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- Slash ChordsLEVEL 2Expand your chord vocabulary! Venturing out from basic chords, we're going to tackle slash chords and discover how they can improve your chord playing and sounds!
- Power ChordsLEVEL 2How to play power chords. The chords we will use are in the key of G major.
- Picking ChordsLEVEL 2Picking notes within chords instead of strumming the whole chord
- Chords TheoryLEVEL 1Taking a detour from the normal style of lessons here on GMC, we are diving into some deep beginner theory: How chords are formed and why? Come with me as I explain this and answer other questions about chord formations and structure!
- 7th Chords in ALEVEL 1This is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. Today we are going to learn a few open 7th chords in the key of A major.
- Slash Chords 2LEVEL 1Continuing to diversify our chord knowledge, we are going to learn another way to use slash chords! Today we'll learn how to take a few basic shapes and move them up and down the neck while also utilizing open strings in our slash chords.
- Slash Chords 3LEVEL 2Continuing to diversify our chord knowledge, we are going to learn another way to use slash chords! Today we'll learn about how we can use slash chords to form major 7th and minor 7th chords, as well as use some of the other shapes we've already learned.
Feedback
Dieterle8th October 2012GOOD LESSON and yes , important!
Lian Gerbino9th August 2010LOL! thanks man!
kaznie_NL7th August 2010It's very good that you make these kind of easy lessons man! You go girl
haha 
- Lian Gerbino6th August 2010
thanks Ivan!
Ivan Milenkovic5th August 2010Excellent lesson for people trying to learn their first shapes!
- Lian Gerbino4th August 2010
thanks a lot MigeZ, glad you like it
MigeZ3rd August 2010Great lesson man! This is very useful for the beginners cuz in my opinion it's better to start with chords than for example doing lead stuff in E minor pentatonic for example like I did but after learning chords everything went much easier
- MigeZ3rd August 2010
Great lesson man! This is very useful for the beginners cuz in my opinion it's better to start with chords than for example doing lead stuff in E minor pentatonic for example like I did but after learning chords everything went much easier
Cheers man 
Sergio Dorado3rd August 2010Useful lesson. Great!
- Lian Gerbino2nd August 2010
thanks a lot guys
Jerry Arcidiacono2nd August 2010Great and useful lesson for beginners Lian!
Vasilije Vukmirovic2nd August 2010Excellent!
- Lian Gerbino2nd August 2010
yes, they are. thanks man
Fran2nd August 2010Great lesson, basic chords are a must!
- Lian Gerbino2nd August 2010
thanks everybody
Excellent Lian, this is a great and fun way to learn the basic chords.
thank you KrisSo will it count if we submit in the REC an improvised solo or distorted guitar chords with this backingtrack?
I wonder....may not count... Great lesson by the way - love your accent!
I don't know if it will count, you can ask for it on the forum, but, you always can upload a take and get some feedback from me on my board
glad you like the lesson, and my accent...
o.O I loved your spoken lesson... Finally !
thanks a lot man! 
Piotr Kaczor2nd August 2010Cool!
Daniel Realpe1st August 2010A must on GMC!
Alexiaden931st August 2010o.O I loved your spoken lesson...
Finally ! 
Zsolt Galambos1st August 2010Cool lesson for beginners, man!
Adrian Figallo1st August 2010very cool lesson lian!
thefireball1st August 2010So will it count if we submit in the REC an improvised solo or distorted guitar chords with this backingtrack?
I wonder....may not count... Great lesson by the way - love your accent!
Dejan Farkas1st August 2010Very nice and important lesson
Bogdan Radovic1st August 2010Very good and fun lesson to learn some most commonly used chords!
Kristofer Dahl1st August 2010Excellent Lian, this is a great and fun way to learn the basic chords.
- Lesson
- My notes
Hey GMC'ers! I wanted to add a lesson, just using a simple couple of chords and keep it as easy as possible. So, this lesson is especially aimed at beginners.
I remember when I learned all the chords on the acoustic guitar and how hard it was. So, this idea always was in my mind: to make the first steps on the guitar easier and more fun.
The lesson has a cool backing track to play along with You can experiment with different rhythms, adding your own ideas, and even solos.
I really want to encourage to the beginners on the site, to show some of your takes, on the rec program, or just on my board. Don’t be shy, we were all there once!
Tempo:
120 bpm.Scales:
E minorTuning:
* Standard
* E - A - D - G - B - E
(From thick to thin string)
Equipment:
POD xt to record this lesson - my presets are on my board ;)
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