Category: Music Lessons

This explanation goes hand-in-hand with ONLINE GUITAR TUNER.

Below is a copy of the chords for the songs we’ll cover in the Beginner and Intermediate Section.

Video tutorials will include explanations and practice loops for these songs.

This is a calypso strum which is a good exercise in week 7 to practice speed of changing chords as well as the strumming pattern of down down up up down.

A loop to play along with for week 6.

The rundown of week 6. This is where we start focussing on strumming – in particular: the calypso.

The pattern goes:
DOWN DOWN
UP UP
DOWN

And is repeated through each chord. This might take a little to master, so perhaps try play through the next session two times each day to speed up the process.

The practice loop for week 5.

An explanation of practice chords for week 5.

The rundown of week 4 – this is where chords are combined so they start to sound like something from a song.

Here’s the loop to play along with during week 3.