Guitar B Minor: A Major Strum

Series Summary

Have you ever wanted to learn to play guitar? Maybe it is time to try picking up a new hobby and learn to play the guitar. The birth of the guitar is one that is not exact but guitar-like instruments have been used since ancient times. Through the years people have learned to play this instrument with some practice and determination. You too can learn to play this instrument if you are willing to put some work into it! Whether you are just beginning or have never held a guitar before this video series will lay out the basics of the guitar.

In this free video series a musician, Stephen Haendiges, will show you several methods and techniques for playing guitar in B minor. Stephen will begin by teaching you various strumming patterns. You'll learn everything from simple to funky rhythm patterns. Stephen will then teach you some unique guitar techniques, such as: hybrid picking, sweep picking, string skipping and slide. These new styles will help improve your playing in no time. You'll also learn about harmonized chords, octaves and bass lines that are designed to spur your own musical creativity. Watch these interesting videos and start learning guitar today.

Video Transcript

"In this example I'm going to show you a two chord strum, and it's going to use B minor and A major. And with the A major chord, I'm going to be playing with open strings on the B and E string, and I'll explain more about that later. With the background music it'll sound like this. Okay, what I did there also I kind of changed the strum up a little bit as well. What I did was I made a, basically the same strum as I've done in the past of down up, down up, except I've made it a little more pronounced. What I did was, went down, up down, up down, up down, up down, and what I did instead of a more relaxed... I made it a little more, I put a little more emphasis or attack on the strings right there. And the A chord what I did was instead of doing the standard A major chord which would be on the second fret, you can - there's several ways to do this but ideally you want to put your second finger on the D, third finger on the G, and the fourth finger, B, all on the second fret. What I did was I kept the B and E open, gives it nice, warmer sound, especially in the key of B minor, so just basically a nice little strum there with a little difference, with an attack and an emphasis on the melody strings, and it's another good example you can add to your repertoire."