist outward more.
5. Play each string in the chord individually to ensure that it is ringing with a clear tone.
6. Whenever you fret any note, keep your finger as close to the fretwire as possible. If the placement of a left-hand finger is too far from the fret, the note will probably buzz.
7. Do not place a left-hand finger directly on a fret. This will mute the string.
8. Always play with a guitar strap regardless of whether you are sitting down or standing up. Notice how high the neck of David's guitar is raised. This is the proper height at which the guitar should be held. For more information on this topic, check out Mark Kailana Nelson's Phase 2 lessons.
Dave begins this scene by demonstrating the E chord.
Note: Open the Supplemental Content tab for a fretboard diagram of the E chord.
Once you have successfully mastered the E chord, you are ready to tackle the dominant seventh form of this chord.
1. Start with the basic open E shape.
2. Then, lift up the third finger so that the D string (4th string) is now ringing open. Be careful not to mute the D string with the second finger. Strum all six strings. This forms an E7 chord. Dominant chords are often described as having a blues sound. How would you describe the sound of an E7 chord?
Note: Open the Supplemental Content tab for a fretboard diagram of the open E7 chord.
Frequently, unessential notes are omitted from a chord shape. For example, you can omit the high open E and B strings when playing an E7 chord.
E7 Chord Exercise
Note: Open "E Based Chord Exercise" in Supplemental Content for tablature to this exercise.
Start practicing this exercise by learning each individual chord. You already know the first chord, E7. David frets the second chord by using the second finger to fret the note C# on the 4th fret of the fifth string. This large stretch is usually too difficult for beginning guitarists. Instead, use the third finger to fret this note. Fret the note on the third string with the first finger. Be sure to arch your wrist outwards so you do not accidentally mute the open D string.
Use the following fingering for the third chord in the progression:
6th string: open
5th string: 5th fret, third finger
4th string: open
3rd string: 4th fret, first finger
Chapter 4: (4:21) A Chord and a Progression There are numerous different ways to fret an open A chord. David begins this scene by demonstrating the easiest A chord option. This version of the A chord features a barre performed by the first finger across the second fret. A barre occurs when a single finger frets two or more strings along the same fret marker. When a barre spans all six strings, it is referred to as a full barre or grand barre.
If you find this version of the A chord too difficult, try out the second fingering option for the A chord.
Note: Open the Supplemental Content tab for a fretboard diagram of this particular fingering.
Note: For more open A chord options, check out Lesson 11 from Jim Deeming's Phase 1 series.
Eventually, you will need to master both forms of the A chord. The second version is slightly more common. This shape is used as the foundation for an A7 chord. Here is a string by string breakdown of the open A7 shape.
6th string: not played
5th string: open
4th string: 2nd fret, second finger
3rd string: open
2nd string : 2nd fret, third finger
1st string: open
A7 Exercise
Note: Open the Supplemental Content tab for tablature to this exercise.
Begin by learning each individual chord shape just like you did in the previous scene.
Use the second and third fingers to fret the second chord. For the third chord, use the same fingering utilized to play A7.
Notice how David picks each string using downstrokes in this exercise. When a chord is broken up into its individual notes, an arpeggio is formed.
Note: This chord progression is reminiscent of a riff from Led Zeppelin's Heartbreaker. Open the Supplemental Content tab for tablature to this riff.
Chapter 5: (03:48) D Chord and a Progression The two lowest strings are not played when playing an open D chord. Be careful to skip over these two strings when strumming a D chord. This may take a lot of practice.
Note: Open the Supplemental Content tab for a chord diagram of the open D chord.
The most common difficulty beginners have with D is getting the first string to ring properly. Remember to arch your wrist outwards more if you are having this problem.
Use the following fingering for the second chord, G/D:
4th string: open
3rd string: 4th fret, third finger
2nd string: 3rd fret, 1st finger
1st string: 3rd fret, 2nd finger
Use the following fingering for the third chord, D7(no 3rd):
4th string: open
3rd string: 5th fret, third finger
2nd string: 3rd fret, 1st finger
1st string: 5th fret, pinky finger
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Dave MacKenzie has been playing guitar for 30 of his 45 years on this earth. Starting back when he was 14 years old, Dave picked up the guitar and started to learn from his oldest brother, who had played some guitar as well. Dave was hooked, and couldn't learn fast enough! Everything from the Beatles, Chicago, Ted Nugent, The Eagles, you name it, Dave was trying to play it.
