How to Play Guitar in the Key of G

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Steve Anthony, I'm a musician, singer, actor, based out of New York and Miami. Today we're going to talk about, in this clip, how to play guitar in the key of G. And we say, playing in the key of G, we're talking about G as the root chord of the chord progression. Now the common chords that go with G, are C, and D. This is a good basic, 1,4,5, pattern. G being the 1, C being the 4, D or D-7 being the 5, and G being back on the 1. So many songs use this pattern, you can just about play anything with those 3 chords. Depending on how, if you want to play up tempo. The way you mix those chords up, and how you play them, is going to determine how your song is going to sound. Or maybe you're trying to sound like another song, maybe you heard something you recognized in there. At any rate, have a good time with it. My name is Steve Anthony, and this has been, how to play guitar in the key of G."