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- Beginner's Chord LessonLEVEL 2Starting on the guitar can be difficult as you are learning the chords. This lesson should help you in that matter.
- Chord MelodiesLEVEL 4Building up melodies by using exotic chord forms.
- Chord EmbellishmentsLEVEL 5In this lesson we'll explore chordal phrasing over a simple backing track. This lesson should help you spice up your rhythm tracks and inspire you to create smooth layers of chordal work.
- Chord Pivoting #1LEVEL 4Using single note to create harmonic variation on given harmony.
- Chord Pivoting #2LEVEL 3Using I-VI-II-V progression with pivot notes.
- Block chord modulationsLEVEL 5Jazz chord variation with modulations.
- Chord MelodyLEVEL 3Practical example to visualize various chord shapes and triads/quad-triads inversions on the fretboard!
- Building Chord ProgressionsLEVEL 1Learn how to build chord progressions in Major Keys.
- Funk Chord MelodiesLEVEL 5Your playing should have it all: rhythm, melody and chordal work. Here I show you how it can be done all at once!
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Carlos Carrillo21st February 2008david! i love yuor lesson!!thanks
rrhoadstributeplayer14th August 2007yes it does.it sounds great..but ya iam in jazz band and i need more chord inversion lessons..this really helped me out. and the Chord Lessons hes been making also really have helped..plz keep them coming dave ur really making me come a better guitarist with these lessons
fire2nd August 2007awesome oO
- David OToole25th July 2007Randy Rhoads lesson Aye ? Sounds exciting
- John
Well I have to say an RR lesson has been on my mind a while now great minds think alike eh
... love his stuff. What a shame what happened, happened. I really do wonder what he would be playing now, a terrible shame to lose him like that 
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Anyways I reckon I'll do one on Randy alright, would be a real pleasure - I'm a bit stuck for time at the moment as I have other lessons and work on the boil at the moment (including the one that reminds me of him, it's just a chord progression one mind you, and not a specific Rhoads lesson). And I'm also moving to Ireland in a couple of weeks which is looming.
But I will make one asap if all goes well, and it'll be a specific Rhoad's lead one. Someone might get there before me, but there's plenty of his work to do a whole series on that fella I'm sure.
Cheerz
D 
Eat-Sleep-andJam24th July 2007Randy Rhoads lesson Aye ? Sounds exciting
- John- David OToole24th July 2007
Ah I just noticed that quote string above Kris, I read about that yesterday but didn't cop it completely.
Ok no more quotes without edits gotcha.
D - David OToole24th July 2007
Great glad you found it useful. Just to mention I'm a big Randy Rhoads fan too btw
. And in one of the chord lessons coming up I couldn't help but think of him.
Dvery helpful lesson david i loved it we need more lessons like this where we can expirement with different chords in exercises..learned alot just in this lesson keep them coming - rrhoadstributeplayer24th July 2007
very helpful lesson david i loved it we need more lessons like this where we can expirement with different chords in exercises..learned alot just in this lesson keep them coming
- Eat-Sleep-andJam23rd July 2007
Kris-Oh
, must be an irish thing ?
- John 
Kai Muehlenbruch23rd July 2007YEAH! that one surely is usefull
the sound is also cool and it could expand ones ideas about music a lot...I like it a lot
Well done!
cheers,
Kai
Kristofer Dahl23rd July 2007Eat-Sleep-Jam: I have just learnt from Andrew that "Watch this space" means "stay tuned"
mattacuk23rd July 2007The Uncreator; agreed, i really like the last bit, its got a beauiful "something" to it !
- KGZ23rd July 2007
That's great stuff... I love how you fit those arpeggios in there. An arpeggio lesson would be awesome.
- LanceB23rd July 2007
This is awesome, a completely different turn from what I have been practicing lately, thanks David.
- Eat-Sleep-andJam23rd July 2007
Quote from David " Please watch this space "
I dont follow ?
- John 
The Uncreator23rd July 2007I love the phrasing in this lesson, sound otherworldy, great and beautiful lesson.
shredmandan22nd July 2007Good job David!!You have your own thing going on here and i think everyone likes it.Keep it up
- mattacuk22nd July 2007
I cant wait, I LOVE chords but i know only the basic bar shapes etc!
- David OToole22nd July 2007
Well thanks again guys!
re: mattacuk
Me and Kris have a little project planned to address that chords issue you mentioned, and it's in motion as we speak ....
re:
Eat-Sleep-andJam "the ideal lesson here at Gmc would be some creative chord progressions like this with a hint of lead mixed in ..."
Please watch this space.
D 
Marcus Lavendell22nd July 2007Just brilliant, David! Very nice feel.
- spdalton22nd July 2007
just what I was wanting! great lesson thanks!
- Kristofer Dahl22nd July 2007
Awesome lesson!
I agree with Eat-Sleep-Jam that a lesson with a chordal progression as well as lead notes would be awesome! - Eat-Sleep-andJam22nd July 2007
^ Couldnt agree with Mattacuk more. You know this is really great I think a the ideal lesson here at Gmc would be some creative chord progressions like this with a hint of lead mixed in
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David you really hit the nail on the head with this one
-John - mattacuk22nd July 2007
GMC has definatly been long due some awsome chord lessons, and David is definatly the man!
Muris Varajic22nd July 2007Very soft and nice David,well done again!!!
- Eat-Sleep-andJam22nd July 2007
Very Elegant playing. Some parts remind me a little of tender surrender by steve vai
Bravo- One of your best- John 
Andrew Cockburn22nd July 2007Thought so, pure class
- David OToole22nd July 2007
Thanx guys - yeh Andrew t'was indeed a good oul A6+9 - a real late nighter
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Stratman5822nd July 2007Another tool for the tool chest
Thanks!- Victafor22nd July 2007
nice! sounds great, helps my chord knowledge thanx a lot
- mattacuk22nd July 2007
I so totally needed this lesson, VERY usefull David and sounds beautiful !
- Andrew Cockburn22nd July 2007
Ahhhh - I love major 7ths and that last chord - A6+9 I think it was?
- Lesson
- My notes
Hi all GMCers! In this lesson we're looking at a cool way to play a chord right over the whole neck. This is referred to as "Chord Inversions".
Not only is the chord played in a different position, but the note order is changed around. This results in different sounds from the chords as different notes are emphasized. It's also used in soloing, but that's at a later stage and is somewhat 'Jazzy' in approach.
But first you need to learn the chord inversions and worry about the soloing later :).
Hope you enjoy the lesson, pick up some useful tips along the way, and of course increase your understanding and playing skills on our 6 string friend!
Drop me a line on the forums if you have any questions on it and hope you enjoy the lesson and pickup something useful - cheerz!
David
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