Chords for Moonlight Sonata Guitar Tutorial - Easy to Play Arrangement!

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160.95 bpm
Chords used:

E

Am

C

G

Em

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Moonlight Sonata Guitar Tutorial - Easy to Play Arrangement! chords
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Hey guys, welcome back to the channel.
I hope you guys are having a great day today.
For this week's video, we've got a tutorial lined up for you guys.
We're going to go through the first part of Moonlight [F] Sonata.
Now, Moonlight Sonata has one of the most beautiful haunting [Ab] melodies ever written.
This one's by Beethoven, and I've arranged it for really simple guitar so that [F] anybody just learning
can pick it up [Ab] and play along.
Now, if you'd like to get the sheet music for this arrangement,
you can grab it from my Etsy store by following the link above.
I've posted two arrangements there.
One that we're going to go through today for easy guitar, and the second one for intermediate
[G] guitar that has more accurate harmonies.
All right, so the tab's going to be on the screen.
[N] I'm going to play through it for you guys sort of full speed, [Gb] and then we'll go back and play
it slowly so that we can play through it together.
Let's take a listen.
[Am]
[C]
[F]
[Bb] [E]
[Am] [E]
[A]
[Am]
[E]
[Am]
[Dm]
[C] [G]
[C]
All right, so that's what [Ab] this introductory arrangement sounds like.
It's very scaled [E] back
so that you never have to play more than one note at the same time.
So you could even play this with
a pick if you wanted to, although I think using your fingers will be best.
So the pattern is just
going to go thumb, index, middle.
So just like this, [Am] thumb, index, middle, thumb, index, middle.
Okay, [E] and for most of the shapes, your right hand is going to remain static on a chord shape,
and it's just going to be up to your right hand to play the arpeggios.
Okay, so the first measure
is an A minor chord, so nothing too crazy there.
[Am]
[E] Okay, now on the harder arrangement up on the Etsy
store, [G] you would go to your G, so [Am] it'd be like,
[C] [E] which is a more correct voicing, but for the
easier one, we've scaled that back and used the same notes and just rearranged them.
So we have an
A minor 7, same right hand pattern.
[C]
[E] Okay, now jumping to the next line, we have an F chord,
just for half the measure.
[F] Okay, now here what I like to do is to keep it smooth, the [Em] last note
before switching to this B flat is C, so we want to keep that finger on there.
[F] We don't want it to
sound too disjointed, so we'll go.
[C] And while that C is ringing, I want you guys to [A] take your middle
finger and then stack sort [E] of like an A major shape, but on third [G] fret, which is a B flat.
[Bb]
Okay, so that's that measure, [Em] and then here we've got a few different shapes to cover.
[E] The first is an E7, like this, [Ab] so not a typical shape that we would play every day [Gb] for most
[Em] players, so this one can be a little tricky, but second fret, first [E] fret, and third fret.
Then we just slide it back and drop it down to a regular A minor, [Am] and then bring your [E] index finger
up for an E major.
Okay, so that's definitely one [A] of the trickier [Ab] measures in the song, just because
you have to, you know, [E] go to three different shapes in that same measure.
Okay, let's jump [Em] to the next
line.
So we're back to our A minor chord, but this time we're going to [A] start on a bass note.
[Am]
[E] Okay, and you can hear that rhythm change [C] on the last two notes, just [G] leading in.
Okay, so watch out
for that, [E] and other than that, you're just going to have to shift your hand from the thicker strings
to the inside strings.
[Em] So it starts, you know, just use those same [A] three fingers,
[Am] and [E] that's where you'll make the change.
So you play the first three notes, drop your thumb down,
[Am]
and then while your [E] next note is ringing, I'd just like to take that ring finger, slide it up two
frets, and you're ready to go for the next shape.
And again, [G] the last two notes are faster, so watch
out for that, but yeah, all you're going to do is slide up, and then add your middle finger, ready to
go.
All right, so let's jump to the last line.
Now we've got an A minor chord and a D minor in the
[Em] same bar, which can be a little bit tricky, especially for new players.
It sounds like this.
[Am]
Okay, so that's a kind of a new finger [Em] pattern for the A minor, [Am]
and then we [E] drop it down to the D
[Dm] minor.
Okay, [G] and that's to kind of [E] keep some of the melody.
Again, in the more advanced version,
you'll get a truer sense of the actual harmony, but this is sort of a compromised way to get the
same spirit of the song.
And then we have [B] a C and a G [E] chord.
[C]
That's the [G] first half, and then G,
and we wrap up the song with C [C] major.
All right, I hope you guys enjoyed this [E] quick look at Moonlight
Sonata.
I sort of feel like it's one of those pieces that every musician should know, just
because it's such a famous and beautiful piece.
Again, you can grab the tab from the store if you
want the more intermediate version with the [F] proper harmonies and bass movements.
[Bb]
Other than that,
enjoy the song.
Have a great week, you guys.
We'll see you next week with a new video.
Take [N] care.
Key:  
E
2311
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
Em
121
E
2311
Am
2311
C
3211
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Hey guys, welcome back to the channel.
I hope you guys are having a great day today.
For this week's video, we've got a tutorial lined up for you guys.