Then as with a lot of players out there, Eddie Van Halen came along and changed the way guitar was played! Dave has been influenced by anyone he has heard play guitar, literally! Always keeping an open mind and a humbleness about him has helped him to keep learning new things on, and about the guitar.
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within the 3 and a half years they have been together, and are now jumping into original music.
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Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Argh...I can't get this lesson. I mean, I see what exactly you are doing and teaching, but I fear I may have a physcial limitation to this. No matter how I position my fingers, I ALWAYS mute the 4th string. The chord I play sounds awful :) Its like my fingertips are too fat to just fret the 2nd and 4th string. whenever I play the 3rd, with the fatness of my 1st finger, or the fatness of my middle/ring finger somehow hits that string, mutes it, and the chord shreeks its deathly wail...usually bringing my dog to see what horrible thing is making that noise. If only the strings were just a milimeter further apart...:( In any event, Dave, you are incredible in your teaching abilities and your muscial prowess. Rock on...
fwiw - I had the same problem with my 3rd finger muting the 4th string - I tried moving the neck of the guitar up and the body down - I get less of a twist on my right hand and it make it easier to use the tip of my 3rd finger. I'm not out of the woods yet - but that helped me a lot...
should be left hand, not right
try placing your hand in the proper position, then strum each string by itself and make sure they sound clearly. if you hear muting or buzzing, try rolling the tips of your fingers on the strings till you hear the right sound. dont give up. you will definitely get it!! hope that helps
Look my friend all it takes is patients and time. you will eventually develop the memory for the positionin. Another thing is to go very slow at first. don't rush and you will get it as I did. It took me about a good two weeks. Jose
make sure your wrist is in its proper position too. this can make fretting difficult too, causing fingers to mute strings. your thumb should be behind the neck. try that. just keep after it. you'll get it.
er...typo in there...the open stringin the middle I mute...i think that is the third...i think I said 4th above...my bad...
i'm muting the third string as well constantly.
Be sure you are using the tips of your fingers and not the pad of your fingers.
what are the names for those chords? didn't see if you told us that.
Hi Dave, clearly only on Lesson three and I have just started the process of learning the Guitar. My question to you is, with some of the pregressive moves from these chords I often found that one finger may vibrate off another string when played. I wouldnt say I have fat fingers either? Any help for keeping my finger out of the way of these open strings? Thanks, great lessons too!
sometimes it is like pointing your fingers down at a place on a map, or pointing where somewhere on paper where a person needs to sign their name. arch of the fingers enough to clear the strings. try it fairly slow at first so you can catch yourself, and analyze what you need to change or adjust.
thanks, appreciated
I would guess your issues is more then angle of the wrist then the slide of the fingers. You want to make sure your wrist is a bit arched and your fingers are coming over the strings and bending at the joints, instead of laying in a more flat way across them. Hope that makes sense, it's hard to describe that via text!
thx again dave , that was great
u r most welcome!
Thanks for the lesson Dave. Can you tell us what the other chords are in each progression? I think that will help me see how the other chords are put together as well (not just the first one in each progression). Thanks!
Hi, nice lesson. I wanted to know what are the names of the other notes in the progression. The chord exercise says E7 based, A7 based and D major based. So are they all E7s, A7's and D majors or do they have different chord names?
Great lesson Dave! I have a question about the fingering for the 3rd chord in the D progression. It is easier for me to fret it with my pinkie on the 1st string but I don't want to start developing bad habits. Is this fingering ok or should I just learn it the other way?
if it is more comfortable for you and gets the job done. i say no problem. everyone deals with these issues, and sometimes you make those kind of adjustments.
Cool lesson Dave. I've turned this lesson into a regular practice for me using all three progressions going immediately from one to another. They sound great. I do it a couple of times with a simple strumming pattern then I switch to finger picking. I'm trying to get used to using a pick as well, but that's going to take be a bit of practice. Thanks again!
glad your doing well ed!!! keep that up man!!! awesome job!!
