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In this MicroLesson, I’ll show you 2 patterns that you can use up the neck of the guitar to create chord variations in the key of A. This uses the A Mixolydian Scale.
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wonderful – you know sometimes when noodling around you discover melodies of favorite songs? the first three chords are used in part of the Grateful Dead song “Dark Star”
-these are a lot of fun!
There is one particular song where you find these chord variations – “Give a little bit” from Supertramp.
Is this suppose to transpose to other keys Brian? I tried it in the key of G and if I got it right, some of them don’t sound very good (ie, 4th fret or 6th fret 4&2 strings). Thanks.
Hey Arnold – this is something that’s unique to A – unique because of the open strings.
Awesome Bryan. When you just pluck the D and B strings as you move around it sounds like every mariachi song you’ve ever heard. Very cool.
Freddie
If you have listened to the soundtrack to Paris, Texas by Ry Cooder, you’ll here these progressions in their rendition of Cancione Mixteca. Right on.
This might be may favorite lesson. I was able to figure out the patterns for D and E, and was just jamming way longer than I should have. Once you get started, hard to stop with this one. So cool and so easy.