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Today's lesson is all about playing percussive fingerstyle progressions in 6/8, but what does that mean?
A lot of very popular songs are written using this time signature, most notably nothing else matter and House of the rising sun.
After todays lesson you will:
-Have a better understanding on the 2 most commonly used time signatures.
-Know how to add percussive elements in these context.
-Know how to make boring chord progressions sound great!
This will allow you to express yourself more freely, and open up a whole new world of possibilities for you.
Let's get started!
So we previously learned that its best to use the percussive sound on beats 2 and 4.
But that was in a 4/4 time signature where we count things as: 1 2 3 4 (Repeat)
Check out min @0:22 For a quick demonstration.
But now that we're in 6/8 we have two ways of seeing things.
We either count as:
-123 456 (Repeat)
-1 2 (Repeat)
Here are the chords we're using for today's lesson: (You can use Em or Em7)
This is also know as a I-vi-IV-V in the key of G.
If you have no idea what this means don't worry, as long as you can play the chords you're good to go.
Disclaimer: When adding the percussive sound, make sure you're doing a circular motion. Check min @2:51 for a demonstration.
As long as you follow the progression, you're hitting the right timing, you can use different pairs of strings, experiment and have fun with this!
Check out min @4:33 for the demonstration.
We have thousands of songs just like that, they use the same chord progression and the same time signature.
This was a fun way of integrating the things you already know to help you elevate your guitar playing.
Make sure you apply the same concepts to other progressions you know in 6/8.
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