I hate to sound completely inept, but a lot of the terminology your using is going right over my head. Also I'm not so much having an issue of seeing where the positionings are, but seeing and knowing how to execute the transitions are two different things. Could I get a suggestion as to where I can learn to do this.
wow, I just loved this lesson. easy progressions that sounds good. Rather than that kinda boring exercices that you just have to decorate the notes you play, oh yeah, I'm seeing that I finally spent money on something productive :D
David like how you teach. Heartbreaker" Excerpt is down up strum and BPM 212,5-7 is that a slide.Is possible show us.
Dave, I have to hand it to you. i've tried who knows how many online tutorials, books, learning packs. And it doesn't even hope to compare with how helpful these lessons are, i'm onto lesson 3 and i've already learned so much. Especially about Chord structures, looking forward to the following lessons :)
Hello David, I am really enjoying your lessons so far! I want to practice Heartbreaker, and although I recognize the son, I am not hearing how to do the chorde progressions we worked on. Can you tell me which part of the song is the tab! Any help would be appreciated.
Oops 'song' not son in previous comment
Ok just about shook the rust off using these-I found a decent classic song that goes great with the A7 progression.Just have an ear for that.Its a Supertramp song called Give A Little Bit.I play to that so at least your jammin a song.Hope you don't mind me chiming in!
not at all. your right those chords are used in that song too. good ear!!!
Thanks!If I happen to run across any more on different lessons that are easy to play(basic chords and something to do with the lesson ) for the newer folks playing I'll toss em out there.For now I'm learning basics all over again and well, stuff I never learned for being self taught.So when I feel I've conquered a lesson to the point I can do it fast and without thinking about it.I'll move on to the next.I kinda wish this place was available 20 years ago.hehe
I haven't played in a long time and was self taught by ear and a few tab books.So when I did these chord progressions a bell rung in my head.Dave ,would the A7 progression be related in anyway to the song by White Lion called Wait?Sounds damn close even though tab online says different.I just have to remove the 3 rd finger on the A7 then add the pinky on the 0403 so its 0405.I suppose it can be played that way as well.
Dave, In the progression of A7 and E7, are the progessions still called an A7 or E7 chord or do they have another name? Also what does the 7 stand for?
oops! forgot to answer the "whats the 7 mean?" the 7 stands for the seventh note in a normal scale. if you play lets say a Amajor chord, then break it down as a scale, it will be the seventh note, or degree of the scale. definitely go to any instructor here who has taught something on scales and check it out. i think also the teaching tools section has the scales there in diagram form so you can practise that way too. hope that helps?
the first chord of the progressions are what i use to tell you where to start so you know basically what key your in for those. i think actually you would call the other chords A/bmin7 like that and so on as you go up. the A/ meaning you still are using the 5th string(the A string) as a bass note while doing the other chord shapes. almost thinking i need to do a lesson on this to drive the point home. hope this kinda makes sense?
You really have to take this particular lesson apart and go really slow. It will come. Instead of strumming each tap, I pick each string at a time. It forces you go to slow and changes aren't that bad when you go that way.
I may have misunderstood, but I think you have a typo. If not, please enlighten me. But, in Scene 3, the chord you slide up to is listed as: 6th string: open 5th string: 5th fret, third finger 4th string: open 3rd string: 4th fret, first finger But shouldn't it be: 6th string: open 5th string: 4th fret, third finger 4th string: open 3rd string: 2nd fret, first finger Thanks! Great lesson so far!
I think i figured it out!
i also have been messing with the guitar 4 several years. took weekly lessons, too expensive!!! tryed self taught, not a good ideal,takes too long. found this site was already pluckin a couple tunes in a day or two. stopped for a while been off work bcause of a back injury, witch made playing very uncomfortable. feeling better so i am starting over from the beginning.... never hurts to veiw the lessons several times, it makes more sense,and you start to pick things up more.... its like " OH THATS HOW HE DID THAT!!!! NOW I GOT IT!!!" great work dave and i plan on studying each one of your lessons until i can mimmick your playing. thanx for being a helpful, skillful ,and cool azz brother.... YOU ROCK MY BROTHER, KEEP EM COMMIN... RESPECT,BRIAN S.
thanks so much!! i am humbled by your comments, and very pleased you are getting somewhere with my lessons! keep after it and you'l continue to grow and learn!!! best of success to you!!!
