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Spanish Guitar in 4 Steps – Intro, Chord Progression, Melody and Ending.

Jan 29, 2018

Spanish Guitar in 4 Steps

Intro, Chord Progression, Melody, and Ending

Today we are on fire.

Spanish guitar is one of my favorite genres and not just because I love the music and passion behind it, but because I know that guitar students love to play this style.

I am not specifically referring to Flamenco music but much more of the Spanish vibe to get out of some chord progressions and melodies.

Today I will show you 4 steps that you can follow to create a beautiful sounding Spanish composition that is easy and fun to play.

The Video

The Intro – Full Lesson –

It doesn’t have to be difficult.

Let me tell you more about this Spanish guitar intro and how I like to build a solid overture before the song begins.

I really think that intros should never be too long or too articulated. After all, it is just an introduction to the main part of the song.

In this example, I am playing two chords that sound awesome together: E major and F/E.

The E major is probably one of the first chords you learned.

The F/E chord is just like an E major, but one frets up. It is actually an F major chord with the root note E.

Combine both chords, and you have a beautiful Spanish intro that is easy yet really effective.

I am also combining a few single notes and a technique called Tambora to spice up the intro.

The Chord Progression

Chords are the most important part when it comes to Spanish guitar.

Thousands of songs have been written with the same chord progression. Even if you strum each chord one time slowly, it will remind you of Spain.

The chord progression is Am – G – F – E.

In these exercises, though, we will be focusing on combining chords and melody.

Honestly, this is one of my favorite parts.

Challenging but totally worth it.

The Melody

One thing you can do to really spice things up is to add a famous Spanish motive.

You will be learning Malaguena by Ernesto Lecuona.

The amazing this about this guitar part fits perfectly with the rest of the composition, and you can play the melody over different octaves.

We will also introduce the tremolo technique, which is another creative technique that we can borrow from Classical Guitar.

I am sure you are going to love this part.

The Ending

We are going to end these exercises with a Harmonic minor scale on the E string.

The scale is descending, and it will earn to the last chord, which is an A minor (add9)

A blend of technique, musicality, and folklore.

Jazz Chord Progressions Fun to Play – Guitar Tab Available

Jan 27, 2018

Jazz Chord Progressions Fun to Play

Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar

Today I am going to show you some of the Jazz chord progressions I like the most.

In the video, I really try to start with a straightforward approach and then slowly develop to a more difficult and articulated approach.

Jazz chord progressions are really fun to play but also really challenging—so many different voicing, extensions, and rhythmic patterns change all the time.

We are going to play the following chord progressions.

Cmaj7 – Dmin7 – Emin7 – Dmin7
Dmin7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Amin
Amin7 – Dmin7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Bhalfdim (Bmin7b5) – E7
A7 – F7 – Bmin7 – E7
Cmaj7 – Amin7 – Dmin7 – G7

The Video

The Chord Progressions

Let’s get into Details.

Jazz chord progressions are an awesome tool that you can use to spice up your chords and learn more about music theory and harmony.

However, it can be pretty challenging to get started and quite frustrating the get the sound in your head.

Jazzy chords sound different, so allow your ears (and brain) to get used to the new sound.

Let’s get into details and learn more about these chord progressions.

Chord Progression N.1

Cmaj7 – Dmin7 – Emin7 – Dmin7

This is one of the most common jazz chord progression used in Latin music.

I am using a Bossa Nova rhythmic pattern that is characteristic of this music.

You might find challenging the alternate bass note between the root note and the 5th.

You can also label this chord progression as I – II – III – II.

Chord Progression N.2

Dmin7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Amin

If we had to identify the most common Jazz chord progression, that would include the II- V – I – VI.

This is probably the place where all the jazz musicians start from.

I am using many different voicing and chord extensions, so make sure you get a tab if you want to know more.

Chord Progression N.3

Amin7 – Dmin7 – G7 – Cmaj7 – Fmaj7 – Bhalfdim (Bmin7b5) – E7

I borrowed this chord progression from a famous start Jazz called Autumn Leaves.

There is so much going on!

