Chords for A Must-Know Country Guitar Chord Trick | Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
105.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Ab
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G]
Hi, I'm Adrian and today I want to show you a neat little country guitar chord move which
I'm very fond of.
It works over dominant seventh type chords and you can use it to create really cool rhythm
guitar parts or you could even use this kind of thing in a solo as well I think.
So let me show you how it's done.
So I just demonstrated this basic idea over a typical country or bluegrass chord progression.
It just involved G7, C7 and D7, the 1, 4, 5 in the key of G.
And the basic kind of chord lick is this.
This kind of [Ab] idea which I then just took through those chord changes.
So let me show you this lick.
Now [D] I like to think of it in terms of an open [D] D chord shape and a D7 shape.
If you just fret an open D chord which I'm sure you're all familiar with, we've got this
[A] kind of triangle shape here.
We've actually got the, if you just play the top three strings of that chord, you've got
the [D] 5th, the root, the D note there and [Ab] the 3rd, the F sharp on the top [D] string.
So 5th, root and 3rd, a little [G] D triad.
If we then shift that shape up to the 7th position, we've got D, G and B.
It's a G triad.
So we're going to base our chord lick off of this shape.
But what we're going to do is we're going to re-finger it.
So instead of playing it as you normally would in an open D chord with fingers 1, 3 and 2,
let's finger it like this with 2nd finger on the 3rd string, little finger on the 2nd
string, 3rd finger on the top string.
And the reason for doing that is we're going to be going between this shape and [G] this shape
here which is a G7 chord.
[Gb] You could think of this as being like an open [B] D7 shape but slid up here to the 6th [F] position.
I've got the F note there at the [D] 6th fret on the 2nd string, a D at the 7th fret on
the [G] 3rd string and a B at the 7th fret on the top string.
So what we're doing is we're just going between the major triad and [B] then the 7th chord, the G7 chord.
[G] And we're actually going to be pulling off with our little finger to create that kind of effect.
So we're going to start off by picking the 3rd string, then we're going to play the top
two strings together and in true country style I'm going to be doing a kind of hybrid picking
thing with my right hand.
So I'm going to pick the first note, then I'm going to play the top two strings with
the middle and ring fingers of my picking hand.
And once I've done that I'm going to pull off with my little finger to the 7th chord shape.
So you pick the top two strings and pull off.
And then really it's just a question of repeating that to complete the phrase.
So rhythmically I'm playing a quarter note [Abm] on the 1 and then the rest of the lick it's
just a [G] series of 8th notes.
So we've got 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
Something like that.
So you've got to remember that the first picked note is a quarter note, then after that from
beat 2 it's just a series of 8th notes.
And because we've got a kind of 3 [D] note unit in this lick and we're playing that as 8th
notes we've got this interesting kind of rhythmic displacement thing going on.
[G] It's 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
And you can hear how that works very nicely over that kind of G or G7 harmony.
And you can, if you like, really give it a bit of a snap with your two fingers there
just for a real bit of country kind of chicken picking twang.
So that's the basic idea.
Then it's really just a question of shifting it along the neck to fit the chord changes.
So here we're playing over the G7 chord.
Just think in terms of the note, the root note on the second string.
That's what I use to kind of help keep me orientated.
So I'm in G, here's my G root note.
So [C] when the harmony changes to C, I'm just going to need to find a C note on the second
string and you can find that up here at the 13th fret.
And you just do the same thing.
[G] Back to G and then for the [D] 5 chord you can just play it up here.
You've got that D note there at the 15th fret on the second string.
Of course you could play that down in the open position as well if you wanted to.
So that's the entire thing.
Why don't I just slowly take it through those changes so you can see and hear how it all fits together.
So 1, 2, 3, 4.
[G]
Up to C.
[C]
[G] Back to G.
[D]
D.
[G]
G.
[C] C.
[D] And then D.
[G] And back home to G.
So there you have it.
Hope you have a lot of fun learning to play this lick.
If you've enjoyed this lesson do check out my website where there's lots more of this
kind of thing.
Take care and I hope to see you again very soon.
Bye bye.
