Chords for Essential R&B Guitar Techniques To Play With Soul And Stand Out by Kerry 2 Smooth

_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Hi, I'm Keri T.
Smooth, and in today's lesson, we're going to talk about playing muted playing,
also how to use a pentatonic scale to give us really cool riffs while we're playing,
and also how to just use it all together to really [Am] make our playing stand out.
So I'm going to play through a couple of examples, I'm going to break it down for you.
Here we go.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [N] Okay, so our main chords that we're using here [Am] is going to be the A minor seven, _ _ _ _ the
E [Em] minor seven, F _ _ major [F] seven.
_ _ [Abm] So we're using the [G] pentatonic scale, the A minor pentatonic.
_ [E] _ _ _ _
So when we're doing these [Bb] kind of licks, we're going to play muted, and that means like really
using the heel of our hand to sit right here on the bridge.
_ Just rest it, you don't have to [G] worry about it, just rest it, you know, like if you were
just kind of just casually playing.
And when you're [Bb] playing, you want to hear the sound.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ And I'm using [Abm] two strings at the same [G] time.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [Bb] So I'm using [A] the A string and G string.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ So if I'm not playing muted, you'll hear this. _
_ _ _ _ When I [G] get ready to do my riffs, I'm going to pull the string, I'm plucking the [Gb] string,
and I'm bending the string at the same time.
I'm bending down.
[Gbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ I'm plucking, really I'm picking [Eb] the string in between my pick.
[Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
[E] And when I'm doing this chord down here, I'm really [Em] playing like an F shape, like I'm playing
an F triad.
But instead of [E] me holding down the E [Bb] string and playing the F, I'm leaving [F] it open.
_ _ _ [B] And then with my pinky, I'm hammering on [Dm] the B string.
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _
[Am] It's _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] like I'm recycling the same lick.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gbm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _ _
And everything we [C] do when we use that chord, it's about a timing issue.
So if it's taking you a little bit longer to squeeze that chord in, then don't play it.
But if you can get it [Dm] in there, _ [Bb]
and within the proper [Eb] time, then definitely do it.
[A] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] So me, [E] instead of me playing the bass note in that F major 7, [F] _ _ _ [C] and _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ I'm recycling [B] that
same lick, I'm just playing the different [Gm] octaves.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ And you'll see me do a lot of plucking and bending.
[Bb] That's really to kind of give you that oomph.
You don't want to play it so straight so that way the song and that particular part [Eb] doesn't have character.
You as a guitarist, when you're playing those parts, you've got to give that attitude, [N] that
oomph when you're playing so the way that people can feel what you're saying.
That's kind of that soul that people talk about.
So if you do it, [Bb] _
it sounds cool.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ See [G] again, I'm using that muted.
_ [E] _ _ And you can always [Bb] go in and out with that muted.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] So hopefully you enjoyed that lesson.
Again, I just want to recap that we talked about playing, using the A minor pentatonic
scale, playing with soul, kind of using those plucking and bending.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] _ [E] And a lot of that stuff you can experiment with.
Once you get those licks, just [Eb] experiment.
You may like to bend up, you may not like to bend down.
And then playing [Dm] this chord.
_ _ _ [E] Again, it's that [Bb] F shape, but we're not playing that E [F] string, we're leaving that open. _ _
And then we're going to hammer [Dm] on the B string.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Eb] So hopefully that helped you out.
Again, like I said, [G] it's just the A minor pentatonic [E] scale. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ [F] So hopefully that'll help you out.
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