#Tux guitar words how to#
#Tux guitar words pro#
#Tux guitar words software#
#Tux guitar words series#

Move the note we just moved to turn the Major chord into a minor chord down a further fret and now we have a Sus2 chord.

To turn the shape from Major to minor all we need to do is move the note on the 2nd string from the 12ft fret down to the 11th fret. MinorĬan you see the only difference between the Major and minor shape? One fret is the answer. Notice that we are playing all the way up on the 12th fret, so this G will sounds a fair bit higher in pitch than our typical G. The Major version of the shape is the most important as it’s the most used, so commit this shape to memory. Let’s get down to it, and learn these super simple, super cool shapes that will help you on the road to becoming an intermediate player in no time.

#Tux guitar words series#

The 4 chord types we will look at in this series of lessons are: Most guitarists wouldn’t have a clue which is a real shame.įear not though, in this series of lessons, we will leap frog you past most of those guitar players and make them salivate with jealously every time they watch you play. Now, if you wanted to play a G Major chord, but make it diverse and interesting (and higher in pitch), how would you do it? (The root note for the chord is shown in red) If you are like most guitarists out there and have never been taught to venture from the norm, I’m guessing you would play it like the following (or the version with the open 2nd string): If I was to ask you to play a G Major chord, where would you play it?

#Tux guitar words how to#

Killer 3 string chords are such a simple little technique, yet most guitarists don’t even know they exist, and the ones that do don’t know how to use them – apart from those badass seasoned pro’s you hear down the clubs and most of the great’s you have ever admired.Įveryone can play chords down on the low frets. In this lessons we will look in depth at shape 1, and it’s 4 varieties.Īll the chords in this series of lessons are played entirely on the first 3 strings of the guitar, are completely movable up and down the fretboard, are extremely useable in the real world and act as a great gateway between open chords and barre chords. There are 3 actual shapes and 4 different varieties of each shape. Learning alternate ways to play familiar chords will give you a huge amount more range and diversity to your playing that will help make you sound head and shoulders above pretty much 99% of guitarists out there.ĭuring this series of lessons we are going to look at 12 killer 3 string chords – or to call them by their official name – triads. It's great for learning songs and breaking down or looping bits of the solo's at different speeds.Johnny Marr at the AIM awards 2019 by Jwslubbock, licensed under (CC BY-SA 4.0)Ī really simple way to spice up your chord based guitar playing is to learn alternate versions of the chords you already know and then get deep down and dirty with them. I've made a few backing tracks out of each.

#Tux guitar words software#

I also like the Band in a Box software suite, but that's really costly and tries to do too much. Some of the other features got improved, like reliable WAV output and such. Spend some time tinkering with bass/drum effect settings and such for good sound. Some previous versions don't line up song setting perfectly when openng with GP6. There's also some issue of importing user community files that may not be correct and such. The GP latest version has great sound quality. You've obiously made you decision, but I'll come in late with my opinion.

#Tux guitar words pro#

So i'll probably stick with Tux at the moment, but might get guitar pro further down the line, as it seems highly recommended.

Thanks Ray, I went with the Tux guitar thing because it was free :-) And bought a pocket pod instead - which I'm liking :-)