Chords that Sounds like a Melody

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Let’s keep exploring different ways to make chords sound like a beautiful melody and how you can use your fretboard knowledge to transform simple chords into melodic weapons.

Today’s video is about creativity, fingerstyle, melody, chords, and the number one thing that will make you sound different from any other guitar player around. Musicality.

Chords are just a bunch of notes that sound good together. They are not musical unless you learn how to make them sing, and today, I want to share with you what I know about this wonderful way of playing guitar.

Grab your instrument and play along.

Let’s get started.

The Video

How to Create Melodic Chords

Intervals and Open Strings

Melodic chords are chords that sing.

Learning how to use simple triads melodically is a weapon that every guitar player should know. Not only because your chords will sound amazing and “different” but because you will learn more about the stuff you play.

Knowledge makes you a wiser guitar player.

With knowledge comes creativity, momentum, and fulfillment.

Let’s analyze the chord progression that you are about to learn.

Chord Progression

We are working on a very simple and “popular” chord progression.

Em, D, Am, B7, D# Dim

Each chord will be played in a different position that allows me to make it more melodic.

Open strings are significant!

Check the diagram to learn the chords.

The Fingerstyle Pattern

Chords are just a bunch of notes played together unless you find a way to make them sing.

The number one technique you can use to do that is fingerstyle.

Plucking the strings individually will make this chord progression extremely melodic and enjoyable to play and listen to.

This is how it is going to look like on paper.

 

Good Luck!

I hope you will enjoy this lesson, guys.

Creativity is essential in music, and I hope to help you become a better guitar player.

Honestly, I am really enjoying these lessons!