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_ _ _ [F#] Hey, what's up you guys?
Marty [F] Schwartz here from _
[F#] GuitarJams.com.
_ [Em] I had a lot of requests for this [F] song.
I actually just heard it for the first time and I thought to myself, well, [E] okay, it's real easy.
It's the same progression over and over.
It's got one [G] bar chord in there, so I'm going to give you a little [A] bit of tips if you're
a beginner working on a bar chord.
We're going to zoom in.
I'll break it down.
Also, if you're trying to get better into your rhythm guitar playing, I [Em] know a lot of
people struggle with that when they're starting on guitar.
[Bm] I've got a free rhythm lesson that just focuses on strumming.
I've got a link right down there.
It's not on YouTube, but you can go down there and check that stuff out.
I really [F] appreciate it.
But let's [F#] zoom in now and work on this tune.
Here we go.
So, like I said, it's the same progression over and over _ [Em] and _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [F] it's a _ fast strum. _ _
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_ _ So I'm going down, down, down, up, down, up, down, down, [G] down, up, down, up, down, down,
down, up, down, up, down, [F#] down, down, down, up, down, down, down, up, down, up.
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[N] So it does one of those rhythm patterns on a B minor chord.
And part of getting a bar chord down is the strength of your thumb squeezing.
_ _ _ So there's a lot of pressure on your thumb squeezing _ _ down with your fingers.
So it's not going to really work like that.
It's more about _ pressure. _
_ And you also want to get, _ use the side of your finger right here for the bar.
_ So not the flat part, but the bar like that.
[E] And then this shape, which looks like an A minor [N] shape where your index finger is the
capo and then you've got the shape right [Bm] here. _
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[F#] Another tip when you're trying to get the sound and you _ get the bar chord down and it
_ doesn't [F] sound right, _ you'd like to, you know, a good tip is to get the bar [A#] first [A] _ _ _ and [Bm] then
the shape _ [F#] and play the chord.
Then, you know, it doesn't have to be perfect.
Then do the shape first, _ _ then the bar, [Bm] _
and then do it that [E] way.
Keep switching [F] back and forth with how you play that bar chord.
So shape [Bm] and then the bar.
_ _ [N] Okay, this time the bar, then the shape.
[Bm] _ _ [B] Then eventually they'll both be instantaneous.
[Bm] _ But you've got to put time into it.
_ _ _ Don't avoid it.
Just play it [F#] where it sounds bad _ and that's the only way to keep going to get it to sound good.
[Bm] _ _ [G#] _ All right, so we've [Bm] got the B [E] minor, then a G major [G] chord, _ _ _ and then a [D] D major chord.
And the D [Em] major chord takes up two of [F#] those rhythm patterns.
[Bm] You've got down, down, down, up, down, [G] up, down, down, down, up, down, up, [D] down, down,
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_ [N] _ _ _ All right, that was it.
I hope that helped you.
Remember, I've got a free rhythm lesson that's not on YouTube in that link down there.
Thanks for hanging out with me and hope to see you again real soon.
Take care.
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