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Electric Guitar – Chord Voicings, Licks and Tricks
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• Not going to show classic stuff like
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Your Role
• What is the principle role of electric guitar
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Job 1
• don’t play it like an acoustic!
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Electric chords in different keys
• G shapes
• 7 chords in every key – very important!
• 145 major
• 236 minor
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Tricks in G
• Three shapes using G shapes for every
chord in the key
• use open strings or capo for drone notes
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Moving chord shapes
up the neck• One way of creating signature parts
• One shape for majors one shape for minors
– D shapes
– A shapes 6ths – A shapes
– G shapes
– C shapes
– E shapes
D Shapes
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A Shapes
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G Shapes
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C Shapes
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E shapes
• Adapt them for other keys. Find the root in
each shape.
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Shapes in D
• Using chord shapes to go up the neck 3rds
4ths
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Shapes in D
• Combine for one set of shapes across any
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Shapes in D
• Use in conjunction with open strings for open
sounds –
• Only used open chord keys. The capo is not
a crutch its an instrument!
Substitutions
• 1 3 6
• 2 4
• 5 7
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CAGED - Blessed be
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Double stops
• Base on chords 1 4 5 in key
• Base on G shapes
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