First i want to say i really like your teaching style and the way you get us beginners playing something right away even if it is just cords. I'm having a terrible time with my fat fingers muting strings they shouldn't, perhaps when they callous more that will improve, so until then i will keep after it. Great job!!!
The A chord progression is very cool. Great lesson :)
i keep muting the third string too, hmm i wonder why. my thumb is behind the fretboard, i guess its my short fingers =(
Great lesson Dave!
Great lesson, it's nice to explore some different chords rather than the usual straight E,A and D major chords. I've just been practicing the chord progressions on my acoustic and i'm beginning to sound like Jimmy Page already LOL. I think these chord progressions would sound fantastic on a twelve string (must treat myself to one one day) oh by the way I always practice everything on my acoustic guitar first, that way I cant cover up my mistakes with distortion and if I can play it well on an acoustic it's a piece of cake on my electric.
thats actually a good thing to do. play it on acoustic first, then as you feel pretty good with it, switch over to electric. good thinking there!!! glad your enjoying the lessons! onward, and upward! rock on!!!!!!
Cool, so the D Major progression is the most difficult for me but I'm getting there. I like the contrast between you and Mark's lessons/style. Thanks.
Dave THank you i love playing guitar and ur way of teaching it makes me understand it more i wanted to ask u something if i stay on jamplay will i learn more that with a regular teacher?
well, i am not really being biased here when i say, i think you will learn more here than with a personal teacher. you have access to the site 24/7, anytime you want. plus you can go thru any lesson with any teacher. its like having several teachers with different styles at your fingertips to teach you something. that is not to say you could'nt have a personal teacher as well, and get benefit from it as well. i have been playing over 30 years, and i only wish this site had existed when i started! who knows where i would have gotten early on in my musical life!
could u explain this lesson more to me im lost on it
Dave i had a hard time with this lesson i dont get progrssion and how to use them or what they are called are thay all called e chords?
Dave, awesome lesson and series. Concerning the progressions, does the actual chord name change when you move the position? So if I was playing a song with a typical G,C,D chord progression could I just play these progressions over several bars of the same root chord? So if the D chord was played over 4 bars I could play a progression to go along with melody changes?? I hope I am making sense. Again, thanks for the series!!
thank you for the compliments very much! if i understand your question, the answer is yes. even with a G,C,D chord progression, if you were to just have a root note of either the G, or D, for example played by a bass player, or you picked that note independantly within the progression, it would'nt sound bad. i cant think of any tunes off the top of my head that do that, but i know there are several that use that to great effect! hope that makes sense. lol!
Hey Dave, first I'd like say thanks for the outstanding lessons! I have a question regarding posture and holding the guitar. In your lessons you mention " Always play with a guitar strap regardless of whether you are sitting down or standing up. Notice how high the neck of David's guitar is raised. This is the proper height at which the guitar should be held." You play with the neck raised pretty high and I was wondering if this is a matter of preference. It sounds pretty darn important and after reviewing some of the other phase one instructors, I noticed they don't really cover holding the guitar in this much detail.
I really found all your lessons up to this point beneficial Dave. I was able to rid myself years of bad habits, heeding you advice. One of them was to simply relax and enjoy my instrument during the learning process. Once again, THANKS!
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Awesome lesson Dave on progression. Thanks
Dave, the tuning sounds off. What is your guitar tuned into? I can't get the sound of mine to match yours!!!
i was accidently tuned down a 1/2 step on this one i think. i apoligise. me and jeff were looking to re-film this eventually. sorry for the inconvience. best thing to do is just get the shapes down. they still will work in normal tuning. just does'nt match to the video.
How's it going David.Yeah with me started playing a few months ago basically getting books reading them knowing the chords,etc.I joined this site not long ago and I like your teaching,it gives me a good guide of direction that i need to go into.I love heavy metal rock and a big kiss fan here also.Keep rockin and take care.
i have been playing since jan . started off with a great instructor, he went to his cabin for the summer. so i joined so i would not lose anything while he was gone. he was blown away when i started up again. i cant really jam so to speak , but i can play a lot more. im sticken with both dave can you do some tesla and pluged in alice n chains on phase 3 ROCK ON!!!
thanks for the comments man! i will look into the tesla! great band! alice in chains too.
