Chords for 1 Simple Way to Turn Open Chords into Blues Chords | Guitar Lesson | Steve Stine
Tempo:
72.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
[E] [D] [G]
[A] [E] [A]
Hey Steve Stein from GuitarZoom here.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Today
what we're going to be doing is looking at how to take open chords that you
probably already know and we're going to convert those into bluesier sounding
chords by changing them into what we call seventh chords or commonly referred
to as dominant seventh chords.
So if this video helps you please do me a favor
subscribe to the channel, like and share the video, and please make sure and check
out my guitar products at GuitarZoom.com. Alright so let's go ahead and get
started.
What we're going to do is we're just going to take a look at some common
chords here, convert them [Eb] into these seventh chords, and we're also going to
look at which ones tend to go well together to make it sound a bit more
bluesy.
So let's just look at some of the chords that you probably already know.
Now if you use different fingers than I do don't worry about it.
You can play
this any way you want but with an A chord we tend to play three notes [A] at the
same time here.
On the second fret we play the second string, third string, and
fourth string.
And to convert this into a seventh chord we're simply going to
take our finger off of the third string.
So we're just pressing on the fourth
string and the second string.
You can already kind of tell that it sounds far
more bluesy that way.
But again it doesn't matter which fingers you like to
use.
It's perfectly [Abm] fine anyway.
Okay now be aware there are many different ways
of playing these chords all over the fretboard and I just want to give you a
couple of ideas if you've never done this before so you can just have some
fun with it.
Okay so there's your A chord [A] becoming a seven.
Another great
one is [D] your D chord.
Now what [A] we're going to do is instead of pressing on the
third fret of the second string we're going to press on the first fret of the
second string.
So we have to sort of invert this chord so it looks like [D] this.
So my first finger is on the second string first fret.
My middle finger is on
the third string second fret.
And my ring finger is on the first string second
fret and I'm strumming the bottom four as I normally do.
[A]
[E] Now those two chords
go together quite well.
The third one in this group would be the E chord which
again [Am] what we're going to do is we're going to take that E chord and convert
it into an E7 by taking the ring finger [E] off the guitar.
We get an E7 sound.
So we
have [A] A7, [D] D7, and [E] E7 which all sound [A] really good together.
So if I knew how to
play for instance a 12 bar blues that
[D] [A]
[E] sort of thing those three chords would
sound really great together.
Okay another great combination to learn how to play
is using the G, the C, and the D chord.
Now we already have a D that we've
converted to a D7 but let's take a look at the G and the C chords.
Now G again
you could play this many different ways.
Some people [G] play G with four fingers.
Some people play G with three fingers.
Okay whatever works for you but what
we're going to do is convert that anyway to a G7 which looks like this.
So
what I'm doing is pressing on the first string first fret with my first finger
[Am] and I'm playing the top of a G [G] chord with my middle and my third finger.
[C] Then
I need to go to a C chord so I'm going to go to a plain old C chord but I'm
going to take my pinky and I'm going to place it on the third string third fret.
That sounds really cool.
So I have [G] G7, C7.
[C]
Then I'll go to my D7.
[D]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[Em] So that's another
really great way of approaching playing something that sounds a bit more bluesy
with some other chords.
So hopefully this helps you a little bit gets your
creative ideas flowing a little bit and gives you something fun to practice.
So
do me a favor again if you like this video please share it, like it, subscribe
to the channel and please check out my guitar courses and my guitar club at GuitarZoom.com
[C]
[Em]
[E] [D] [G]
[A] [E] [A]
Hey Steve Stein from GuitarZoom here.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Today
what we're going to be doing is looking at how to take open chords that you
probably already know and we're going to convert those into bluesier sounding
chords by changing them into what we call seventh chords or commonly referred
to as dominant seventh chords.
So if this video helps you please do me a favor
subscribe to the channel, like and share the video, and please make sure and check
out my guitar products at GuitarZoom.com. Alright so let's go ahead and get
started.
What we're going to do is we're just going to take a look at some common
chords here, convert them [Eb] into these seventh chords, and we're also going to
look at which ones tend to go well together to make it sound a bit more
bluesy.
So let's just look at some of the chords that you probably already know.
Now if you use different fingers than I do don't worry about it.
You can play
this any way you want but with an A chord we tend to play three notes [A] at the
same time here.
On the second fret we play the second string, third string, and
fourth string.
And to convert this into a seventh chord we're simply going to
take our finger off of the third string.
So we're just pressing on the fourth
string and the second string.
You can already kind of tell that it sounds far
more bluesy that way.
