chord progression

Hey mate,

Yeah, that Bmin is a toughie at first, but you get used to it

Something that made the transitions easier for me was the following:

Instead of actually barring the whole chord, you can use your thumb to mute the bottom two strings and your fingers like so:

First finger:first string, second fret

Second finger: Second string, third fret

3rd finger: 4th string, fourth fret

4th finger: 3rd string, fourth fret

Heres a chart thingy. in case the above isnt clear.

the numbers on the chart denote which finger to press down with.

Fret

      =======

1    |  |  |  |  |  | 

2    |  |  |  |  |  1

3    |  |  |  |  2 |

4    |  |  3 4  | |

Lastly, Barre power chords, a simple concept that takes a while to get down.

to play pretty much any power chord, put down your first finger on any fret, and your third finger on the fret two frets higher.

The neck map, a quick way to remember is by knowing that the fifth fret on any string (except the third string, in which its the fourth) is equal in pitch to the next higher string.

the string pattern goes as such

E A D G B e

the lowercase "e" of course the top, and highest string

to start off, i'd reccomend learning the first four frets on each string, ill do two strings, the sixth and the fifth (E and A, respectively)

String |  Open | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th|

  E      |    E     |   F   | F#   |  G   |  G#|

  A      |    A     | A# |  B    |   C  |  C# |

If you know the rest of the strings, it goes like that.

Remember, the major scale goes (w for whole step, h for half step)

w w h w w w h

If none of this makes any sense to you, sorry, and try getting a music theory book or two!

Welcome!