Am Movable Shape
(audio example is A#/Bb root on the 1st fret) Fret/Chord Chart You can determine the name of the chord when the root (lowest) note is… Read More »Am Movable Shape
Kenny E Mann
Beginner Strumming Lesson 13
Do you think you’ve got chord changing down? Are you, at least, getting better? I hope so, because this lesson’s exercise is going to put… Read More »Beginner Strumming Lesson 13
Beginner Strumming Lesson 12
The Exercise Same strumming pattern as the previous lesson, we’ll just be using different chords. Chords Used Newton’s Third Law of motion says that for every… Read More »Beginner Strumming Lesson 12
Beginner Strumming Lesson 11
The Exercise This is a fairly common strumming pattern that’s found in many songs.
Beginner Strumming Lesson 10
The Exercise In this lesson, we’re mixing eighth notes with quarter notes. We’re also changing chords in the middle of the measures, so not only… Read More »Beginner Strumming Lesson 10
Diminished and Augmented Chords
Download the video. The diminished chord is an interesting chord. It is called the leading note because the seventh note of any scale naturally leads back… Read More »Diminished and Augmented Chords
Pentatonic Power
Here’s the diagrams that go with this video: C Pentatonic Scale Sequence In the diagram below you can see all 5 scale patterns in the… Read More »Pentatonic Power
Blues Jam In D#
Here’s the key of D# (D sharp). It’s the same thing as Db (D flat). Here are the proper scale patterns to use for this… Read More »Blues Jam In D#
Blues Jam In F
The key of F is our focus in this lesson. The video below demonstrates the scale patterns used for the key of F: Fig. 1… Read More »Blues Jam In F
Blues Jam In G#
In this lesson we’ll jam in our 12th and final key signature. It’s the key of G# (G sharp) and is the same as saying… Read More »Blues Jam In G#