But again it doesn't matter which fingers you like to
use.
It's perfectly [Abm] fine anyway.
Okay now be aware there are many different ways
of playing these chords all over the fretboard and I just want to give you a
couple of ideas if you've never done this before so you can just have some
fun with it.
Okay so there's your A chord [A] becoming a seven.
Another great
one is [D] your D chord.
Now what [A] we're going to do is instead of pressing on the
third fret of the second string we're going to press on the first fret of the
second string.
So we have to sort of invert this chord so it looks like [D] this.
So my first finger is on the second string first fret.
My middle finger is on
the third string second fret.
And my ring finger is on the first string second
fret and I'm strumming the bottom four as I normally do.
[A]
[E] Now those two chords
go together quite well.
The third one in this group would be the E chord which
again [Am] what we're going to do is we're going to take that E chord and convert
it into an E7 by taking the ring finger [E] off the guitar.
We get an E7 sound.
So we
have [A] A7, [D] D7, and [E] E7 which all sound [A] really good together.
So if I knew how to
play for instance a 12 bar blues that
[D] [A]
[E] sort of thing those three chords would
sound really great together.
Okay another great combination to learn how to play
is using the G, the C, and the D chord.
Now we already have a D that we've
converted to a D7 but let's take a look at the G and the C chords.
Now G again
you could play this many different ways.
Some people [G] play G with four fingers.
Some people play G with three fingers.
Okay whatever works for you but what
we're going to do is convert that anyway to a G7 which looks like this.
So
what I'm doing is pressing on the first string first fret with my first finger
[Am] and I'm playing the top of a G [G] chord with my middle and my third finger.
[C] Then
I need to go to a C chord so I'm going to go to a plain old C chord but I'm
going to take my pinky and I'm going to place it on the third string third fret.
That sounds really cool.
So I have [G] G7, C7.
[C]
Then I'll go to my D7.
[D]
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
[Em] So that's another
really great way of approaching playing something that sounds a bit more bluesy
with some other chords.
So hopefully this helps you a little bit gets your
creative ideas flowing a little bit and gives you something fun to practice.
So
do me a favor again if you like this video please share it, like it, subscribe
to the channel and please check out my guitar courses and my guitar club at GuitarZoom.com
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Key:
A
D
E
G
C
A
D
E
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ Hey Steve Stein from GuitarZoom here.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Today
what we're going to be doing is looking at how to take open chords that you
probably already know and we're going to convert those into bluesier sounding
chords by changing them into what we call seventh chords or commonly referred
to as dominant seventh chords.
So if this video helps you please do me a favor
subscribe to the channel, like and share the video, and please make sure and check
out my guitar products at GuitarZoom.com. _ _ _ _ _ Alright so let's go ahead and get
started.
What we're going to do is we're just going to take a look at some common
chords here, convert them [Eb] into these seventh chords, and we're also going to
look at which ones tend to go well together to make it sound a bit more
bluesy.
So let's just look at some of the chords that you probably already know.
Now if you use different fingers than I do don't worry about it.
You can play
this any way you want but with an A chord we tend to play three notes [A] at the
same time here.
On the second fret we play the second string, third string, and
fourth string.
And to convert this into a seventh chord we're simply going to
take our finger off of the third string.
So we're just pressing on the fourth
string and the second string.
_ _ You can already kind of tell that it sounds far
more bluesy that way.
_ But again it doesn't matter which fingers you like to
use.
It's perfectly [Abm] fine anyway.
Okay now be aware there are many different ways
of playing these chords all over the fretboard and I just want to give you a
couple of ideas if you've never done this before so you can just have some
fun with it.
Okay so there's your A chord [A] becoming a seven.
_ Another great
one is [D] your D chord.
Now what [A] we're going to do is instead of pressing on the
third fret of the second string we're going to press on the first fret of the
second string.
So we have to sort of invert this chord so it looks like [D] this.
So my first finger is on the second string first fret.
My middle finger is on
the third string second fret.
And my ring finger is on the first string second
fret and I'm strumming the bottom four as I normally do.
_ _ [A] _
[E] Now those two chords
go together quite well.
The third one in this group would be the E chord which
again [Am] what we're going to do is we're going to take that E chord and convert
it into an E7 by taking the ring finger [E] off the guitar.
_ We get an E7 sound.
So we
have [A] A7, [D] D7, and [E] E7 which all sound [A] really good together.
So if I knew how to
play for instance a 12 bar blues that _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] sort of thing those three chords would
sound really great together.
