Chords for Robben Ford Guitar Lesson - Chords Are Everything - TrueFire
Tempo:
120.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
C
A
Bb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N]
I'd like to talk to you about [Bb] chords [B] now.
Chords are everything to [A] me.
mean, chords open up the world of [G] music.
Chords are [Dbm] what songs are made of.
If you don't know [C] chords, you can't play [B] songs.
play anything.
learning chords naturally [B] develops your ear, because you're listening to the chords, you're hearing the notes.
I'd like to talk to you about [Bb] chords [B] now.
Chords are everything to [A] me.
mean, chords open up the world of [G] music.
Chords are [Dbm] what songs are made of.
If you don't know [C] chords, you can't play [B] songs.
play anything.
learning chords naturally [B] develops your ear, because you're listening to the chords, you're hearing the notes.
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B
C
A
Bb
G
B
C
A
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'd like to talk to you about [Bb] chords [B] now.
_ _ Chords are everything to [A] me.
I mean, chords open up the world of [G] music.
_ Chords are [Dbm] what songs are made of.
If you don't know [C] chords, you can't play [B] songs.
If you know [E] chords, you can play anything.
_ [D] _ _ _ And learning chords _ naturally [B] develops your ear, because you're listening to the chords, you're hearing the notes.
And [C]
where they [Bb] exist within, _ [C] which degree of the scale [B] exists within the chord itself.
[Bb] The ninth is on the top, or it's on the bottom, or in [B] the middle.
And your [C] ear _ starts [B] _ learning to [A] hear these [D] things without having [Bb] to even [B] see them.
_ _ _ So, _ it's just a world of musical [Bb] understanding.
_ _ [D]
So, [E] for me, [D] everything bumped [B] up [Ab] exponentially [B] _ [Bb] when I [G] learned [A] chords.
Having gotten a [Bb] book, learned chords out of a book, I myself have since made my own book, [Bm] _ demonstrating how I use these chords _ in my [Db] playing.
And [B] _
the _ way I did it was basically finding chord voicings again in a book, [Eb] and taking them and using them on my own gig.
I was actually playing with Charlie Musselwhite [A] at the time.
I was _ [C] 19 years old. _
It was [B] Chicago blues, _ and I was learning all [Eb] these sophisticated jazz chords, which fit very nicely into the Chicago blues.
[C] So, I would learn these chords and take them [E] to the gig with Charlie, and [Dm] _
use them on the gig.
And it was [Dbm] a great way to get [A] these things under my fingers.
I was actually [C] using them as I was learning [Ab] them.
That's [G] very important also.
[Ab] _ _ If [C] you're playing with other people, [A] _ it's in the moment [C] that you have to come up with the goods.
[A] So, there's that [Dbm] extra bump [G] to encourage you to [C] learn more, learn faster.
[B] _ _ _
So, it was a great way to learn how to play [C] and use jazz chord [Bm] voicings [Bb] without having to play standards.
Stella by Starlight, or any number of, you know, Green Dolphin Street, or any [B] number of standards that generally where [A] you find these chord voicings used.
[B] _ _ _ But having learned it through the [Bm] blues, I could actually play [C] standards, you know.
It [Dbm] took me into being able to [A] play standards by using it in the [F] blues format.
[B] So, _ this is really, in my opinion, number one. _
It's the most important thing to learn after you start getting your fingers going, just playing the instrument.
You want to learn chords. _ _ _
_ _ _ I'd like to talk to you about [Bb] chords [B] now.
_ _ Chords are everything to [A] me.
I mean, chords open up the world of [G] music.
_ Chords are [Dbm] what songs are made of.
If you don't know [C] chords, you can't play [B] songs.
If you know [E] chords, you can play anything.
_ [D] _ _ _ And learning chords _ naturally [B] develops your ear, because you're listening to the chords, you're hearing the notes.
And [C]
where they [Bb] exist within, _ [C] which degree of the scale [B] exists within the chord itself.
[Bb] The ninth is on the top, or it's on the bottom, or in [B] the middle.
And your [C] ear _ starts [B] _ learning to [A] hear these [D] things without having [Bb] to even [B] see them.
_ _ _ So, _ it's just a world of musical [Bb] understanding.
_ _ [D]
So, [E] for me, [D] everything bumped [B] up [Ab] exponentially [B] _ [Bb] when I [G] learned [A] chords.
Having gotten a [Bb] book, learned chords out of a book, I myself have since made my own book, [Bm] _ demonstrating how I use these chords _ in my [Db] playing.
And [B] _
the _ way I did it was basically finding chord voicings again in a book, [Eb] and taking them and using them on my own gig.
I was actually playing with Charlie Musselwhite [A] at the time.
I was _ [C] 19 years old. _
It was [B] Chicago blues, _ and I was learning all [Eb] these sophisticated jazz chords, which fit very nicely into the Chicago blues.
[C] So, I would learn these chords and take them [E] to the gig with Charlie, and [Dm] _
use them on the gig.
And it was [Dbm] a great way to get [A] these things under my fingers.
I was actually [C] using them as I was learning [Ab] them.
That's [G] very important also.
[Ab] _ _ If [C] you're playing with other people, [A] _ it's in the moment [C] that you have to come up with the goods.
[A] So, there's that [Dbm] extra bump [G] to encourage you to [C] learn more, learn faster.
[B] _ _ _
So, it was a great way to learn how to play [C] and use jazz chord [Bm] voicings [Bb] without having to play standards.
Stella by Starlight, or any number of, you know, Green Dolphin Street, or any [B] number of standards that generally where [A] you find these chord voicings used.
[B] _ _ _ But having learned it through the [Bm] blues, I could actually play [C] standards, you know.
It [Dbm] took me into being able to [A] play standards by using it in the [F] blues format.
[B] So, _ this is really, in my opinion, number one. _
It's the most important thing to learn after you start getting your fingers going, just playing the instrument.
You want to learn chords. _ _ _
