Chords for Lesson: Easy Greensleeves for Classical Guitar

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Hi, so this is Greensleeves.
This is from my Easy Classical Guitar Pieces.
It's a new ebook from thisisclassicalguitar.com
And there's about 15 pieces in the book and the book includes a notation only version and a notation plus tab version
for those who want it.
Also left hand fingerings and these online video lessons to help you out.
_ _ So Greensleeves is the one piece in the book that isn't from like
an authentic guitar composer or lead. _ _ _ _
It's the one piece I kind of threw in there just for this fact that people probably really like having. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I also wanted to make a version that was really nice and easy.
Mainly just the melody and some bass notes.
And that's pretty much it.
There are a few chords in there, but they're pretty easy first position chords.
_ _ So what I'll do is I'll play you the piece and then we'll do a little lesson together on the piece just to know how to approach it. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
So I think the very first thing you should do is just grab the melody and play the melody on its own because it's such
a well-known tune.
You definitely want to make sure that everyone _
hears that melody clearly. _ _ _
_ Okay, _ so the melody is just the notes with [Am] stems going up. _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ And when you get to the chords just play the [G] upper note for the melody. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ So you really [N] want to make sure you can play that melody
_ _ clearly and melodically like the human voice would sing it.
So just really connect it very legato.
When you add in the bass notes,
there's a couple of complications in terms of fingering, but really it's not that much,
that's not that hard.
Most of the bass strings are open.
There's a few basic chord shapes like [C] C that you need to know and you need to know the [G] G chord shape.
And then some [A] of the A minor, _ _ _ _
[E] and E major.
But for the _
[Am] majority of them, it's the A minor chord.
_ _ Keep _ that really clearly in mind.
[E] _ _ _
_ _ Yep, that's C shape and that's about it.
So then you're just combining the chords and the melody together and from there _ _ _
hopefully be right on [Bb] track. _ _
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_ Okay, so
the next thing I want to talk about is left hand fingering.
Just give my left hand fingering a chance because [A] I think it's really
important that you do. _ _
Like [Am] here, you need to use the [E] fourth finger on the D so you can reach the third finger down to the [C] C.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Am] There's gonna be lots of fourth finger
_ [E] _
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around.
And then because [E] of sometimes you're holding on to notes, you're gonna have to use a different finger [Am] to play the pickup.
_ _ _ And [A] four [Am] because three is used.
[G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Make sure you connect those two notes, the fourth finger on F sharp, very important.
[C] _ _ And the C chord, there's not much getting around that.
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ So the left hand fingering is [N] pretty straightforward.
I wouldn't worry too much about it.
Just follow it, trust me a little bit. _ _ _
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_ _ _ Right hand fingering, mainly you're just gonna be alternating the fingers, right?
So the majority of this piece you can probably alternate I and M.
So [Am] for example, _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So [Eb] like that whole first phrase I just alternated I am.
I am, I am, I am the whole time.
Now a few places you might [C] want to use the A finger.
Like what you have to do in the chord.
_ _ When you do this chord, you're gonna do thumb, I, M, A. _ _
And then maybe repeat the A finger.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] So _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ essentially you're just [N] always
alternating and then sometimes throwing in the A finger when you when you repeat chords just so you don't have to repeat fingers too much.
But it's pretty straightforward. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ So I hope you enjoyed that.
There's 15 pieces in the book.
And I'll be doing little lessons on every single one.
So you can hear the piece and then you can practice the piece and there's 15 pieces all easy
classical guitar pieces that are in like the first position of the guitar, mainly first position.
There's a couple in second position.
_ _ But pretty manageable pieces.
So great for gigs and great for just performances or just hanging around and sight reading or if you're a beginner student
great pieces for you to just work _ _ _ _ _ on but still very pleasant. _ _ _
Thank you very much. _ _ _ _ _
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