Lesson Category: Practice Session

Changing from D to Bm Extra Help

Name your strings  E A D G B E

This short video will give you some pointers to make a difficult change of chords from D to Bm (B minor).  Bm can be one of the first really hards chords to switch to.  You can do it!

Changing from A chord to D chord-extra help

Name your strings!  E A D G B E

Hey there!  This video is a short “extra help” video, to give you a few extra pointers to change from A to D.  Watch and use it as much or as little as you need.

Your First Strum. Rock Beat

Let’s just work on your very first strumming pattern.  Rock beat, as named by my family, is our signature family strum for beginners.

Your First strum – rock beat

Let’s just work on your very first strumming pattern.  Rock beat, as named by my family, is our signature family strum for beginners.

Lesson #11 continued – extra stuff Review new chords E & A7

We’ll be moving on to another new song soon.  Let’s practice the upcoming new chords, E & A7.  You’re doing great!  Keep taking your time to play your guitar daily.  And follow these lessons in order, with plenty of playing time in between.

Lesson #9 continued-Extra Practice-work on Rockin’ Robin chords

Please make sure your guitar is tuned.  Let’s simply work on the chord progressions in the song,  Rockin’ Robin.  Having your song sheet, or the PDF in front of you will help with this practice.  You should use this and previous videos to play your guitar for at least 5 days to be ready for the release of the next video.

Lesson #9 Continued-More extra practice-Review your strum

Let’s do an extra review of your beginner rock beat strum.  First, please do get some help to be sure your guitar is tuned, or,  use your tuner, if you’ve done my technique video on using a clip on tuner.  If you want to match my tone in this video, I’m using an “A” chord throughout the practice.  We will go over the difference between having a smooth strum, or a country swing in your strum.