Master Chordal Melodies With This Simple Guitar Trick!
As guitarists, we often get stuck in the scale mindset, running up and down patterns without truly connecting to the music. Today, I want to share an approach that has transformed my playing and can help you create more musical phrases: thinking in chord tones.
Nashville's Secret Weapon I've been particularly inspired by Nashville guitarist Jedd Hughes, who masterfully weaves double stops into both his solos and accompaniment work with artists like Vince Gill. His playing exemplifies how chord-based thinking can elevate your musicality.
Let's break this down using the key of A as our playground. Instead of immediately reaching for the A major scale, try exploring the different A chord shapes up and down the neck. These shapes become your launching pads for melodic ideas.
Double Stops: Your New Best Friend When playing single notes, you might throw in that sharp five for color. But the magic really happens when you start working with double stops – playing two notes...
Hard Lessons from my Songwriting Contract in Nashville
About a decade ago, I landed a record deal and a songwriting contract – a dream come true for that sensitive teenager who just wanted to make songs. Little did I know, I was about to embark on a rollercoaster ride through the music industry that would challenge my identity as an artist and reshape my understanding of what it means to be a musician.
When we released my first single to radio, the label put me through media training. They taught me to keep conversations focused on my record and to tie my songs into whatever the radio stations were promoting. For instance, my single "Freedom Like This" would be brought up around the Fourth of July, even though it wasn't remotely patriotic. It was all about keeping things exciting and on-brand.
At first, I struggled with this. Was I selling out? Was I betraying that teenage dreamer who just wanted to express himself through music? I was trying to find the meaning of life in a song, but the industry wanted me to be "hot" and...
Imagine Guitar Lesson By John Lennon
Imagine Lyrics
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us, only sky
Livin' for today
Ah
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too
Livin' life in peace
You
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Sharing all the world
You
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Imagine Chords & Tab Alternatives
Imagine Additional Info
IMAGINE. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (with the Flux Fiddlers) HD
John Lennon - Imagine LIVE 1975
8 Days A Week Guitar Lesson by The Beatles
8 Days A Week Lyrics
Ooh, I need your love, babe Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love, babe Just like I need you
Hold me, love me Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothin' but love, babe Eight days a week
Love you every day, girl Always on my mind
One thing I can say, girl Love you all the time
Hold me, love me Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothin' but love, girl
Eight days a week Eight days a week I love you
Eight days a week Is not enough to show I care
Ooh, I need your love, babe Guess you know it's true
Hope you need my love, babe Just like I need you, oh
Hold me, love me Hold me, love me
I ain't got nothin' but love, babe Eight days a week
Eight days a week I love you
Eight days a week Is not enough to show I care
Love you every day, girl Always on my mind
One thing I can say, girl Love you all the...
Tennessee Whiskey Electric Guitar Lesson by Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey Lyrics:
Liquor was the only love I've known
But you rescued me from reachin' for the bottom
And brought me back from being too far gone
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of brandy
And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time
Found the bottom of a bottle's always dry
But when you poured out your heart I didn't waste it
'Cause there's nothing like your love to get me high
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of brandy
And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time
You're as sweet as strawberry wine
You're as warm as a glass of brandy
And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time
Tennessee whiskey
Tennessee whiskey
Tennessee...
John Denver Country Roads Guitar Lesson Easy Version
Take Me Home, Country Roads Lyrics
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country...
English Beat Save It For Later Guitar Lesson
Drop D Tuning
English Beat Save It For Later Lyrics
Must be a sucker for it
Cry, cry but I don't need my mother
Just hold my hand while I come to a decision on it
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later you'll hit the deck, you'll get found out
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down, you let me down
But what can you do?
I don't know how I'm meant to act with all of you lot
Sometimes I don't try
I just, "Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na"
(One, two, three, four)
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down
Sooner or later you'll hit the deck, you'll get found out
Save it for later, don't run away and let me down, you let me down
You runaway and runaway and let me down
Why we should suffer for this?
Don't bother...
How To Play Harvest Moon By Neil Young On Acoustic Guitar
Tuning Is In Drop D
Harvest Moon Lyrics By Neil Young:
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon
Guitar Chords & Tab Alternatives:
Harvest...
That's The Train Im On
Aloha friends,
I wanted to share a new song just released by myself and my good buddy Dayan Kai called "That's The Train I'm On".
An original song of uplift and inspiration wrote at the end of 2020.
Written and performed by Jimmy Dillon & Dayan Kai.
Jimmy Dillon: lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars.
Dayan Kai: harmony vocals, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, horns, harmonica and slide guitar.
Recorded and mixed by Dayan Kai Final mix and master by Karl Derfler Learn more about the artists:
Jimmy Dillon website: https://jimmydillon.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/JimmyDil...
Dayan Kai website: https://dayankai.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DayanKai
Fiddler's Green Tragically Hip Guitar Lesson + Tutorial
In this video, Jimmy Dillon will show you a Fiddler's Green Tragically Hip guitar lesson. Get the FREE Guitar Blueprint for Fiddler's Green @ https://jimmydillon.com/blueprint
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Fiddler's Green Tragically Hip
Fiddler's Green Official Audio Version:
Fiddler's Green Lyrics:
One, two, three, four, one, two
September seventeen
For a girl I know it's Mother's Day
Her son has gone alee
And that's where he will stay
Wind on the weathervane
Tearing blue eyes sailor-mean
As Falstaff sings a...