A major II – V – I in C major resolving the IV degree (the F major 7) and a II – V – I in A minor.

Chord Progression N.4

A7 – F#7 – Bmin7 – E7

The famous turnaround in Jazz music is a passage playing at the end of a section that leads to the next section.

This is a Blues Turnaround, so it starts with a Dominant 7th chord.

The F#7 easily resolves on the B minor chord, and the E7 is the dominant chord that resolves on the A7.

Each chord in the turnaround can be treated as a dominant chord.

Chord Progression N.5

Cmaj7 – Amin7 – Dmin7 – G7

The I – VI – II – V is indeed one of the most played Jazz chord progression ever played.

I love when the progression starts with a Maj7 chord followed by a min7.

This is definitely the place you should start if you want to familiarize yourself with jazz chords.

9 Most Used Fingerstyle Guitar Patterns – Fingerstyle Guitar Lesson

Jan 25, 2018

9 Most Used Fingerstyle Guitar Pattern

What Guitar Players Play the Most

Fingerstyle Guitar is one of the most amazing and creative techniques on guitar.

The ability to pluck strings individually can open the doors to unlimited possibilities.

In this video, I will show you the 9 Most Used Fingerstyle Guitar Pattern that guitar players use the most.

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The Video

Let’s get into details.

This video can be quite overwhelming, I know.

So many different styles of music squeezed in 4 minutes video.

Fingerstyle guitar is awesome and creative but also difficult at first.

Many times, we don’t know how to pluck the strings and which finger should pluck the strings, so we go with the flow, and most of the time, we end up playing the wrong way.

This video is definitely not a starting point for beginners but rather a goal to achieve.

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Let’s get started.

The Blues Fingerstyle

C7 – F7 – C – G7 – F7 – C7

This style of music is beautiful and really fun to play.

The fingerstyle guitar pattern is characterized by the thumb movement that will always alternate between two bass notes, the root note and the 5th.

You can listen to the thumb movement at the really beginning of the video, where I play the first two bars just with the thumb.

Really fun fingerstyle pattern and simple chords.

The Keyboard Fingerstyle

C – G – Am – F

One of my favorite way of playing guitar.

This fingerstyle guitar pattern is pure magic, and it will give you the feeling of playing like a keyboard player.

One of the things I love the most about this way of playing chords is that we can constantly change voicing with almost no effort with fingerstyle.

Definitely worth checking out the tab for this one. It makes more sense when you see it on paper.

The Mixed Fingerstyle

A7 – D7 – A7 – D7 – A7 – E7 – D7 – A7 – E7

With the mixed fingersytle we will combine plucking and single plucking.

You will be playing the chords (accompaniment) with the plucking with the single plucking the lead (solo).

For this example, I am playing a 12 bar blues with chords and solo.

I love to play a few chords, leave some space for a few lines, and then go back with the chords.

One of my favorite way of playing.

Minimalist Fingerstyle

A – E – F#m – D

Mainly used in pop and indie music, this approach is straightforward to implement in your playing.

The rule here is never to play the full chords. Instead, you want to focus on play one or two notes only.

The fingerstyle guitar plucking will also be really simple and minimalist.

I love this chord progression:

The Two Fingers Fingerstyle

Playing with two fingers should never be an option, but so many guitar players do so; I guess we have to talk about it.

Playing with thumb and finger can be a good starting point for beginners.

It is easy and doesn’t require a lot of practice to get your fingers going.

I am play Asturias by Isaac Albeniz.

One of the most famous classical guitar piece.

Classical Fingerstyle

Took that fingersytle guitar pattern from a classical guitar piece written by Mauro Giuliani, an Italian guitar player, composer, singer, and cellist.

This is one of the most famous fingerstyle patterns, so you really want to memorize it and use it over different chord progressions.

I am using just two chords: Am – E7

The right hand definitely more challenging than the left.

The Tremolo Fingerstyle

Another awesome guitar technique that we can borrow from classical guitar.

The Tremolo is a creative way to play a melody using the thumb, ring, middle, and index finger in sequence.

The thumb will play the bass note and the arpeggio.

The fingers will play the same strings three times.

Not an easy technique.

