Do you like it more? Capos, like chords, are wonderful things. Finally, capo the second fret and try it all again. Then try this two frets higher, to play A and A6sus4 as we did before. Play music in the background Access your downloads, including smart downloads Switch seamlessly between audio and video, only with YouTube Music-Only first-time YouTube Red, Music Premium, YouTube Premium and Google Play Music subscribers are eligible for free trials, introductory offers or promotional pricing. Then play the G6sus4 after the barre chord G from figure 5. Similar chords do come around in different songs, but there’s no way you could ever describe Mitchell’s music as repetitive. With practice, you can get used to the sound of these chords and start pickingįigure 7 should start on the open D from figure 1, then go to D6sus4 and D7 and back to D6sus4 – it’s Mitchell showing her rollicking rock ’n’ roll side. Try the first two chords in one bar and the A11/D chord in bar 2, or experiment with the G/D and A7 chords from figure 4. In figure 6, we’ve also doubled the open D of the fourth string on the fifth fret of the fifth string. In this tuning, you can play a massive D5 chord just by fretting the note A on the third fret of the third string. Try it two frets higher still, for an A and A6 combination. The two G chords are there to demonstrate that these can be played as moveable shapes. You’ll get the famous Chuck Berry-style alternating major and sixth chord boogie, but it’ll be fatter than ever before as you can play all six strings. To play figure 5, you need to start on the open-string D major chord from figure 1, and simply alternate the D6 chord. Mitchell was the capo queen – using it on most of her songs either to lighten the texture of chords, or simply to raise the pitch of a song to the point where it suited her voice. Try gentle strumming or fingerpicking, and most of all try a capo, somewhere around the fourth fret. In figure 1, you can move back and forth between the first two chords as often as feels right, and then take the option to land on the open D chord to complete the sequence. Ideally, you want a guitar with a fixed bridge as retuning can play havoc with floating bridges. We’re thinking acoustic for the most part, but if an electric is all you have to hand, give it a try. If you’ve not tried this tuning before, it can be surprising how deep and resonant it can make a guitar sound. That leaves the G string, which can be tuned to the fourth Then drop the B string down to an octave above the open A string. Without a tuner (starting in standard tuning), it can be quick to tune the two E strings an octave below and above the D. With a chromatic guitar tuner, you just drop the sixth, fourth, third and first strings down. For all the examples in this lesson, we need to be in open D tuning.

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