We're going to go through the first part of Moonlight [F] Sonata.
Now, Moonlight Sonata has one of the most beautiful haunting [Ab] melodies ever written.
This one's by Beethoven, and I've arranged it for really simple guitar so that [F] anybody just learning
can pick it up [Ab] and play along.
Now, if you'd like to get the sheet music for this arrangement,
you can grab it from my Etsy store by following the link above.
_ I've posted two arrangements there.
One that we're going to go through today for easy guitar, and the second one for intermediate
[G] guitar that has more accurate harmonies.
All right, so the tab's going to be on the screen.
[N] I'm going to play through it for you guys sort of full speed, [Gb] and then we'll go back and play
it slowly so that we can play through it together.
Let's take a listen.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
All right, so that's what [Ab] this introductory arrangement sounds like.
It's very scaled [E] back
so that you never have to play more than one note at the same time.
So you could even play this with
a pick if you wanted to, although I think using your fingers will be best.
So the pattern is just
going to go thumb, index, middle.
So just like this, [Am] thumb, index, middle, thumb, index, middle. _ _ _ _
Okay, [E] and for most of the shapes, your right hand is going to remain static on a chord shape,
and it's just going to be up to your right hand to play the arpeggios.
Okay, so the first measure
is an A minor chord, so nothing too crazy there.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Okay, now on the harder arrangement up on the Etsy
store, [G] you would go to your G, _ so [Am] it'd be like,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] which is a more correct voicing, but for the
easier one, we've scaled that back and used the same notes and just rearranged them.
So we have an
A minor 7, same right hand pattern.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Okay, now jumping to the next line, we have an F chord,
just for half the measure.
[F] Okay, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ now here what I like to do is to keep it smooth, the [Em] last note
before switching to this B flat is C, so we want to keep that finger on there.
[F] We don't want it to
sound too disjointed, so we'll go. _ _ _
_ [C] _ And while that C is ringing, I want you guys to [A] take your middle
finger and then stack sort [E] of like an A major shape, but on third [G] fret, which is a B flat.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay, so that's that measure, [Em] and then here we've got a few different shapes to cover.
[E] The first is an E7, like this, [Ab] so not a typical shape that we would play every day [Gb] for most
[Em] players, so this one can be a little tricky, but second fret, first [E] fret, and third fret. _ _ _ _ _
_ Then we just slide it back and drop it down to a regular A minor, [Am] _ _ _ and then bring your [E] index finger
up for an E major. _ _ _
_ _ Okay, so that's definitely one [A] of the trickier [Ab] measures in the song, just because
you have to, you know, [E] go to three different shapes in that same measure.
Okay, let's jump [Em] to the next
line.
So we're back to our A minor chord, but this time we're going to [A] start on a bass note. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Okay, and you can hear that rhythm change [C] on the last two notes, _ _ just [G] leading in.
Okay, so watch out
for that, [E] and other than that, you're just going to have to shift your hand from the thicker strings
to the inside strings.
[Em] So it starts, you know, just use those same [A] three fingers, _ _ _
_ _ [Am] and [E] that's where you'll make the change.
So you play the first three notes, _ drop your thumb down,
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and then while your [E] next note is ringing, I'd just like to take that ring finger, slide it up two
frets, and you're ready to go for the next shape. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And again, [G] the last two notes are faster, so watch
out for that, but yeah, all you're going to do is slide up, and then add your middle finger, ready to
go.
All right, so let's jump to the last line.
Now we've got an A minor chord and a D minor in the
[Em] same bar, which can be a little bit tricky, especially for new players.
It sounds like this.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Okay, so that's a kind of a new finger [Em] pattern for the A minor, [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and then we [E] drop it down to the D
[Dm] minor. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, [G] and that's to kind of [E] keep some of the melody.
Again, in the more advanced version,
_ you'll get a truer sense of the actual harmony, _ but this is sort of a _ compromised way to get the
same spirit of the song.
And then we have [B] a C and a G [E] chord.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's the [G] first half, and then G,
and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ we wrap up the song with C [C] major. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ All right, I hope you guys enjoyed this [E] quick look at Moonlight
Sonata.
I sort of feel like it's one of those pieces that every musician should know, just
because it's such a famous and beautiful piece.
Again, you can grab the tab from the store if you
want the more intermediate version with the [F] proper _ harmonies and bass movements.
[Bb] _
Other than that,
enjoy the song.
Have a great week, you guys.
We'll see you next week with a new video.
Take [N] care. _

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