Okay another great combination to learn how to play
is using the G, the C, and the D chord.
Now we already have a D that we've
converted to a D7 but let's take a look at the G and the C chords.
Now G again
you could play this many different ways.
Some people [G] play G with four fingers.
Some people play G with three fingers.
Okay whatever works for you but what
we're going to do is convert that anyway to a G7 which looks like this.
So
what I'm doing is pressing on the first string first fret with my first finger
[Am] and I'm playing the top of a G [G] chord with my middle and my third finger.
_ _ _ [C] Then
I need to go to a C chord so I'm going to go to a plain old C chord but I'm
going to take my pinky and I'm going to place it on the third string third fret.
_ That sounds really cool.
_ So I have [G] G7, _ _ _ _ _ C7.
[C] _
_ _ _ Then I'll go to my D7.
[D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] So that's another
really great way of approaching playing something that sounds a bit more bluesy
with some other chords.
So hopefully this helps you a little bit gets your
creative ideas flowing a little bit and gives you something fun to practice.
So
do me a favor again if you like this video please share it, like it, subscribe
to the channel and please check out my guitar courses and my guitar club at GuitarZoom.com _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ Hey Steve Stein from GuitarZoom here.
Thank you so much for joining me.
Today
what we're going to be doing is looking at how to take open chords that you
probably already know and we're going to convert those into bluesier sounding
chords by changing them into what we call seventh chords or commonly referred
to as dominant seventh chords.
So if this video helps you please do me a favor
subscribe to the channel, like and share the video, and please make sure and check
out my guitar products at GuitarZoom.com. _ _ _ _ _ Alright so let's go ahead and get
started.
What we're going to do is we're just going to take a look at some common
chords here, convert them [Eb] into these seventh chords, and we're also going to
look at which ones tend to go well together to make it sound a bit more
bluesy.
So let's just look at some of the chords that you probably already know.
Now if you use different fingers than I do don't worry about it.
You can play
this any way you want but with an A chord we tend to play three notes [A] at the
same time here.
On the second fret we play the second string, third string, and
fourth string.
And to convert this into a seventh chord we're simply going to
take our finger off of the third string.
So we're just pressing on the fourth
string and the second string.
_ _ You can already kind of tell that it sounds far
more bluesy that way.
_ But again it doesn't matter which fingers you like to
use.
It's perfectly [Abm] fine anyway.
Okay now be aware there are many different ways
of playing these chords all over the fretboard and I just want to give you a
couple of ideas if you've never done this before so you can just have some
fun with it.
Okay so there's your A chord [A] becoming a seven.
_ Another great
one is [D] your D chord.
Now what [A] we're going to do is instead of pressing on the
third fret of the second string we're going to press on the first fret of the
second string.
So we have to sort of invert this chord so it looks like [D] this.
So my first finger is on the second string first fret.
My middle finger is on
the third string second fret.
And my ring finger is on the first string second
fret and I'm strumming the bottom four as I normally do.
_ _ [A] _
[E] Now those two chords
go together quite well.
The third one in this group would be the E chord which
again [Am] what we're going to do is we're going to take that E chord and convert
it into an E7 by taking the ring finger [E] off the guitar.
_ We get an E7 sound.
So we
have [A] A7, [D] D7, and [E] E7 which all sound [A] really good together.
So if I knew how to
play for instance a 12 bar blues that _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] sort of thing those three chords would
sound really great together.
Okay another great combination to learn how to play
is using the G, the C, and the D chord.
Now we already have a D that we've
converted to a D7 but let's take a look at the G and the C chords.
Now G again
you could play this many different ways.
Some people [G] play G with four fingers.
Some people play G with three fingers.
Okay whatever works for you but what
we're going to do is convert that anyway to a G7 which looks like this.
So
what I'm doing is pressing on the first string first fret with my first finger
[Am] and I'm playing the top of a G [G] chord with my middle and my third finger.
_ _ _ [C] Then
I need to go to a C chord so I'm going to go to a plain old C chord but I'm
going to take my pinky and I'm going to place it on the third string third fret.
_ That sounds really cool.
_ So I have [G] G7, _ _ _ _ _ C7.
[C] _
_ _ _ Then I'll go to my D7.
[D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] So that's another
really great way of approaching playing something that sounds a bit more bluesy
with some other chords.
So hopefully this helps you a little bit gets your
creative ideas flowing a little bit and gives you something fun to practice.
So
do me a favor again if you like this video please share it, like it, subscribe
to the channel and please check out my guitar courses and my guitar club at GuitarZoom.com _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _