Learn the shortcuts to play your favourite songs
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Jul 26th, 2008
Have you ever played a song, a complete song, without having to change chord? Here is your chance… I call this video illustration the “lazy” version!
For those who are interested to know how the one “chord” on the right hand came about, please read on.
The progressions for the verse and chorus are the same, i.e.,
I [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Jul 23rd, 2008
Before I go into a lengthy explanation of how I play this song, let’s watch the video illustration…
There are 2 parts in the verse. The 1st progression goes like this:
I –> V/7 –> VIm –> VIm/5 –> IV –> V –> I
Can you see the pattern in the bass? The bass simply walks down the [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Jul 16th, 2008
This song is in the A key. I have simplified it such that you only need 4 chords on the right hand to play the whole song. This 4 chords are the 3 basic chords of the A key, i.e., A, D and E chords; and the G chord.
There are basically 2 different chord progressions, [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Jul 8th, 2008
The following video illustrates how this song can be played with 3 fingers, while one sings along. The whole purpose is to make it easy to play for adult learners especially.
I used only one finger for the bass (left hand), mainly because that way, it’s easier to fit into the camera view. It would sound [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Jun 12th, 2008
This is how you can play U.R.Y. using 3 fingers – 1 on your left hand, 2 on your right hand. And you need literally only 2 ‘chords’ on your right hand.
There are two parts in this song: the verse and the chorus. Duh.
The progression for the verse actually goes like this (if [...]
