John's Walk Lesson

John's Walk

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  • Rhythmically, this song focuses on a simple concept inspired by John Mayer.

    The main trick is playing the harmony on beats 1 and 3 and slapping the bass notes with your thumb on beats 2 and 4.

    This tune can be very helpful for learning a cool fingerstyle, bending, phrasing, blues and country concepts.

    Guitar: Gibson Les Paul Custom

    Tempo: 95 bpm

    Signature: 4/4

    Chord progression:

    |Bm|G7M/C|G7M|G7M|
    |Am7|Bm GM7/C|G7M|

    |Em7| D G| Cadd9 |
    |Dadd11|Em G| C |C|
    |C|Dadd11|Em7|Gsus2|
    |A7|A7|Am7|C/D|G7M9|

    Key signature: Em

    Techniques used:

    -Bending
    -Fingerstyle
    -Phrasing

    I hope you'll enjoy it!

    Chords we use :

    Bm



    G7M/C



    G7M



    Am7



    Em7



    D



    G



    Cadd9



    Dadd11



    Em



    G



    C



    Another version of C chord



    Dadd11 with an A on the top



    Em7 other version



    A7



    Am7



    C/D



    And the ending chord of the progression G7M9



    Modes we use on the entire progression except A7 chord (where we play A mixolidian mode) are E minor pentatonic mode :



    E aeolian mode



    A mixolydian scale

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