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SESSION 20 – All the Chords You Need to Know
B o n u s R e s o u r c e s
RESOURCES
Key Concepts
Chords, Inversions & Abbreviations Alternate Bass Chords
Open String Drone Chords
Diminished & Augmented Chords Keys to Being a Good Musician
Skills Gained in this Sessio n
Learning the New Chord Forms Understanding Chord Abbreviations
I would advise you to keep your ov erhead down; avoid a major drug habit; play everyday
and take it in front of other people. They need to hear it and you need them to hear it.
- James Taylor, guitarist & songwriter
Session Overview
This final session covers some remaining types of cthe common abbreviations used for chords. Several hords that you are likely to see as well as new types of chords are covered - Altered
chords, Inversions, Alternate Bass chords, Diminishintroduced are some of the favorite sounding chordsed and Augmented chords. Also, I have used as a professional guitar player.
The drone chords are covered in the main presentatisounding chords are covered in the session 20 bonuson of session 20 and even more cool workshop. These are the chord forms
that I use when I am in the recording studio.
All of these chord forms take some effort to get unthe time put into them. I have also tried to give some explanation and context as to how they derneath your fingers but they are well worth
might be used. form. Knowing how a chord can be used is just as important as knowing the chord(^) Some of the best Jam Along tracks for the course are in this session. Practice putting the
new chord forms to use with the Jam-Along tracks. bonus resources and demonstrated in the bonus worksExtra chord examples are given in the hop.
(^) In the bonus workshop, I tried to tie everything learned so far (chords & soloing) together in the
final section using the song “Funky Groove.” This am playing a song - first, with a rhythm part and secondly, with soloing. This is one of the section demonstrates what I’m thinking as I
most important and helpful parts of the entire courchord abbreviations and how to use them is the focuse. Learning the new chord forms, their s of this session. Learn all you can!
Alternate bass
chords &
inversions are
notated with a
slash i.e. F/G, G/B.
The chord is on
top and the bass
note is underneath
the slash.
Knowing how a
chord functions is
as important as
knowing the form.
Take advantage of these two great resources...
community.legacylearningsystems.com - Online Learn & Master Guitar Community
http://www.LearnandMaster.com/resources - Downloadable resources. New material
added regularly.