Guitar Chords - How to Play Easy Rock Chord Progressions and Have More Fun Playing Your Guitar

Guitar playing is a great way to relax and unwindA /// | A /// | A /// | A /// | D /// | D /// | A /
particularly if your learn to remember songs via/ | A /// |
chord progressions. Many of our favorite songsE /// | D /// | A /// | A /// :||
share similar chord templates that make them16 Bar Blues - Be Bop A Lula (verse) - Paul
easy to remember.McCartney
Whenever we are confronted by vast numbersA /// | A /// | A /// | A /// |A /// | A /// | A //
of objects, tunes, people or anything else - our| A /// |
first step towards understanding how they fit intoD /// | D /// | A /// | A /// |E /// | D /// | A ///
the overall scheme of things should be to divide| A /// :||
and subdivide them into usable, understandable24 Bar Blues - Mustang Sally - The Commitments
categories.A /// | A /// | A /// | A /// |A /// | A /// | A //
The traditional approach to guitar playing is to| A /// |
learn each song as a complete new project, inD /// | D /// | D /// | D /// |A /// | A /// | A //
other words if you wanted to learn five new| A /// |
songs to play on the guitar, you would have toE /// | E /// | D /// | D /// |A /// | A /// | A ///
learn five songs entirely from scratch.| A /// :||
The professional guitarist would look (or listen) toHere's four popular variations of the 1 - 4 - 5
discover which category each song belonged to,progression:
this would make the whole process of learning(a) A / D / | E / / /||
and remembering new material much faster and(b) A / / / |D / E / ||
easier.(c) A / / / | D / / / | E / / / |E / / / ||
By analyzing the musical form and content that(d) A / D / | E / D /||
gives the music its particular character, we shouldListen as you play each progression, they should
arrive at an overall view of the subject - music. Asound familiar, for example, A / D / | E / D /| is
new perspective that might just lead to totalthe chord progression for "Wild Thing".
control.The 1 - 4 progression is a favorite of groups like
Some basic rock progressions are:The Beatles Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen etc.
1. Blues Chord ProgressionsBruce Springsteen's - Glory Days features this 1 -
2. 1 - 4 - 5 progressions4 chord progression:
3. 1 - 3 - 4 - 5 progressionsA /// | D ///| A /// | D /// :||
4. 1 - 4 progressionLive and Let Die (Wings) is based on the 1 - 3 - 4
5. Flamenco progressions- 5 progression while Dire Straight's "Sultan's Of
Let's take a look ...Swing" and Foreigner's - "Feels Like The First
Blues Chord Progressions - can be sub-divided intoTime" are both based on the
8, 12,16 andFlamenco progression.
24 bar versions.Sultans of Swing - Flamenco Progression
8 Bar Blues - Keys To The HighWay - B.B KingAm /// | G / F / | E /// | E /// ||
and Eric ClaptonFeels Like The First Time - Flamenco Progression
A /// | E /// | D /// | D /// | A /// | E /// | A //Am /// | G /// | F /// | E /// ||
| E /// :||I invite you to use these tips and tools when you
12 Bar Blues - Hound Dog - Elvisplay the guitar.