Mike here again from KillerGuitarTips.com

Here’s another mini guitar lesson as promised, to give you a help in hand with your guitar playing

Here, I’m going to show you a cool little chord change that shows up in many songs. It’s really effective but it does assume you have some basic understanding of playing the guitar. You may find it a little too much at this point, if so, don’t panic we have all been where you are right now. My full course covers every aspect of playing the guitar from absolute beginner through to great player all in the shortest possible time.

It’s a great idea to keep this tip for future reference. Once you reach a level to be able to play this phrase simply pull it out of your bag of tricks you’ll be building up over time.

Ok, give this a whirl:

Playing an ‘A major’ chord in the open position using your 1st,2nd and 3rd finger play one bar all downstrokes and on the beat.

Next lift off your 3rd finger to reveal the open B string (this chord is called Asus2) and play one bar.

Next using your 4th finger hold down the B string at the 3rd fret (1st and 2nd finger remain unchanged at the second fret throughout this piece), play one bar (Chord is called Asus4) and finish off by playing one bar of A Major to complete this four bar sequence.

Now before I sign off I would like to show you a cool little trick you can use to create cool sounding chords easily by using the open strings within the chords.

Ok, when your ready let’s give it a go… We’re going to play an A Major chord with a difference. here are the fingerings… 4th string 7th fret with your 3rd finger… 3rd string 6th fret 2nd finger… and 2nd string 5th fret 1st finger. The 1st string is played open. This is an A Major (A) chord. OK, now strum one bar…

Move this shape down two frets keeping the 1st string open and play a bar (G6)…

Next we should play a Dsus2 chord, here are the fingerings: 4th string open… 3rd string 2nd fret first finger… 2nd string 3rd fret 3rd finger and again 1st string open. Play one bar.

To finish off we now play an A Major chord in the open position… 5th string open… 4th,3rd and 2nd string are played at the second fret with fingers 1,2,3 and the 1st string is …you guessed it open.

For a killer chord progression that sounds great on its own, play one or two bars of each chord over and over. It’s great to solo over and fantastic for writing your own songs.

Hope you enjoyed it this week, until next time, Keep practicing…

Warmest regards Mike

About The Author: Mike Jones is a pro Guitar Tutor. Offering Guitar Lessons geared to bringing the beginner through to a great player in the shortest possible time, using amazing speed learning techniques developed over two decades of teaching and playing guitar as a pro. To find out more about Mike’s teaching methods and receive FREE tips and tricks each week go to his webpage at: Guitar Lessons

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