Chords for Yenga Pona Raasa Guitar Tutorial

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_ [A] _ [N] Hello friends and students.
Let's study the song Yenga Ponarasa. _ _
There's a unique rhythmic
feature to this song, which is the cycle of 8 beats, let's say, is divided into a pattern
of 3 plus 3 plus 2.
So we can express that this way, 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2, or perhaps, _ _ 2 3
4 5 6 7 8.
So that's two different ways of doing the same thing.
_ _ So the rhythmic pattern
is 8 beats long and it's a cycle of 3 plus 3 plus 2.
_ Okay, now let's look at the basic chords. _ _
_ Just
the basic chords, this is not in the order of the song.
We'll [Am] work on that next.
So this is just to
show you the chords.
A minor, _
_ [Dm] _ B minor, [A] _ _ [F]
F, _ _ _ _ [G] G, _ _ the alternate G, _ _ and [A] a C [C] chord.
_ _ [E] Okay, [N] _
now let's say
the pattern of chords is 16 beats long.
So it takes two rhythmic cycles to make one chord cycle.
So I
will play that pattern of chords, which also has an alternate _ ending.
So let me demonstrate in this
way.
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 [Am] 2 1 2 [Dm] 3 1 2 [Am] 3 1 [F] 2 1 2 [G] 3 1 2 [C] 3 1 2.
Okay, [N] now as I said, there's an alternate
ending, and that ending is just the last two beats.
[Ab]
Instead of _ [F] [C] F, C, [G] you will [F] play [G] F, G.
_ _ [N] So I'm going to
demonstrate two cycles of chords.
And the first time, ending with [C] F, C, [Ab] and the second time [F] ending
[G] F, G.
And [A] I'll do this with the metronome.
_ _ _ [N] Of course, I'm starting at a slightly slower speed,
but that's good for our demonstration.
Okay, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
[Am] 1 2 [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] 3 4 5 6 [Am] 7 [F] 8.
1 2 [G] 3 4 5 6 [N]
7 8.
_ _ Okay, _ _ _
so that's the chords.
Of course, you can add different picking and strumming patterns to
the chord.
And you can look at the sheet music and tablature to see the larger structure.
But I hope
what I presented in this lesson will help you interpret that and get to work on it on your own.
So now you have the tools to study well and have fun. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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