Learn the shortcuts to play your favourite songs
Posted in Cheat Theories on May 7th, 2008
I have talked about Sus4 and how to improvise it with the 3 basic chords earlier. Sus2 is another form of suspension that can also be improvised with the 3 basic chords.
Let’s take a C chord (C Major chord) as example. A C-Sus2 chord is usually written as C2.
For a C chord, we play the [...]
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Apr 20th, 2008
Note: I have cut-and-pasted the following text from my earlier version of “Suspension (part 1)” post, so that each of my postings will not appear under more than 1 category (Now, “Suspension (part 1)” is under the “Cheat Theories” category, and “Improvising Sus4” is under the “Cheat Tricks” category). At the same time, I have [...]
Posted in Cheat Theories on Apr 19th, 2008
There are 2 types of suspended chords I know. There may actually be more but I only know 2 types. Anyway, you won’t want to learn too many chords playing the cheat way.
These 2 types of suspension I know are Sus2 and Sus4. I will come to Sus2 another day, and only [...]
Posted in Cheat Tricks on Apr 16th, 2008
When you can see a pattern in the bass notes, you can then recognize a chord progression (or a pattern of chords) a whole lot easier.
For example, the chords on the right hand in the sample progression in my previous post (“Changing The Bass Notes (part 2)”) may seem rather random, but the bass notes [...]
Posted in Church songs, Songs on Apr 10th, 2008
Basically there are 2 parts in this song – the verse and the chorus.
For the verse, the chords progress from Chord I to Chord V, then to Chord –I (minus-one), then to Chord IV. After that, simply repeat this chord progression (I, V, -I, IV) until you reach the chorus.
The chorus has a slightly different [...]
