Learn the shortcuts to play your favourite songs
1 May 2013
This is the 3-finger version of the video:
These are the “cheat” chords I played…
Part 1a: A2 - C#m7 - F#m7 - C#m7
Part 1b: D2 - E/D - C#m7 - F#m7
Part 1c: Bm7 - E11 - E
Part 2a: A2 - E/G# - F#m7 - C#m7
Part 2b: D2 - E/D - C#m7 - F#m7
Part 2c(i): [...]
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Jun 8th, 2008
Remember Sus4? Check out my previous posts on ‘Suspension (part 2)’ and ‘Improvising Sus4’ if necessary. Now, Sus4 is often applied to the II, III and VI major chords, particularly in the ‘Chord Association’ context. Let’s use the following notation for the Sus4 of these 3 chords:
· Let the Sus4 of the II major chord [...]
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Jun 8th, 2008
Let’s recap the chords in ‘Chord Association (part 1)’ post:
· Chord IIIm usually leads to Chord VIm
· Chord VIm usually leads to Chord IIm
· Chord IIm usually leads to Chord V
· Chord V usually leads to Chord I
· Chord I usually leads to Chord IV
The following are often associated with one another in the same [...]
There are 5 parts in this song.
First, the intro, which is the same as the verse, is made up of the following progression:
IIm –> (I/3) –> (V) –> VIm –> (V/7) –> I –> (VI/M)
The chords in brackets ( ) are transition chords, i.e., they are very short. In this case, they appear on the [...]
Posted in Cheat Theories on May 30th, 2008
There is no such chord as an M Chord. The ‘M’ here actually stands for “the middle note”. And it’s not new. In fact, we have used that before in Chord I, IV and V. Let’s see:
The middle note of a C major chord is the E note, because the E note is the middle [...]
