Chords for Andrew York - Improvisation for Solo Guitar Pt 2 - Strings By Mail Lesson Series
Tempo:
96.5 bpm
Chords used:
E
Eb
Am
Dm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Hi, Andrew York here again with the second part of my short improvisation tutorial here
at Strings by Mail Studios.
So in the first one I was talking about A minor and doing open voicings.
[E] Very simply, mainly in open position.
If we're in any key we want to at least know where 1, 4, and 5 are.
That's the chords [Eb] most likely to be used.
So [Em] let's look at the IV chord.
In A minor we're going to have D minor popping up a lot.
So [Am] we're in A minor, so we [Dm] think of D minor.
Instead of doing chords like this, let's make our open [F] voicings.
So we'll start with the lowest note we can reach in D minor, which would be F or the third.
So then skipping every other voice, we have [D] F, the root, [E] or D, the fifth, or A for a D [F] minor.
And that's the first inversion, D minor.
So now we'll have [G] D [A] minor with the fifth in the bass, so second inversion.
And we have [Am] A, F, D, or [A] fifth, [Dm] third, root.
So we can put those two together.
Nice deep, rich sound.
Now the next one is the one we're familiar with.
Resist the urge to finger the entire chord, because we're not using that.
We're only using those three notes, root, fifth, and third.
Nothing on the second string.
And then the last one we'll reach, reach up here to either bar or finger.
Again, the first inversion, which is the same again.
Always repeat this one an octave up.
So you should practice getting used to this kind of thing.
Now you can also remember, sometimes these can be fingered differently.
It's good to know different ways to finger.
Closing all the notes, you can move them up the neck like that.
And this, of course, is movable because it's bar.
So now [Eb] we've looked at the four chord, basically.
In the next one, we'll look at the five chord.
Hey.
at Strings by Mail Studios.
So in the first one I was talking about A minor and doing open voicings.
[E] Very simply, mainly in open position.
If we're in any key we want to at least know where 1, 4, and 5 are.
That's the chords [Eb] most likely to be used.
So [Em] let's look at the IV chord.
In A minor we're going to have D minor popping up a lot.
So [Am] we're in A minor, so we [Dm] think of D minor.
Instead of doing chords like this, let's make our open [F] voicings.
So we'll start with the lowest note we can reach in D minor, which would be F or the third.
So then skipping every other voice, we have [D] F, the root, [E] or D, the fifth, or A for a D [F] minor.
And that's the first inversion, D minor.
So now we'll have [G] D [A] minor with the fifth in the bass, so second inversion.
And we have [Am] A, F, D, or [A] fifth, [Dm] third, root.
So we can put those two together.
Nice deep, rich sound.
Now the next one is the one we're familiar with.
Resist the urge to finger the entire chord, because we're not using that.
We're only using those three notes, root, fifth, and third.
Nothing on the second string.
And then the last one we'll reach, reach up here to either bar or finger.
Again, the first inversion, which is the same again.
Always repeat this one an octave up.
So you should practice getting used to this kind of thing.
Now you can also remember, sometimes these can be fingered differently.
It's good to know different ways to finger.
Closing all the notes, you can move them up the neck like that.
And this, of course, is movable because it's bar.
So now [Eb] we've looked at the four chord, basically.
In the next one, we'll look at the five chord.
Hey.
Key:
E
Eb
Am
Dm
F
E
Eb
Am
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hi, Andrew York here again with the second part of my short improvisation tutorial here
at Strings by Mail Studios.
So in the first one I was talking about A minor and doing open voicings.
[E] Very simply, mainly in open position.
If we're in any key we want to at least know where 1, 4, and 5 are.
That's the chords [Eb] most likely to be used.
So [Em] let's look at the IV chord.
In A minor we're going to have D minor popping up a lot.
So [Am] we're in A minor, so we [Dm] think of D minor.
Instead of doing chords like this, let's make our open [F] voicings.
So we'll start with the lowest note we can reach in D minor, which would be F or the third.
So then skipping every other voice, we have [D] F, the root, [E] or D, the fifth, or A for a D [F] minor.
And that's the first inversion, D minor.
So now we'll have _ [G] D [A] minor with the fifth in the bass, so second inversion.
And we have [Am] A, F, D, or [A] fifth, [Dm] third, root.
So we can put those two together.
Nice deep, rich sound.
Now the next one is the one we're familiar with.
Resist the urge to finger the entire chord, because we're not using that.
We're only using those three notes, root, fifth, and third.
Nothing on the second string.
And then the last one we'll reach, reach up here to either bar or finger.
_ Again, the first inversion, which is the same again.
Always repeat this one an octave up.
So you should practice getting used to this kind of thing. _ _ _ _
Now you can also remember, sometimes these can be fingered differently.
It's good to know different ways to finger.
Closing all the notes, you can move them _ up the neck like that.
And this, of course, is movable because it's bar.
So now [Eb] we've looked at the four chord, basically.
In the next one, we'll look at the five chord.
Hey. _ _ _ _ _
Hi, Andrew York here again with the second part of my short improvisation tutorial here
at Strings by Mail Studios.
So in the first one I was talking about A minor and doing open voicings.
[E] Very simply, mainly in open position.
If we're in any key we want to at least know where 1, 4, and 5 are.
That's the chords [Eb] most likely to be used.
So [Em] let's look at the IV chord.
In A minor we're going to have D minor popping up a lot.
So [Am] we're in A minor, so we [Dm] think of D minor.
Instead of doing chords like this, let's make our open [F] voicings.
So we'll start with the lowest note we can reach in D minor, which would be F or the third.
So then skipping every other voice, we have [D] F, the root, [E] or D, the fifth, or A for a D [F] minor.
And that's the first inversion, D minor.
So now we'll have _ [G] D [A] minor with the fifth in the bass, so second inversion.
And we have [Am] A, F, D, or [A] fifth, [Dm] third, root.
So we can put those two together.
Nice deep, rich sound.
Now the next one is the one we're familiar with.
Resist the urge to finger the entire chord, because we're not using that.
We're only using those three notes, root, fifth, and third.
Nothing on the second string.
And then the last one we'll reach, reach up here to either bar or finger.
_ Again, the first inversion, which is the same again.
Always repeat this one an octave up.
So you should practice getting used to this kind of thing. _ _ _ _
Now you can also remember, sometimes these can be fingered differently.
It's good to know different ways to finger.
Closing all the notes, you can move them _ up the neck like that.
And this, of course, is movable because it's bar.
So now [Eb] we've looked at the four chord, basically.
In the next one, we'll look at the five chord.
Hey. _ _ _ _ _