Common Guitar Chord Progressions.
In Pop, Rock, Folk and Country music. (Part 1 - 4/4 time)
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The following chord progression exercises below, are about you learning how to add guiding or "walking" bass lines within the chord progressions to give the chords a feeling of movement between the chords. Each progression exercise is to be played with only four (eighth) notes for each chord. I tabbed-out the easiest way to do this, but I strongly encourage you to find other patterns to play that might sound even better. This means that instead of playing from the lowest string to the highest string for each chord, mix it up a little. Try jumping between strings or choosing other strings in the chords. Make sure you use your metronome!
Experiment using your Capo!
Another thing you might want to try is using a capo in various places on the neck of your guitar. I guarantee that you will recognize some of these progressions in many, many songs.
Who plays like this?
Dan Fogelberg, James Taylor, John Denver, The Beatles, Jimmy Buffett, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Jim Croce, Heart, Led Zeppelin...and that’s just for starters.
These chord progressions are also common in Country and Folk music too. You can use either finger-style or you can use a pick. Either way works, depending on your mood.
Exercise 1 - From C to Am7 and back.
Exercise 2 - From G to Em7 and back.
Exercise 3 - From D to A7sus.
Exercise 4 - From Dadd9 to Dadd9/A.
Exercise 5 - From Dadd9 to Dadd9/Bb.
Exercise 6 - From F to F/C, then from Bb to Bb/C.
Exercise 7 - From A to A/E.
Do these exercises often so that hearing and recognizing the bass walking progressions between the chords becomes more familiar to you.
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