David, I have a suggestion for videos, ii have seen your videos from lesson 1 to 3 and David Anthony and Brian Thomas, the camera is in front of your left hand, if you move the camera with some angle from right side we can see perfectly your fingers of left hand on fretted strings.... and the other side, if you move and make a zoom on rigth hand, and move the camera with some angel from left side we will see perfectly your rigth hand playin the strings.... I´m begginer playing guitar and it´s hard to see your fingers of left hand with the camera in front of the left hand, of course I check suplemetal information, and repeat videos to see it........ LESSONS ARE GREAT!!!!... only move the angles of cameras and make a zoom on right hand... and it will be perfect....
I am having the same problem as tsala. Any time that I encounter a chord with an open string between 2 fretted (fingered) strings I can't get clear on both sides. I have only be at this for a week and I am practicing a couple of hours per day but this problem is still a thorn to advancement. BTW I used to have nails on my left hand and have them down to the nub now. It may take a while for them to properly toughen to finer string poking instruments. :) Thanks for the lessons Dave.
Hey - you know what I'm new, but I can tell you that with practice, it will come. I used to have that trouble but.. just after a while, it started getting clearer and clearer, and I have THICK fingers lol. Just practice. What helped me was always practicing those tough chords a while, then playing the easier ones to help with my ego hehe
I thought I would teach myself to play guitar. Started over a year ago. Already learned more in a week on this site. Theese chord progressions are a little tricky for me, I think because i have never seen the progression but theese r great lessons and it hurts my pride to start from the beginning after haveing played for a year but my last teacher was a fool. lol
I'm the same.. I had books and learned chords and played along.. but I was so stuck! And really didn't know anything. I can play a bunch of songs on acoustic, but could never jam 'cuz I didn't have those skills. The way this place teaches.. I'm already jammin.. I've learned more in one night here than I did in six months on my own! lol
Dude, dont feel bad. Even the best players have to go back to the basics and practise, and keep up with their skills. i know i have to! i wish you the best of success in your playing!!! Rock On!!!!!
David, don't know what happened but yesterday this lesson was running at a lower tone, today, it seems to be on tone in standard tuning. I know I haven't retuned so all I can guess is the media player must have been running slow and now it's OK.. probably a prob on my PC. Keep up the good work man. GG
Are you tuned down 1/2 step or one step on ths lesson? I have a locking nut & FR and it's a pain in the A to retune from standard tuning. Great lessons so far though. GG
Hey! iv just signed up for this course/ site what every you would call it and alredy i have master the second and third lesson im loving how u go through it 3 or 4 times it realy helps you to get it and practice while u tell us repetitvly! Peace out n keep ona with the rocking!
Hey Dave! What is your guitar tuned into this lesson? Because mine sounds totally off...
I have trouble getting my fingers to play a clean note whenever I have to hold the 2nd part of the e7 progression. The open middle string buzzes because my finger touches it sometimes. Are there any exercises that can help with this type of problem. It only happens when I have to stretch over and skip a fret. Thanks!!
The TAB info in the Supplemental Content for the E progressions are off by one string... the TAB shows the Second and Fourth strings, should be the Third and Fifth.
Strike that.... dee dee dee moment........ nevermind... it's fine
Marcus from Australia.Love the guitar mate!!!!Your playing is fantastic.Question for you.one of my all time fav bands is Queens ryche.My fave song is Silent Lucidity.I just cant get the finger picking.Do you know of the song?Is it possible to do with a pick and is it something that could be done as a song lesson.Only been playing for about 4 months but only a few hours a week because of work but this is my ultimate goal..I can do a few cords but a bit slow on the changes so far..Keep rockin and thankyou!!!!!!
yeah, its a birthday present from my wife! is she not the greatest!!! she remembered from 1-2 years ago that i was wanting one! played it live recently witht the band! man did it play and sound great!! i love it! and just keep it up, you will be proficient! glad you like the lesson! please let me know if there is any questions playing wise i can answer for you on video! i'd be pleased to do so.
Nice, cool guitar!!! It just looks awesome!!! :rockout: besides that, nice lesson, thank you! Those progressions almost make me sound proficient... hihihi:D