Free Beginning Guitar Lesson covering the 8 essential open chords. The 5 Major Chords C A G E and D (which spell CAGED) and the 3 minor chords Em Am and Dm. Plus a trick for remembering the minor chord shapes. First concentrate on memorizing the Major chords. Next up Barre Chords. Where we take these chords you just learned and simply move them up the neck of the guitar.
Here I show you a few ways to play the chords in Jason Mraz's song "I'm Yours". Same 4 chords used in 1000's of songs. Jason Mraz also plays this song in B and A depending on his mood I guess. This is part one of a long video split into two parts.
In B:
Verse and Chorus
|B |F# |G#m |E |
bridge (scatting)
|B F# |G#m F# |E |C#7 |x2
Tricky little strum. Moves fast and tests your strength. The verse chords are | C#m7 | F#m7 | B7 | E , E/D# (or written EM7 just put the D# in the bass) |.
Here I breakdown the strum SLOWLY!
Compliments of Stedyedy23
Correct me if i'm wrong this is how you play and progress through the strumming of the chords
Play chord
(down, down, slap)
Remove your pinky/alter the chord
(down, up, down, down, slap)
(float/mute strings with fingers rake down and up)
Change chord.
CORRECT! thanks Stedyedy23