GIVE THANKS - Guitar Chords & Lyrics

GIVE THANKS

_____E__________B_________
Give thanks with a grateful heart
_____C#m________G#m_____
Give thanks unto he Holy One
_____A________________E____C#m___D______B_
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son
_____E__________B_________
Give thanks with a grateful heart
____C#m_________G#m_______
Give thanks unto the Holy One
____A_________________E____C#m___D______B_
Give thanks because He's given Jesus Christ, His Son


____G#m_______C#m___________F#m____
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
_______B7__________Emaj7
Let the poor say, "I am rich
__________C#m____________D______B7
Because of what the Lord has done for us"
____G#m_______C#m___________F#m____
And now let the weak say, "I am strong"
_______B7__________Emaj7
Let the poor say, "I am rich
__________C#m____________D______B7
Because of what the Lord has done for us"
____E____
Give thanks...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Musically yours,
Kathy Unruh

Lead Guitar Tips

The other day one of my guitar students decided she wanted to learn how to play lead guitar. It wasn't enough that I had already shown her how to play the lead parts to a few songs. Now she wanted to learn how to improvise and create leads for her own songs.

One of the first things I suggested is that she memorize where all the natural tones are located on the 5th and 6th strings. This is a good place to begin for anyone who wants to learn lead guitar because it will provide a foundation for identifying the chords and scales you will be using.

5th String:

 0     1      2      3      4       5     6      7       8      9     10    11    12
A |-----|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|-----|--E--|--F--|-----|--G--|-----|--A--|

6th String:

0    1      2      3      4      5        6      7       8      9     10    11    12
E|--F--|-----|--G--|-----|--A---|-----|--B--|--C--|-----|--D--|-----|--E--|

The natural tones on the fretboard can be used to represent a specific key in music, so knowing where they are located will make it easier to learn lead guitar riffs and chords for these seven keys.

However, pentatonic scales are the real backbone for creating guitar solos. There are five major and five minor pentatonic scale patterns that you will want to learn if you desire to play lead for a variety of musical genres such as blues, rock, country, etc.

This will take some time obviously, but you can begin playing lead guitar fairly quickly by learning the most common pattern first. Here's what it looks like in the key of A Minor...
 

 
                           
Notice that the natural tone A is on the 6th string at the fifth fret.  This tone is the root of the scale (starting point) and also identifies the key you are playing in. Each finger plays one fret in the pattern, beginning with your first (index) finger at the fifth fret.  The finger sequence is as follows...

1st string  1, 4
2nd string 1, 4
3rd string  1, (3), 4
4th string  1, 3
5th string  1, (2), 3
6th string  1, 4

*  The note on the 5th string (2) and 2nd string (3) is called a "blues" note.  It is commonly added to a  5 tone pentatonic scale.

Learn more about lead guitar with these free guitar lessons...

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Till next time...

Keep practicing!

Kathy Unruh

LEARN A SONG BY EAR...

If you have ever tried to learn a song by ear, then you may have experienced just how time consuming it can be.

Back in the days when vinyl records, tape and radio were the only forms of media available, it could be a real hassle. With cassette tape, you would have to guess where a song started and then keep rewinding and playing it over and over until you got it figured out. This could literally take hours.

Granted, it is a little easier to do these days since music is being recorded to more sophisticated formats such as digital mp3s and CDs, which makes it possible to start and stop the music at specific points. However, it can still be very difficult to figure out a song if the music is particularly fast, or hard to hear.

One solution to remedy this problem may be to use a software program that slows the music down. For example, I used a nifty little program called Song Surgeon to figure out the lead guitar part to the rock and roll classic American Woman by the Guess Who.

Here's a clip of the recorded version:



All I had to do was copy the song from my CD to my computer. After that, I just loaded the file into Song Surgeon and selected the part I wanted to learn. Then I slowed the tempo down so I could hear the notes that were being played. It's a very simple process that most people can do with very little effort.

So, if you've been trying to figure out how to play some of your favorite songs by ear, this is a much faster way to do it. You could even use a software program like this to supplement any guitar tab you may already have and make the entire learning process more enjoyable.

There is a free demo of Song Surgeon available if you'd like to give it a try. Here's the link...

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Have fun!

Till next time...

Keep practicing!
Kathy Unruh