Chords for Country Survival Guide - Double Stops #7 - Guitar Lesson - Jason Loughlin

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_ _ _ _ All right, double stops example number one.
So what I'm doing here is I'm playing double stops
out of common chord shapes.
So this tune starts in G,
so I'm visualizing a G here in third position.
We also have B flats in this tune,
so I'm visualizing a B flat. _
That might look like a strange B flat to you,
but [A] if [G] you visualize the open G chord
[Bb] and then move it up to B flat,
pulling those open strings along with it,
_ not so weird. _
Next chord is C, [C] going to my closest C,
and the [B] last chord we're gonna need is D,
[D] and I'm going to my closest D.
That's a C chord that I've moved up
and barred across for the open strings.
So all of my double stops are coming out
of visualizing these shapes,
and I try to keep all these shapes
around the same position or close,
so I'm not jumping around the neck.
_ As far as the right hand goes with these double stops,
as a general rule, if there's two notes being played,
I'm doing it with the ring and middle finger
[Bm] _
_ and popping those strings.
_ [G] If there's single notes being played,
I'm probably doing it with the pick. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [G] _
So there are times when I'm playing
pick and middle finger together, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ okay, and sometimes I break these rules,
but for the most part, 90% of the time,
that's what I'm doing down here.
_ _ As far as the embellishment goes of these chords,
I'm using some half-step approaches
to different pieces of the chord.
So for instance, in this G chord,
if I [Eb] take these two notes,
I could approach the bottom or the highest one
from a half-step underneath,
[Gb] _ _ or I could approach the bottom one
from a half-step underneath.
_ _ The other approaches I'm using are pedal tones,
so I'm keeping one note of [G] the double stop stationary
_ while I move another note around. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay, so let's take a look at this example
and see how all these things are kind of fitting together.
Over the G, _ harrying on to the [Bb] seven. _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ So there's an example of that pedal tone being used.
_ [Gm] [Gb] You have this high G [Bbm] on top that's sustaining.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ Here's another pedal tone,
basically the same lick, but an octave lower.
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] Okay, now I'm gonna be approaching this double stop
from a half-step underneath,
_ [G] _ _
doing the same with the next double stop,
_ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ and then I'm anticipating this B-flat chord, [E] _ [Bb] _ _ _
okay,
and for those top two notes,
[G] I'm imagining a G chord like this,
_ just [Bb] moved up to B-flat.
[Gb] So that's where these come from.
[D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [C] Now I'm out of our C chord shape. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] There's a pedal tone on the bottom [C] for you.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] Back to G.
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Then I'm gonna [Bbm] do a little bend release on this double stop
_ [Cm] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
over to the B-flat. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ That little pattern has come up before in this whole chorus,
and it's a great pattern.
_ And I'm approaching this bottom note of the double stop
from a whole step underneath
and walking into it chromatically.
[D] _ _ [Bb] _ _
Coming back down to the low note of the double stop
and going back and forth in and out of the chord tone.
[D] _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] So that's the interval of a six [C] _
being played on strings
right next to each other _ over the C,
_ and there's our familiar C7 shape. _
Pretty [B] close to this one.
I kinda jumped shapes on it. _ _
_ _ [D] Into our D. _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] This bottom voicing here,
you've probably done a million times
when you've played a C chord with the fifth on the bottom.
[D] _ _
That's where I'm getting that from. _ _ _ _
_ _ And then I'm gonna rake into my flat third of G.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] And then I'm gonna rake into my flat third of G.
Landing on the root.
Landing on the root.
Okay, so let's start this [D] from the beginning.
I'll do it in time really slowly. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _