From the course: Banjo Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
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Intro to chords G, C, and D7
From the course: Banjo Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
Intro to chords G, C, and D7
- Alright, well we were pretty much focused on just melody with that last lesson. Now what we're gonna do, is start introducing the idea of chords. Now a chord is created when you strum more than just one string. Or pick just more than one string. When you just strum the banjo like that, that's a G chord. It's really handy, in this bluegrass tuning that we're using here. Anyone can pick-up a banjo and be playing a chord right off the bat. Okay, now the next chord I wanna tell you about is the D seventh chord. And you're just gonna use your middle and index finger for that. It's just two notes. And in the middle of this G chord, you're gonna add the index on the first fret of the second string, right there. And the middle goes on the second fret of the third string. Third string, second fret. And what you wanna do when you're fingering the chord, you wanna be up close to the fret. This is the fret here. You don't wanna be back here. Because, if you're back here, or back here, you may…
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