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Summary: There are several methods for playing chords on the guitar. Learn a percussive strum in B minor, A 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
"In this example, what I'm going to do is a B minor strum. I'm going to be doing a B minor, A and F sharp minor. What I'm going to do is add a more percussive feel, to give you an idea of how to take a simple three chord progression and give it a little spice. With the background music it will sound like this. Okay, what I did there was pretty much B minor (and what I went was). I did a rest, but you can call it a scrape. There are different terms for it. I went down up, down with a scrape. Then I did the same thing with the A chord. With the F sharp minor I basically ended the progression with that to give it a nice minor tonality at the end of the progression. The strum there again was just simply using a down up. That technique where you actually take your fingers off the fret board and just give it a nice scrape sound it gives it a nice percussive feel."
eHow Article: Guitar B Minor: A Major & F Sharp Minor Percussive Strum