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Each lesson contains the following sections:
• INFO: The Info page gives you valuable, additional information
on each lesson (this is the information shown below).
• PLAY ALONG: The Play Along feature gives you background
tracks to practice with.
• TAB/NOTATION: A complete Tab/Notation section is provided
for each lesson.
• HANDS: A Hands section provides actual video or a Flash
animation of the Hand movement required for the lesson.
• MAIN TUTORIAL: The Main Turorial of the lesson allows
you to step through each fingering of the lesson one at a time.
CHORD FORMS USED IN THIS LESSON
There are only a few chord forms used in this lesson. The information section for this lesson is meant to point them out to you. We don't go into every chord form here but we do cover 3 that are used several times. Every chord in this chord melody uses only the top 4 strings (1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th strings.) This is by design. As you learn this chord melody, you'll notice that it seems to have a "4-part harmony" sound. If you listen closely you can hear "voices" moving beneath the melody.
THE 6/9 CHORD FORM
Most of the chords used here omit or "imply" some of the chord notes. Take a look at the first one, the "6/9" form, in the picture directly to the right. At the beginning of the tune, the first chord is G 6/9. The notes of the G 6/9 chord are as follows:
G, B, D, E and A
The only notes we actually play are the E, A, D and G. So the B note is implied here. As an aside, this same chord form can be used in place of a full C 6/9 chord. That's because the notes that make up the C 6/9 are as follows: C, E, G, A and D. Again the notes you're actually playing are E, A, D and G. So, the C note is implied. That makes this a good chord form to use if you have a bass player who's playing the C note for you.
