| Its kind of like a code, once you learn a little bit | | | | will never forget it and strumming skills can |
| about music, it becomes easier to see the whole | | | | improve your playing dramatically. Allow me to |
| picture and apply its wonderful gifts unto other | | | | elaborate. Strumming chords is simply when you |
| instruments. Learn Guitar Chords For Kids Had I | | | | take your flat pick or your bare hand and brush |
| not made this decision, I wouldn't be able to play | | | | through the strings. This causes your chords to |
| every instrument in my own songs now, but I'm | | | | sound. Now, realize this! you can strum down |
| starting to ramble - so let's get started with those | | | | through the strings or you can strum UP through |
| awesome tips to learn and master guitar. | | | | the string, but combining them into down, up, |
| 1. You don't need to learn how to read music. | | | | down, up can help you play cleaner and faster. |
| Maybe you have or haven't heard of it, but there | | | | Now imagine if you changed it. Down, down, up, |
| is such a thing as tablature, which is a very easy | | | | down, down, up - then by experimenting with |
| form of reading music that involves numbers. This | | | | different combinations you will be able to create |
| system can honestly be learned in a matter of | | | | different rhythms and make your playing more |
| minutes and unlike standard notation - it actually | | | | interesting. |
| makes a lot more sense, or can be grasped a | | | | 4. Its all in a note! |
| little better I should say. | | | | Take the last thing that I suggested about |
| 2. 3 chords is all it takes | | | | strumming and apply it to just one string. This will |
| Three basic chords, usually C, G, and D can be | | | | help you later on down the road for playing guitar |
| put together in ANY combination to create a cool | | | | solos which typically use single notes. There's a lot |
| sounding song. In fact most music is written with | | | | more to be said about soloing, but this give you a |
| these. I chose those chords not because they are | | | | good start when you decide to learn and master |
| common, but because there are three of them. If | | | | guitar playing. |
| you can take it upon your self to learn three | | | | 5. Learn the major scale |
| chords at a time, it starts to build up like | | | | Scales? But those are scary! Nonsense, the major |
| compound interested and you be a walking | | | | scale is very simple after you've practiced it for a |
| dictionary before long. Take your time with each | | | | while, and just about any other kind of scale can |
| set of three and you will be nearly half way on | | | | be made from it. Plus, you solo to many different |
| your journey to learn and master guitar playing. | | | | things with nothing but just the major scale. Also, |
| Play EXISTING riffs and patterns with speed and | | | | learning this will make unlocking other scales very |
| accuracy click here | | | | easy on down the road, and will teach you a lot |
| 3. Strumple-Skillz-Can | | | | more about how chords are made, how to find |
| Ok that was a really lame label, I know but you | | | | new ones, and which ones to use together. |