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Summary: Combining chords to create an interesting musical melody is a great way to practice your guitar playing. Learn to strum in B minor, E major and F sharp minor from a seasoned musician in this free guitar video.
Stephen Haendiges is a seasoned musician, guitarist, teacher, composer and performer with over 15 years of experience. Stephen has recorded and performed in top clubs all around the...read more
"I'm want to show you for this clip a B minor progression. Again I'm going to do a basic strum but adding melody notes, a variation, just, there's all kinds of different variations you can do, and this particular one I'm going to do B minor, E major, and F sharp minor. So, just to show you the B minor, there's all kinds of different chords you can play, and keep it interesting, okay, and with the backing track it'll sound like this. Okay, and in this one what I did was a little more forward, rather than kind of like going... I kept it going more with the beat actually and I was going ... and what I'm doing there is starting down on the B minor chord I'm going ... pretty simple yet straightforward, and keeping the same picking pattern for E major. And then F sharp minor. And then end it up on my root of B minor. So you can actually keep the same picking pattern and just change the chords and create a nice progression that sounds good and full."
eHow Article: Guitar B Minor: E Major & F Sharp Minor Strum