In the Jam Tracks section of the Guitar Alliance
Member's Site you'll find MP3 tracks that you can
download and practice with. You'll also looping tracks
that play right from the web page. An example of these
looping tracks can be found in the sample lesson below:
Sample Lesson: Ballad In C
This ballad in the key of C has as C, Am, FM7, GM6, C
chord progression. For the FM7 (F major 7th) and GM6 (G
major 6th) I use my thumb to play the root notes on the
low E string which enables me to play the high E string
open. Otherwise these would be just ordinary F and G chords
played using an E style barre chord pattern. With the
inclusion of the open E string the chord voicing are morphed
to FM7 and GM6.
Here's the progression:
I've created 2 lead guitar parts that go over this progression
. You should spend some time to come up with your own
lead parts for the progression. I used the C pentatonic
major scale to create both of my lead parts.
Both lead parts repeat the same phrases over and over.
They still sound fresh each time they are played because
of the changing chord voicing behind them.
Lead #1
This lead is compromised of one basic phrase:
It is repeated throughout the progression with slight
variations:
Take a listen to the audio sample below and see if you
can find where each lead phrase is played:
Lead #2
This lead part only has 2 deferent phrases. Since all
the note movements are done with slides, you can play
both phrases by using only your 1st finger to do all of
the fretting. You can do this by creating a barre on the
high E and B strings using your 1st finger on the 8th
fret. All you have to do to get the other notes is slide
your finger up and down the fretboard.
