Acoustic Guitar for Beginners: Advanced Guide for Playing Songs and Recording Guitar Like A Pro by Sheldon Peter F

Author:Sheldon, Peter F. [Sheldon, Peter F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-22T16:00:00+00:00

Learning Your First Song

The first song any guitarist learns to play is always a special and memorable one for them. In our group of guitarists, each of us reminisce the first song we learned to play with special regards. So, we wanted to start your journey with a one truly special song – Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. This sentimental love song revolves around a plethora of feelings. Surprisingly, it is not cheesy, like many other romantic songs, and perfectly depicts the mind of a true lover. The genre of this song surprisingly rocks, all though few categorize it as blues.

It goes without saying that anyone should listen to the original songs first before trying to play. However, what we want to focus here is the direction you take when listening to the song. When you listen to 'Chasing Cars,' pay close attention to the instrumentals rather than the lyrics. Try recognizing each tune, note, sound you here and ask yourself what it could be. With the help of this tutorial and your own practice, you should be able to recognize the acoustic part of the song easily. In our tutorial, we will teach you the acoustic version of the song.

Just as you have noticed, the song can be divided into two parts. The first part is the one where we hear peaceful picking in the intro of the song. To play the acoustic version of this, we will play a progression of two strings being picked individually and alternately. For the first part, press finger 1 against the 7th fret of the D string. Next, place finger 4 on the 9th fret of the G string. You will hold both of them down and play each string alternately.

The second part is the rhythmic strumming sequence using the simple 4/4 beat. However, we will follow a few changes in the beat. When saying '1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and', you play the D string on the numbers and the G string on the 'and's. In simpler words, strum the D string on '1', strum the G string on 'and,' then again strum the D string on '2', and so on. The 4/4 beat will be repeated twice. This means we pick the strings for a total of sixteen times, eight in each beat. The strumming pattern being used here is also called a 2/4 beat. Try practicing this while listening to the song.

The next part is where the full chords come in. To play this famous song, we will be using the very basic elementary chords we learned in this book – the A major, E major, and D major chords. This progression will run through the entirety of this song. The order of the chords in the progression will be.

A-A-E-E-D-D

As you can see, we will repeat the beat twice for each chord. The strumming pattern will be the same variation of the 4/4 beat discussed above. This strumming pattern will lead to a total of sixteen downward strums for each of three chords within the time period of two 4/4 beats.

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