[G] [D]
[G] [C] [D]
[G]
Hi, I'm Adrian and today I want to show you a neat little country guitar chord move which
I'm very fond of.
It works over dominant seventh type chords and you can use it to create really cool rhythm
guitar parts or you could even use this kind of thing in a solo as well I think.
So let me show you how it's done.
So I just demonstrated this basic idea over a typical country or bluegrass chord progression.
It just involved G7, C7 and D7, the 1, 4, 5 in the key of G.
And the basic kind of chord lick is this.
This kind of [Ab] idea which I then just took through those chord changes.
So let me show you this lick.
Now [D] I like to think of it in terms of an open [D] D chord shape and a D7 shape.
If you just fret an open D chord which I'm sure you're all familiar with, we've got this
[A] kind of triangle shape here.
We've actually got the, if you just play the top three strings of that chord, you've got
the [D] 5th, the root, the D note there and [Ab] the 3rd, the F sharp on the top [D] string.
So 5th, root and 3rd, a little [G] D triad.
If we then shift that shape up to the 7th position, we've got D, G and B.
It's a G triad.
So we're going to base our chord lick off of this shape.
But what we're going to do is we're going to re-finger it.
So instead of playing it as you normally would in an open D chord with fingers 1, 3 and 2,
let's finger it like this with 2nd finger on the 3rd string, little finger on the 2nd
string, 3rd finger on the top string.
And the reason for doing that is we're going to be going between this shape and [G] this shape
here which is a G7 chord.
[Gb] You could think of this as being like an open [B] D7 shape but slid up here to the 6th [F] position.
I've got the F note there at the [D] 6th fret on the 2nd string, a D at the 7th fret on
the [G] 3rd string and a B at the 7th fret on the top string.
So what we're doing is we're just going between the major triad and [B] then the 7th chord, the G7 chord.
[G] And we're actually going to be pulling off with our little finger to create that kind of effect.
So we're going to start off by picking the 3rd string, then we're going to play the top
two strings together and in true country style I'm going to be doing a kind of hybrid picking
thing with my right hand.
So I'm going to pick the first note, then I'm going to play the top two strings with
the middle and ring fingers of my picking hand.
And once I've done that I'm going to pull off with my little finger to the 7th chord shape.
So you pick the top two strings and pull off.
And then really it's just a question of repeating that to complete the phrase.
So rhythmically I'm playing a quarter note [Abm] on the 1 and then the rest of the lick it's
just a [G] series of 8th notes.
So we've got 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
Something like that.
So you've got to remember that the first picked note is a quarter note, then after that from
beat 2 it's just a series of 8th notes.
And because we've got a kind of 3 [D] note unit in this lick and we're playing that as 8th
notes we've got this interesting kind of rhythmic displacement thing going on.
[G] It's 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.
And you can hear how that works very nicely over that kind of G or G7 harmony.
And you can, if you like, really give it a bit of a snap with your two fingers there
just for a real bit of country kind of chicken picking twang.
So that's the basic idea.
Then it's really just a question of shifting it along the neck to fit the chord changes.
So here we're playing over the G7 chord.
Just think in terms of the note, the root note on the second string.
That's what I use to kind of help keep me orientated.
So I'm in G, here's my G root note.
So [C] when the harmony changes to C, I'm just going to need to find a C note on the second
string and you can find that up here at the 13th fret.
And you just do the same thing.
[G] Back to G and then for the [D] 5 chord you can just play it up here.
You've got that D note there at the 15th fret on the second string.
Of course you could play that down in the open position as well if you wanted to.
So that's the entire thing.
Why don't I just slowly take it through those changes so you can see and hear how it all fits together.
So 1, 2, 3, 4.
[G]
Up to C.
[C]
[G] Back to G.
[D]
D.
[G]
G.
[C] C.
[D] And then D.
[G] And back home to G.
So there you have it.
Hope you have a lot of fun learning to play this lick.
If you've enjoyed this lesson do check out my website where there's lots more of this
kind of thing.
Take care and I hope to see you again very soon.
Bye bye.
Key:
G
D
C
Ab
B
G
D
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Hi, I'm Adrian and today I want to show you a neat little country guitar chord move which
I'm very fond of.
