Strumming is essential for all of us guitarists. There aren’t many better sounds than that of a well-strummed acoustic guitar accompanied by a soulful, engaging singer. Best of all, most simple strumming songs require only a handful of chords that, once you can change between, allow you to play a huge variety of songs. Read More
B.B. King by Justin Block, licensed under (CC BY-SA 2.0)
I don’t know about you, but when I see those books and courses titled something like ‘Learn 256 blues licks’ or ‘Play 99 country rock lead licks’ or something, I get a bit annoyed. Not because those books and courses aren’t good, I’m sure they are, but because who really needs to learn a 100 licks. I mean really, c’mon. How many of those licks do most players actually use?
Johnny Marr at the AIM awards 2019 by Jwslubbock, licensed under (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Welcome to the final part of our Killer 3 String Chord Series. So far we have learned 4 variations of 1 killer 3 string chord, learned how to apply rhythm to them, created melodies while playing a chord to create the illusion of two guitars, applied the techniques to a super popular chord progression and learned 8 little ditties using the techniques.
Phew…If you missed Part 1, Part 2, part 3, check those out first as you are best to follow this series in order.
One of the secret but massive benefits to learning Killer 3 string chords is that they act as an amazing gateway between open chords and barre chords. This is a concept we have touched on briefly in the series, but will go into more detail on now.