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Playing from chord sheets, part 3

Playing from chord sheets, part 3

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Playing from chord sheets, part 3

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- Alright, let's get back into playing from chord sheets. So, instead of just playing the root notes you can actually play the third and the fifth, as well. Let's go through a few chord progressions that you can utilize this new technique of playing the third and the fifth. Here we go. (rhythmic tapping) (guitar music) Nice, alright, let's try that same kind of concept on this next lick. This one has a little bit of variety with the rhythm. Check it out. (rhythmic tapping) (guitar music) Alright, the next example shows a new technique that is called a lower neighboring tone. So instead of just playing the notes in the chord you can actually play the notes below each chord tone. So if I'm playing a G major chord like this. So there's just the root third and fifth chord, I can actually step below each chord tone like this. (guitar music) So let's try that concept in time with this next example. Here we go. (rhythmic tapping) (guitar music) Alright, let's check out the next lick which…

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