It works over dominant seventh type chords and you can use it to create really cool rhythm
guitar parts or you could even use this kind of thing in a solo as well I think.
So let me show you how it's done. _
So I just demonstrated this basic idea over a typical country or bluegrass chord progression.
It just involved _ G7, C7 and D7, the 1, 4, 5 in the key of G.
And the basic kind of chord lick is this. _ _ _ _ _
This kind of [Ab] idea which I then just took through those chord changes.
So let me show you this lick.
Now [D] I like to think of it in terms of an open [D] D chord shape and a D7 shape.
If you just fret an open D chord which I'm sure you're all familiar with, we've got this
[A] kind of triangle shape here.
We've actually got the, if you just play the top three strings of that chord, you've got
the [D] 5th, the root, the D note there and [Ab] the 3rd, the F sharp on the top [D] string.
So 5th, root and 3rd, a little [G] D triad.
If we then shift that shape up to the 7th position, we've got D, G and B.
It's a G triad.
_ So we're going to base our chord lick off of this shape.
But what we're going to do is we're going to re-finger it.
So instead of playing it as you normally would in an open D chord with fingers 1, 3 and 2,
let's finger it like this with 2nd finger on the 3rd string, little finger on the 2nd
string, 3rd finger on the top string.
And the reason for doing that is we're going to be going between this shape and [G] this shape
here which is a G7 chord.
[Gb] You could think of this as being like an open [B] D7 shape but slid up here to the 6th [F] position.
I've got the F note there at the [D] 6th fret on the 2nd string, _ a D at the 7th fret on
the [G] 3rd string and a B at the 7th fret on the top string.
So what we're doing is we're just going between the major triad and [B] then the 7th chord, the G7 chord.
[G] And we're actually going to be pulling off with our little finger to _ _ _ _ create that kind of effect.
So we're going to start off by picking the 3rd string, _ then we're going to play the top
two strings together and in true country style I'm going to be doing a kind of hybrid picking
thing with my right hand.
So I'm going to pick the first note, then I'm going to play the top two strings with
the middle and ring fingers of my picking hand. _
And once I've done that I'm going to pull off with my little finger to the 7th chord shape.
So you pick the top two strings _ _ and pull off.
And then really it's just a question of repeating that to complete the phrase.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So rhythmically I'm playing a _ quarter note [Abm] on the 1 and then the rest of the lick it's
just a [G] series of 8th notes.
So we've got 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Something like that.
So you've got to remember that the first picked note is a quarter note, then after that from
beat 2 it's just a series of 8th notes.
And because we've got a kind of 3 [D] note unit in this lick and we're playing that as 8th
notes we've got this interesting kind of rhythmic displacement thing going on.
[G] It's 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you can hear how that works very nicely over that kind of G or G7 harmony. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you can, if you like, really give it a bit of a snap with your two fingers there
just for a real bit of country kind of chicken picking twang. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So that's the basic idea.
Then it's really just a question of shifting it along the neck to fit the chord changes.
So here we're _ playing over the G7 chord.
Just think in terms of the note, the root note on the second string.
That's what I use to kind of help keep me orientated.
So I'm in G, here's my G root note. _ _ _
So [C] when the harmony changes to C, I'm just going to need to find a C note on the second
string and you can find that _ up here at the 13th fret.
And you just do the same thing.
_ _ _ [G] Back to G and _ _ then for the [D] 5 chord you can just play it up here.
_ You've got that D note there at the 15th fret on the second string.
_ _ Of course you could play that down in the open position as well if you wanted to. _ _ _ _
So that's the entire thing.
Why don't I just slowly take it through those changes so you can see and hear how it all fits together.
So 1, 2, 3, 4.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Up to C.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Back to G.
_ _ _ _ [D]
D.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
G.
_ _ _ [C] C. _ _
_ _ [D] And then D. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ And back home to G.
_ So there you have it.
Hope you have a lot of fun learning to play this lick.
If you've enjoyed this lesson do check out my website where there's lots more of this
kind of thing.
Take care and I hope to see you again very soon.
