I am going to show you (Guitar playing) just a little blues progression that you can work on. I am sure you have couple different ways to do it (Guitar playing) and I think you are going to like it. We are going to start with an A chord. However, we are only going to be playing two strings at a time.
So, it is not going to be necessary for you to play all three fingers here on the fingerboard, like you would normally do in the open A chord. You only need to use one and that is going to be your first finger. You are going to start by placing your 1st finger on the 4th string 2nd fret. And then, you are going to play the 5th string open.
You need to play those at the same time and only those two strings. So, when you are done, it should sound like this (Guitar playing) and that is what we call a power chord (Guitar playing) but it is great for blues. Now, the other one is call an A6 chord and how that is formed, keep this first finger planted here and while you do it, take your 3rd finger and reach it out to the 4th string 4th fret (Guitar playing) here that?
Remember A, (Guitar playing) A6 (Guitar playing) that is the first one, the next one is the D and the D6. It is the same exact thing; we are just going to move everything down one string. So, instead of the 5th and the 4th strings, you are going to play the 4th and 3rd strings (Guitar playing) with your 1st finger, you are going to be placing it on the 3rd string 2nd fret and you going to play the 4th string open (Guitar playing).
And then for the D6 chord, stretch that 3rd finger out there (Guitar playing) so the 3rd string, 4th fret. Now, those of you with smaller hands, it is okay to use your 4th finger. If making that 3rd finger over there is too much of a stretch for you, do not worry about it. Use your 4th finger. It is going to be the same way (Guitar playing) whatever is comfortable for you (Guitar playing).
And finally, we are going to do an E chord and an E6 chord. Once again, we are not going to be using folk chords on this. Just like the A and the A6, the D and the D6, and now, we are going to be using an E and an E6. How do you play the E and E6?
Put the 6th string open, we have 5th string 2nd fret 1st finger. Only those two strings (Guitar playing) and then, to play the E6 chord, stretch that 3rd finger out there to the 5th string 4th fret (Guitar playing). Once again, as I said for those of you younger people with smaller hands, it is okay if to use that 4th finger (Guitar playing) I like to use that sometime myself, because it is more comfortable.
I am going to talk to you this whole thing. We are going to start with the A chord, the A power chord. We are going to play that twice (Guitar playing) and then, we are going to play the A6 chord once (Guitar playing) and the A chord again, one more time (Guitar playing). So, you are going to rock that back and remember, it is a four counts total (Guitar demonstration).
Then, we are going to move to the D and the D6, same thing (Guitar playing) two D’s and one D6 and one D (Guitar demonstration) (Guitar playing) and then we go back to the A chord (Guitar playing) and then we are going to the E and E6 (Guitar playing), the D and D6 (Guitar playing) to the A and the A6 (Guitar playing) and to the E and the E6 (Guitar playing).
Now, here is how many times we are going to this. We are going to play the A to the A6 four times (Guitar demonstration). We are going to move to the D6 (Guitar demonstration). To the E6 four times (Guitar demonstration) and back to the A6 and A four times (Guitar demonstration). So we are going to loop that whole thing.
So, we are going to do 4 A’s, 4 D’s, 4 E’s and 4 A’s. Then you are going to do four more A’s on the back side. So do not keep confusing, go 4 A’s back to the D on the second time. Let me show you this slow and then I will speed it up a bit. First (Guitar demonstration) that is A (Guitar demonstration) D (Guitar demonstration) E (Guitar demonstration) back to the A (Guitar demonstration) stay on that A (Guitar demonstration) D (Guitar demonstration) and just keep that going.
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