The Jazzy Fingersytle

Dm7 – G7/13 – Cmaj7 – A7(b13)

This is the easiest fingerstyle guitar pattern you will find in this video.

The Jazzy fingerstyle is used by jazz guitar players and involves plucking the strings with thumb and fingers simultaneously. It is though pretty simple.

Chords, on the other end, are much more difficult.

The Busy Fingerstyle

Some fingerstyle guitar patterns can be pretty busy.

In this example, I am playing a pattern that I learned from a Villa Lobos study.

Definitely worth practicing a Busy Fingerstyle sometimes if you really want to push yourself and take your fingerstyle to the next level.

Movable Chords in E Major – One Shape a Ton of Color Chords

Jan 24, 2018

Beautiful Chords in E Major

One Chord a Ton of Color Chords

Hey guys, welcome back to another awesome creative fingerstyle guitar lesson.

Today I will show you how you can easily create beautiful chords with a handful of chords and a couple of guitar tracks.

All the chords we are learning today are in E major’s key, an extraordinary and unique place where you can really create a ton of colorful chords with simple chord shapes.

The Video

Chords and Colors

I personally love the E major key.

All the chord progressions in this video are only possible and achievable if you play this beautiful key.

Keeping the top two strings (or just the 1st string) open allows you to come up with amazing, dreamy chords that make you sound awesome.

Some of these chords are easy, others might be more challenging, so I want to give you more info about the movable chords I played in this video.

Movable Chord Number 1

The Power Chord Shape

This chord reminds me of a power chord, and it is probably the easiest chord in this video.

It works amazingly well over many different positions, so there is a lot to experiment and try.

Each position will give you access to a completely different chord, and it will be up to you to really put it together without “overplay.”

The most common mistake I see with this chord shape is that guitar players try to play all of them all the time.

The fact that you have so many different possibilities doesn’t mean you have to use them all.

Find the one that you like the most and experiment with it.

The bass note can change between the E (6th open string) and A (5th open string).

Good luck!

The Add9 Chord

Stretchy but Beautiful

One of my favorite chord shape, the Add9 chord.

These types of chords are quite challenging because they can be stretchy and hard on the little finger.

It is of paramount importance that you really practice each one of these chords slowly.

The chord shape is always the same except for the Aadd9 chord, which will have the bass note open.

The chord progression here is really special: EmajAdd9 – C#min7add9 – Aadd9 – Cmaj7add9 – Dadd9 – EmajAdd9.

The C maj7add9 and the Aadd9 don’t really belong to this key, but they sound good and unexpected.

Definitely one of the best among the movable chords.

Good luck!

The Fix Chord

One Chord, Different Bass Note

You can also do a lot in E major key to play the same chord on the top three strings while you change the bass note.

In this example, I show you a straightforward chord to play on the top three strings that will be played throughout.

I love the fact that the chord will change depending on the bass note.

Emaj7 – C#min7add9 – Aadd9(#11) – Emaj7 – Bsus

Once I am done playing the entire chord progression, I will move on to the new position, which is similar to the one you just played.

The chords through will change a lot.

Eadd9 – Cmin7(add11) – Aadd9 (6) – Eadd9 – Bsus

Definitely, an approach you want to keep experimenting with.

You could come up with a ton of movable chords.

The E Pedal

Bell Like Tone

Another approach I use a lot is the bell-like tone using the E pedal.

In this approach, I develop a melody played simultaneously with another sustained note (for this exercise, the E open string).

Notice how the pedal note sustains the melody and give rhythm, musicality, and color.

Even though a little different from the movable chords, this way of playing is still possible only in the key of E major.

Definitely the most difficult approach in this video.

Good luck.

Eight Awesome Chord Progression in A minor you Must Learn!

Jan 22, 2018

Eight Awesome Chord Progression in A minor

Creative Fingerstyle Program

Another awesome and fun video to play.

Today I want to show you the Eight Awesome Chord Progression in A minor you Must Learn before you die.

I had such massive feedback for the previews video 7 Chord Progression you Must Learn Before you Die, I decided to make another video, this time more specific in a minor key.