Bye bye. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Hi, I'm Adrian and today I want to show you a neat little country guitar chord move which
I'm very fond of.
It works over dominant seventh type chords and you can use it to create really cool rhythm
guitar parts or you could even use this kind of thing in a solo as well I think.
So let me show you how it's done. _
So I just demonstrated this basic idea over a typical country or bluegrass chord progression.
It just involved _ G7, C7 and D7, the 1, 4, 5 in the key of G.
And the basic kind of chord lick is this. _ _ _ _ _
This kind of [Ab] idea which I then just took through those chord changes.
So let me show you this lick.
Now [D] I like to think of it in terms of an open [D] D chord shape and a D7 shape.
If you just fret an open D chord which I'm sure you're all familiar with, we've got this
[A] kind of triangle shape here.
We've actually got the, if you just play the top three strings of that chord, you've got
the [D] 5th, the root, the D note there and [Ab] the 3rd, the F sharp on the top [D] string.
So 5th, root and 3rd, a little [G] D triad.
If we then shift that shape up to the 7th position, we've got D, G and B.
It's a G triad.
_ So we're going to base our chord lick off of this shape.
But what we're going to do is we're going to re-finger it.
So instead of playing it as you normally would in an open D chord with fingers 1, 3 and 2,
let's finger it like this with 2nd finger on the 3rd string, little finger on the 2nd
string, 3rd finger on the top string.
And the reason for doing that is we're going to be going between this shape and [G] this shape
here which is a G7 chord.
[Gb] You could think of this as being like an open [B] D7 shape but slid up here to the 6th [F] position.
I've got the F note there at the [D] 6th fret on the 2nd string, _ a D at the 7th fret on
the [G] 3rd string and a B at the 7th fret on the top string.
So what we're doing is we're just going between the major triad and [B] then the 7th chord, the G7 chord.
[G] And we're actually going to be pulling off with our little finger to _ _ _ _ create that kind of effect.
So we're going to start off by picking the 3rd string, _ then we're going to play the top
two strings together and in true country style I'm going to be doing a kind of hybrid picking
thing with my right hand.
So I'm going to pick the first note, then I'm going to play the top two strings with
the middle and ring fingers of my picking hand. _
And once I've done that I'm going to pull off with my little finger to the 7th chord shape.
So you pick the top two strings _ _ and pull off.
And then really it's just a question of repeating that to complete the phrase.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So rhythmically I'm playing a _ quarter note [Abm] on the 1 and then the rest of the lick it's
just a [G] series of 8th notes.
So we've got 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Something like that.
So you've got to remember that the first picked note is a quarter note, then after that from
beat 2 it's just a series of 8th notes.
And because we've got a kind of 3 [D] note unit in this lick and we're playing that as 8th
notes we've got this interesting kind of rhythmic displacement thing going on.
[G] It's 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you can hear how that works very nicely over that kind of G or G7 harmony. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And you can, if you like, really give it a bit of a snap with your two fingers there
just for a real bit of country kind of chicken picking twang. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So that's the basic idea.
Then it's really just a question of shifting it along the neck to fit the chord changes.
So here we're _ playing over the G7 chord.
Just think in terms of the note, the root note on the second string.
That's what I use to kind of help keep me orientated.
So I'm in G, here's my G root note. _ _ _
So [C] when the harmony changes to C, I'm just going to need to find a C note on the second
string and you can find that _ up here at the 13th fret.
And you just do the same thing.
_ _ _ [G] Back to G and _ _ then for the [D] 5 chord you can just play it up here.
_ You've got that D note there at the 15th fret on the second string.
_ _ Of course you could play that down in the open position as well if you wanted to. _ _ _ _
So that's the entire thing.
Why don't I just slowly take it through those changes so you can see and hear how it all fits together.
So 1, 2, 3, 4.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Up to C.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Back to G.
_ _ _ _ [D]
D.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
G.
_ _ _ [C] C. _ _
_ _ [D] And then D. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ And back home to G.
_ So there you have it.
Hope you have a lot of fun learning to play this lick.
If you've enjoyed this lesson do check out my website where there's lots more of this
kind of thing.
Take care and I hope to see you again very soon.
Bye bye. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _