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This is a work in progress ... that bossa nova lesson I did for the site has attracted 92,000 views at YouTube, for some reason, so I thought I'd write another. People seem to love the bossa nova. This one needs some more tightening up, but I quickly filmed what I have so I can remember what it is and where I play in on the fretboard.
Nicely done. A great candidate for a master lesson.
Steve Cass
Solid Walnut Music/ASCAP
Becoming a great guitarist has less to do with fancy moves than it does becoming a master of the basics and learning musicianship.
It's not what you can't do. It's how you play what you already know.
Download the PDF of the 'Guitar Chord Slide Rule', print it out, fold it together and you'll have at your disposal a very neat tool that will not only show you all the positions for the main flavors of chords, but will also teach you a very important lesson about how the guitar works... It consists of a folded sleeve and six double sided inserts, instructions for cutting it out and folding it together are included with the PDF ... it's very simple to do, and if you botch it, you can simply print it out again!