The Video

The Chord Progressions

Let’s get into details and show you the chord progressions I have used for this video.

Each of these chords progressions comes with a bunch of techniques, styles, and a musical approach that can transform a simple chord progression into a beautiful guitar part.

The most simple things you play on the guitar are usually the ones we appreciate the most because we can see ourselves achieving it.

I did my best to keep things as simple as possible so that you can try to learn these chord progressions and be inspired.

Good luck.

The Ed Sheeran A minor Style

This chord progression reminds me of some of the Ed Sheeran songs.

I am using a quite energetic strumming approach with palm muting.

The chord progression is : Am – F – C – G x2 – F – Am – F – C – G

The Percussive Pop

One of my favorite fingerstyle approach on guitar.

The Percussive Pop is achieved by combining chords, percussive approach, and melody.

I like the fact that you can move the melody around on each chord.

Chords: Am – Fadd9 – C – G

The A minor Swing

I love to play this simple chord progression.

The vibe here is swing. The bluesy melody is enjoyable to play!

One thing essential, I am muffling the bass note with the right-hand thumb.

Learn the chord progression then add the melody: Am – C – F7(13) – E7 – Am – G – F7 – E7

The Busy Arpeggio

You can use this chord progression to improve your right-hand fingerstyle technique and left-hand finger stretch.

The fingerstyle pattern is pretty intricate, and it will take sometime before you can perform it fluently.

As always, take things step by step and memorize one chord at a time before you move on to the next one.

The chords are: Am7add9 – Fmaj7(#11) – Gmaj(6).

The Melodic A minor

One of my favorite approaches to acoustic guitar.

Here I am using the 153 minor and major chord shape.

The voicing is super mellow and lovely to play.

Chord progression: Am – G/B – C – Dm – Am – C – G – Am – G/B – C – C/E – F – G – Am

Many chords, guys.

The Jazzy A minor

With this approach, we are focusing on a jazzy chord progression.

The melody is pretty simple and moves around the chords.

Am – Dm – G – Cmaj7 – F – Bmin7b5 – E7 – Am

The Spanish Impro

Another way to combine chords and melody simultaneously.

I am playing Am – G – F – E, and I play a piece of improvisation on each chord with the Spanish impro.

Worth trying.

Fingerstyle Guitar for Beginners | Classical Guitar Mauro Giuliani Op.50

Jan 21, 2018

Fingerstyle for Beginners

Improve Fingerstyle with Classical Music

So many great fingerstyle guitar exercises come from Classical Music.

There are literally hundreds of great books and pieces that you can use to improve your fingerstyle guitar, whether you play a Classical or Acoustic Guitar.

The fingerstyle approach is usually the same for both Classical and Acoustic guitar, so you can definitely steal from the classical repertoire to make some fingerstyle “Gains.”

Today I am going to show you this beautiful piece from Mauro Giuliani from the Papillon Op.50.

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Video Lesson

Why Mauro Giuliani?

Info about this piece

Mauro Giuliani is probably one of the most recognized guitar players and composers of all time.

Born in Italy in the 19th Century, Giuliani was a guitar player, singer, composer, and cellist.

He wrote over 150 compositions for guitar and was considered a great virtuoso.

I personally love his Rossinianas and Variation on a Theme of Handel.

Really also famous for the 120 fingerstyle guitar exercises for beginners.

The Fingerstyle Exercise

The exercise we are checking out today is a variation on a simple theme in C major.

The piece is pretty short, but perfect if you want to improve your fingerstyle technique and musicality.

It consists of a series of variations on a simple theme, which will be developed mostly rhythmically.

Here’s a snippet of the first part of the Theme and Variation.

How to Practice

Fingerstyle Guitar Tips

When I approach this type of classical piece with my students, I really like to focus on two main aspects.

The technical approach and musical interpretation.

Even though we are performing a short piece of music, it is of paramount importance to give your best to improve as many things in your playing as possible.

The Technical Approach

Each variation will become rhythmically more challenging.

As the rhythm becomes more articulated, the plucking hand will also become more challenging.

I suggest you practice one variation at a time following the same fingering shown on the video.

