Chords for "Sunshine" by Jonathan Edwards EASY GUITAR LESSON !

_ _ _ _ _ _ Welcome to my video on Sunshine by Jonathan Edwards.
In this video you're
gonna find easy chords for your fretting hand, an opportunity to use the capo [Gm] on
the first fret of your guitar, and I'm going to show you two strumming
patterns.
A nice simple pattern that I call the basic strum.
You might be
familiar with this.
I have a video on this strum elsewhere on the website.
And
also the authentic strumming pattern, [Bb] a little more advanced.
So [Eb] let's get down
to business.
_ _ _ Let's learn the basic strum pattern.
I have my capo at the first fret
to put me in the right key for this song.
And I have my A major chord.
Here's
the strum pattern.
_ [Bb] _ _ Down, down, up, up, down, up, down, down, up, up, down, up.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now of course we're gonna go a little bit faster than that, but let me give you a
couple of quick tips.
First of all, [Eb] on the A chord we're not hitting the sixth
string.
So avoid the sixth string when you're strumming the A chord.
Also [Bb] those
upstrokes, _ I may be hitting only one or two or possibly three strings in those
upstrokes.
[G] Definitely do not [Eb] make an effort to play four or five strings on
those upstrokes.
Think light and quick on those upstrokes.
Another important point
is, I've taught this pattern to many people, and I see where lots of people
get confused.
[Gb] In this pattern there's a point where you do two upstrokes in a
row.
[Bb] Watch this.
Down, down, up.
And here comes the next upstroke.
Up, down, up.
Now in between those two
upstrokes is a silent downstroke.
[Eb] I'm going to illustrate [Gb] that.
I'm going to say the
word miss as I go down, but I miss the strings.
Watch this.
[Bb] _
Down, down, up, miss.
Up, down, up.
_ _ Okay, down, down, up.
Up, down, up.
I'm going to put the word miss back in there.
Down, down, up, miss.
Up, down, up.
_ Now that pattern is going to work well for the whole song.
Okay, if you'd [N] like to
see the more advanced pattern you can check out my website.
But this pattern
works well not just for Sunshine by Jonathan [Eb] Edwards, but for lots and lots
of songs.
[Bb] Okay, let's move on. _ _
So let's apply the basic strum pattern to Sunshine.
You'll need [Eb] three chords for the verse, A, D, and E.
I'll strum you through those
chord changes.
We'll talk about a little tip to help your fretting hand get
through those chord changes quickly, and then we'll get right into the chorus
where you'll also need a G major chord.
Here we go. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's your verse.
At that point in the song it repeats and there's a second
verse.
Now you saw the A, D, and E chords.
I hope you're familiar with those chords.
Here's my tip.
_ When you're doing the basic strum pattern, [N] down, down, up, up, down, up,
that final upstroke is the perfect time to actually depart from the chord you're
on and begin transitioning to the next chord.
Now that means on that [Bb] final
upstroke, I'll illustrate it here, down, down, up, up, down, [Ab] up, your [Fm] fretting hand will be
leaving the strings.
The final upstroke will sound kind of like open [Ab] strings.
Not
[Gm] exactly harmonious in the way we want, but have faith that as you get faster at
strumming, at chord changes, that upstroke of the open strings will become very,
very, very unnoticeable.
What people will really notice is how you nail the
downstroke on the next chord.
Okay, so I call that leaving early.
You are allowed
to leave early.
Everybody does it so that you can make it to the next chord in the
nick of time.
And that final upstroke, _ down, down, [Bb] up, up, down, up, [Eb] that final upstroke
is exactly the right time to begin changing to whatever the next chord is.
Not just for this song, but in lots and lots of situations.
Okay, so let's get
into the chorus.
The chorus is even easier.
Watch out, there's a G major chord coming up. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, _ _ _ [Bb] so we went from simple downstrokes, it doesn't get any easier than that, back
to the basic strum.
I think you've got the idea. _ _
_ _ _ Now, before we wrap up here, I want
to point out that the capo at the first fret puts us in the key of B-flat.
If
you're not [Gm] sure what that means, if you're not sure how a capo affects the
key of a song, I have some videos for you, both on YouTube and on my website.
I have
a series of music theory videos, and on my website I have a video on how to use a
capo, what a capo does to [Eb] a song.
So check those out.
Now, I also want to point out
that the authentic strum for [Bb] this tune _ _ _ _ [Eb] is really worth mastering, even if you
only can play at a medium speed at first, not quite as fast as Jonathan Edwards.
First of all, this song doesn't have to go super fast to be a great tune.
Second
of all, even at a medium speed, this strumming pattern sounds great and can
be used for lots and lots of songs.
So it's really worth mastering.
Okay, then
thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time.