Chords for Acoustic Guitar Lessons | Guitar Lessons For Beginners

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_ [N] _ _ Hi, welcome to Mike Herbert's Playfavourist.com _ and something a little bit different there
I think, a bit of Spanish play. _ _ _
Very easy to play actually, it looks good, it sounds good and it doesn't take you too
long to learn.
Let's get in tune first of all, it's in [Ab] conventional tuning, standard tuning, so [G] just follow my
tuning, [E] 6th string, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5th [A] string, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] 4th string, _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ 3rd, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] 2nd _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] 1st.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Ok I know some of you struggle with tuning but just practice, just keep at it, get some
pitch pipes or an electronic tuner and it just comes with practice, no problem.
[G] So let's talk you through this piece, the chords you're going to need to know are A
[Am] minor _ and [E] E which is the same shape, [F] _ _ [Em] you see it?
_ [Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ So mostly we also use an F shape, we're not going to use the full F, we're going to use
this reduced version, this cut down version [F] _
_ and _ _ _ _ _ _ if you're going [Am] to do the strumming bit
at the [G] end you'd also need a G.
_ _ _ _ Other than that [F] it's just a few picks.
So let's talk you slowly through it, start with an A [Em] minor, we do one pull down, one
_ [Am] _ _ rush down on the strings and then a pick on the 1st [Em] string. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Em] _ _ So it's open, 3rd, [F] [Em] 1st, open.
So [Am] _
strum, _ [Em] open, _ [F] _ [Em] _
_ move to E and do [Am] exactly the same and then do the same run [E] on the 2nd string
_ _ and _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _
then the F shape [F] _ and _ [Am] then we start this long run which starts on the 2nd string, I'll
do it slowly [B] for you.
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [E] _ _ Open [D] 1st _ [C] and [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ then move [Am] our E chord up one fret _ and _ _ _ [Em] _
_ then down to its normal [E] position. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So the whole of that sounds like [Am] this. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ [E] _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Then our picking piece, the picking section, we hold down the 1st fret on the 3rd string,
2nd fret, 4th string and we're going to pick the notes in this order, the 4th, 3rd, 2nd _ _ _
_ _ _ _ but in between each of those notes we're going to pick up on the 1st string. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Do that twice and then we move down one fret and start our pick on the 3rd string, [Am] same
pattern _ _ and _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[E] then back to the beginning. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
And then up to our E [Em] shape slid forward one fret, _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ the whole piece goes like [Am] this.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
And then up to our [Em] E shape slid forward one fret.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Ab] _
If you want to try the strum I showed you at the beginning it goes like this, it's slightly
advanced but you never know, you might give it a try.
We're going to hold [G] an E chord, a G [C] chord, an F chord, an E chord and then they move
[B] up E and then back down again.
[E] _ [F] And the strum goes like this, down with the 1st finger, [Am] _ _ followed by the thumb _ and then
an upstroke with the 1st finger. _
_ _ [G] So together that sounds like this, I'll [Am] do it slowly _ and _ _ then it just immediately repeats. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ The 3rd time we do a down up, _ so it's a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ change of chords to [G] a G, _ _ _ _ then an [F] F, _ _ _ _ [E] then an E, _ _ _ _ then
slide the E and _ _ back again.
_ _ _ And we can do all sorts of variations.
So we get that sort of flamenco strumming sound.
It looks very impressive but it does take some practice to [Am] get this bit right.
So down, _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ G, _ _
_ _ [F] F, _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ we could almost be in Mexico couldn't we?
OK, go and practice and if you need any help with it, _ pester me, email me, Mike at playfavourites.com
I'm sure that some of you will, many of you do, _ and I do enjoy getting your emails so
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