Don’t double pluck with the same finger. That would be counterproductive.

The Musical Interpretation

Musicality is a key high performance.

As you become better at playing every single variation, start considering playing the piece with different dynamics.

Use forte and piano (loud and quiet), crescendo and diminuendo (getting louder, getting softer).

Each variation should be played with a different emphasis.

Good luck!

7 Famous Guitar Chord Progression You Must Know! Fingerstyle Guitar Guide.

Jan 19, 2018

7 Famous Guitar Chord Progression

Creative Fingerstyle Guitar

Today I am going to show you 7 famous fingerstyle chord progression that you should know.

I played these chord progressions since I started playing guitar 22 years ago, and they never changed.

We will be playing the chord progression using my favorite guitar technique: Fingerstyle!

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Fingerstyle Chord Progression

Let’s get into details.

Let me show you exactly what I am playing and how you can spice up the chord progression by easily add few chord extensions.

I honestly believe that fingerstyle is really the most creative technique on guitar, and all these chord progressions sound amazing because of the right-hand approach we are using.

You can take your fingerstyle to the next level by practicing some of the exercises within the student area here at BlitzGuitar.com.

The Acoustic Pop Chord Progression

This is a very famous and overplayed chord progression.

Am – F – C – G

Try to play these chords, and nothing special really happens.

Add a few extensions to the chords, and you can really spice up this guitar chord progression and make it sound awesome.

Few changes I have made.

Amadd9 – Fadd9 – C – G

I have added a melody on the C major and G major to create more movement and voicing.

The Overplayed E minor

Let’s check out one of the most overplayed guitar chord progression.

We all love the key on E minor, so it is easy to fall for the same chords repeatedly.

Em – D – C – G – G/F#

Again, we will not be playing just the basic chords. Instead, we will change a few of them and spice up the rhythm with a nice arpeggio.

Em7add9 – Dsus – Cadd9 – G

Because we are using many add9 chords, the chord progression sounds nice and “dreamy,” which is one of the characteristics of the add9 chords.

The C minor Jazzy Chord Progression

One of my favorite guitar chord progression of all time.

The jazzy chords are fascinating and always of paramount importance in harmony and music theory development.

This chord progression goes as follows:

Cm7 – Fm7 – Bb713 – Ebmaj9 – Abmaj7 – Dmin7b5 – G7#5 – Cmin7

I am also using an awesome technique called “walking bass,” which allows you to connect each chord using a bass line.

Pretty challenging but worth trying.

B Minor Acoustic Rock

You hear this guitar chord progression a lot.

Bm – D – A – E

I really like to approach this chord progression with a modern fingerstyle arpeggio.

The plucking is always the same: Thumb, index, middle, and ring (P, i, m, a).

Each string should be played detached and without over-ringing.

Probably the easiest chord progression in this video.

The Open E Chord Progression

In this popular guitar chord progression, I will show you how a simple open string can change the chord progression and add beautiful sounding chords.

The chord progression goes as follows: E – C#madd9 – Add9 – E – Bmaj(#11).

No matter which chord we are playing, we will keep the first open string throughout the progression.

The C#madd9 is probably my favorite chord on the guitar, so I always try to use it all the time.

Practice this chord progression and slowly implement these chords.

This is probably the best way to memorize them.

Eric Clapton D minor Chord Progression

Eric Clapton is a guitar super start.

His song Layla inspired millions of guitar players.

I really love the acoustic version in D minor with this beautiful chord progression.

Dm – Bb – C – Dm

You will learn by playing this chord progression that when you play in a key of D minor, the first open string can be used to generate beautiful chords.

You can use it on the D minor and Bb major.

Try, then tell me if you like it.

The C major R&B Chord Progression

The C major key is one of the most played on guitar.

So many guitar chord progression and songs have been written in this key.

Today I will show you how you can spice up the chords using the Maj7 and Min7 chord families.

Cmaj7 – Dm7 – Em7 – Fmaj7

The maj7 and min7 chords give a quite R&B vibe emphasized with the use of embellishment over the top strings.

One of my favorite chord progression.

The Easiest Spanish Melody On Guitar – Practical Fingerstyle Program

Jan 18, 2018

The Easiest Spanish Melody on Guitar

Practical Fingerstyle Program

Hello guys and welcome to this awesome fingerstyle guitar lesson.

Today I am going to show you how to play a very simple Spanish melody on guitar so that you can improve your fingerstyle technique and play something musical at the same time.

This lesson is part of my program Practical Fingerstyle, which is a fingerstyle guitar course for beginners.

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Spanish Melody from Practical Fingerstyle Program.

What will your Learn

This is the first lesson from the Practical Fingerstyle program available here at BlitzGuitar.com

In this first lesson we are going to work on the right thumb plucking movement.

I believe that if you learn how to position the right hand thumb correctly your plucking fingers (index, middle and ring) will automatically be in place.

In this picture you have a great example of how to position the right hand thumb correctly.

When you start practicing Spanish thumb (which is the lesson on video in this page) you want to make sure your right hand thumb position looks like the one in the picture.

[IMPORTANT] Remember that there is always a 20% of things that you will have to figure out by yourself.

If the position in the picture doesn’t feel right, slightly change the plucking angle to come up with a position that is suitable for your hand.

The Melody

Let’s get into Details

This short song-like exercise can be broken down into three parts.

This is something I recommend a lot when you start practicing a new guitar part.

Divide everything into small chunks.

Bar 1 – 3

This is the part where you will work on your thumb.

The melody is entirely played with the thumb plucking the strings downwards with the side of you thumb.

I always used fingernails so I would pluck with the side of my thumb with a combination of flesh and nail.

Here’s the tab with the first three bars played with the thumb.

Bar 4 – 11

In this section you will be playing two simple chords on position one: E major and F major 7 chord.

The right hand pattern is very straightforward with the thumb, index and middle (P, i, m) plucking the 4th, 3rd and 2nd string.

If thumb position is correct, you should be able to pluck the strings with a 45 degree angle which will give you control, nice tone and plucking fluidity.

Refer to this picture if you want to learn how to correctly position the thumb and fingers.

The index, middle and ring finger should always pluck the strings with a 45 degree angle with the thumb placed in front of the fingers.

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Best 2017 Pop Songs Played on Guitar – Guitar Mashup – Fingerstyle Guitar

Jan 16, 2018

Best 2017 Pop Songs on Guitar

Today I want to show you the best 2017 pop songs that you can play on guitar.

I spend a little bit of time putting together a guitar mashup of these songs and I really hope you like it.

The songs where all released in 2017 and they are all really melodic and fun to play.

Here’s the list of the songs.

Shape of you – Ed Sheeran
Havana – Camila Cabello
Attention – Charlie Puth
Despacito – Luis Fonsy
I like me better – Lauv
Say you won’t let go – James Arthur
Too Good at Goodbyes – Sam Smith
Perfect – Ed Sheeran

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Best 2017 Pop Songs

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Songs and Info

The audio of this Best 2017 Pop Songs was recorded all in one take and there are no cuts or overdubs.

The most difficult part was connecting the songs together. I didn’t want to have any gap between the songs so the transition needed to be smooth and not “forced”.

I spent a significant amount of time putting the songs in the right order so that the mashup sounds smooth and also easy to perform.

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran

This song was a huge hit in 2017. Ed Sheeran really proved his skills as songwriter.

I personally love the initial riff of the song which is full of rhythm and “groove”.

For this mashup I only focused on the intro.

Havana – Camila Cabello

Another awesome song to play.

I personally love the chord progression that ends with the dominant seventh chord which gives a Latin vibe to the song.

Camila Cabello deserves her song in the Best 2017 Pop Song.

It was an awesome year for the singer and she got on the top charts with few of her songs.

Attention – Charlie Puth

This song is really fun to play.

The rhythm, chords and melody make this song a best 2017 pop song for sure.

Charlie Puth is solid musician and songwriter. He became really popular with the song “See you Again” which it was featured in Fast and Furious 7.

Despacito – Luis Fonsi

This song has become insanely popular and it is currently the most watched video on YouTube with over 4,500,000,000 views (I checked the number three times and it’s correct).

The songs sound quite Latino like and the chord progression is really simple.

The melody is so catchy that you can find yourself mumbling the songs even after you have been exposed to it few times.

I like it Better – Lauv

This is a lovely song to listen and play on guitar.

Very simple chord progression and melody. The rhythm is also very groovy.

You will find yourself dancing a little bit while listening to this song.

Say You Won’t let Go – James Arthur

British songwriter James Arthur definitely win a spot in the Best 2017 Pop Songs played on Guitar.

The singer came back after a setback and recovering from alcohol.

This is so far his best song. The melody and guitar part are beautiful and melodic and it takes just few minutes to learn the song.

I love it.

Too Good at Goodbyes – Sam Smith

This talented British singer songwriter came back with an amazing song and a beautiful album.

Sam Smith is famous for his high pitch tone and strong falsetto.

You can hear it all in this beautiful ballad which is also really sad.

It definitely win a spot in the Best 2017 Pop Songs on Guitar.

Perfect – Ed Sheeran

Another song from the British composer Ed Sheeran.

This song is beautiful and super fun to play.

The melody is quite jumpy so it will take a while before you can actually play it correctly but it’s all worth it.

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Top 7 Songs in Major Key that Sound Perfect in Minor Key to. Fingerstyle Guitar Mashup

Jan 11, 2018

Songs from Major to Minor

Top 7 Songs series

Today we have a super fingerstyle guitar video where I will show you the Top 7 Songs in Major key that sound perfect in Minor key.

I have rearranged each song so that it would be playable in a minor key.

The melody and chord progression are the same, but the key will be different.

This is the list of the song you’ll find me playing in this awesome fingerstyle video.

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton – From G major to G minor
Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles – From D major to D minor
Happy Birthday – From G major to G minor
To be with you – Mr. Big – From E major to E minor
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Redemption Song – Bob Marley
Scar Tissue – Red Hot Chili Peppers

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How does it work?

How to transpose a song from Major to Minor?

I know you have any questions, and I understand that for some of you might sound a little bit weird to listen to these songs in a minor key.

The reality is that for each major, there is a relatively minor and vice versa.

Any song with a major key can be rearranged in minor as long as you know a few things about music theory and harmony.

Not all the songs will be easy to transpose, and it is pretty simple with songs that don’t have minor chords within the chord progression. In fact, if you analyze each song’s chord progression, you’ll see that the major part doesn’t have minor chords but only major.

Few info about the Top 7 songs

Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton

This song was fun to rearrange, and the melody came up very sad and melodic.

The chord progression is G – D/F# – C – D – G

As you notice, no minor chords.

Here Comes the Sun – Beatles

Another super song to play. I love the Beatles, and this is probably one of the first songs I’ve ever learned. Definitely a Top 7 Songs.

The chords are D – G – A x3

There is just one part before the last chord where you will be playing a very nice arpeggio on three strings.

Happy Birthday

This is another song straightforward to rearrange. The melody is very famous, and so it makes the whole arrangement easy.

Chord progression G – D – D – G – G7 – C – G – D – G

No minor chords!

To be with You – Mr. Big

One of my favorite bands when I was a teenager. I love most of their songs, and this one is a beautiful ballad in E major.

Chords: E – A – B – E – E – A – B – E

I really love the melody going up in thirds.

La Bamba

One of the most recognized songs of all time. La Bamba is cool, and I had a lot of fun recording it.

This song only has three chords: C – F – G

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Brown Eyed Girl

Probably the most hated songwriter of all time. Van Morris from Belfast (I think). No one of my students liked him, don’t ask me why.

Straightforward song: E – A – E – B

This is obviously just the intro.

Redemption Songs

A Bob Marley classic turn into a minor song, and it sounds perfect. I hope you like it.

Chords: G – C – G – D – G

I remember Steve Wonder performing this song live, and I thought, “Wow.” Check it out on YouTube.

Scar Tissue

Red Hot Chili Peppers songs are really cool, but this one is my favorite.

Straightforward chord progression: F – C – Dm

This is the only song with a minor chord.

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