Dusty ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Immortality

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Section 3 – Advanced Chords

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The Basics

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The major scale – our most powerful partner for defining chords.

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Section 1 – Open Chords

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Scale patterns, all strings.

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Intervals

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Reason for chord groups – similarity

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Triads

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How the practice the chord groups

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The Standard Chord Triad – Scales to Chords

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Checklist for good clean chord sounds

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Standard Triad to Minor

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Chord Groups

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The Diminished Triad

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Open chord keys - Transposing

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The Augmented Triad

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Chord simplification

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Suspended Triads

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Taking the time to gain strength and dexterity.

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Advanced Chord forms

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Fake Books

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The Major 7^th chords – our template for all other chords

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Writing your own songs

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‘7’ chords and variations

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‘6’ chords and variations

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Section 2 – Barre Chords (moveable chords) and ‘5’ Chords

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9ths to 13ths

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‘9’ chords and variations

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How to Play a Barre

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‘11’ chords and variations

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Our First Real Barre Chord

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‘13’ chords and variations

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Barre Chord Pairs

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‘6/9’ chords

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Sharp and Flat alterations of Unique notes

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The Minor/Major chord (min+7 chord)

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‘Add’ chords

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Steps and half steps

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Slash chords

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Steps Between notes in the Major Scales

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Reference points at Open, 7^th and 12^th frets.

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Section 4 - How to Determine the name (or names) of any chord.

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Our main reference point… the C major scale.

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The Notes on the Fingerboard

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Section 5 - Bonus Materials

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Moving the Barre

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Sharp and flat chord names

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Chord Simplification

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Making your progressions sound smoother

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How Chords are built

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Back to the Fake book

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Extensive chart of chord intervals

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Commonly used chord symbols

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Choosing an Instrument –

Some Specifics

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Strings ‘n’ things

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Use of a metronome

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Key signatures and typical chords

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What key am I playing in

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Transposing slide rule

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Answer keys

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Feel free to photocopy and share

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