Chords for Robben Ford Guitar Lesson - Essential Triads - TrueFire

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_ _ _ So I want to [B] show you some [Em] voicings _ [E] _ _ that I use a lot in my rhythm playing.
[F] Something like this.
[B] _ [E] These things work really nicely.
What I like about them is [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] they're on the low end of the guitar,
_ _ which you don't really _ necessarily hear a lot of that from guitar players _ these days.
_ Especially after people got more and more into lead work,
the rhythm playing kind of went out the window. _
_ _ _ _ Being _ _ _ _ a soloist and really enjoying being a soloist,
_ _ and moving towards rhythm playing more and more, and really taking_ _ _
_ _ _ I'm going to talk a lot about rhythm.
It's become just about my favorite topic.
_ Again, because you just don't hear a lot of strong rhythm playing out there these days.
_ So _ I like to turn guitar players' attention back towards _ chords, _ and _ pocket, and groove.
So I was [E] playing _ something_
_about rhythm.
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G]
So [E] _ _ _ that's basically all in E, right?
_ _ _ _ _ E7 or E raised 9.
_ [Em] _ [A] [Bm] Pentatonic [G] scale obviously works with all that.
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And I want to show you some chord voicings _ that I use a ton.
_ E is [Em] probably every guitar player's favorite key,
because you really seem to have the entire range of the guitar in front of you [D] there.
You've [Am] got the harmonics open to [E] you.
_ The lowest note on the guitar to the highest note on the guitar.
_ _ So I'm going to focus on kind of the low end of the instrument here.
[A] _ _ _
_ Basically what I'm [E] going to play is E, _ [A] A, _ _ [Em] G.
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There's A [D] again.
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E.
So [Gb] it's E, A, and D triads that I'm going to [Ab] play for you here.
_ And [D] just use them across the [E] instrument.
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_ _ [E] There's that G chord as well, right?
E, [A] [Em] A, G.
That kind of takes it minor.
[E] Now it's sort of a minor chord instead of a major chord.
[A] _ [E] _ _ _
It [Em] _ _ _ [A] [E] works in a blues context.
If you play [Em] _ _ those _ notes, the open strings on the guitar, you just play E minor, right?
_ _ _ [Bb] Because that's a G [G] triad. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] So we're using G in here as well.
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ [A] E, [Em] A, G, [A] [D] A, _ [E] D, _ [D] E, _ _ _ [Em] _ _
G, _ [A] _ [E] A, _ F.
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[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _
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[D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
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_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Now that was a couple of different voicings.
So the D [A] chord, _ _ _ the A chord, with E in the root like that.
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_ That's E as well.
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I just love that low, woody sound, you know? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hendrix did a lot of [F] that.
Like, when cries marry. _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [B] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ [B] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ [F] _
The _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ sound of the guitar is just wonderful [E] in these cases where you're [Ebm] really hearing [E] _ _ [Fm] _ air _ _ _ _ _ [C] in the sound. _ _
_ _ _ _ Strats and Tele's are real good for that.
Other guitars, [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ what can anyone say?
It just has this kind of clarity, but depth.
It's a beautiful thing. _
So, [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
back to my thing here.
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[D] _ [E] _ One other chord I'll play, one other voicing I'll play [D] in a bit.
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_ _ [A] _ _ [D] A, [G] D, and [Em] G.
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_ [E] _ _ _ Fourths are a series of notes _ _ [Gb] _ four steps away from each other.
One, [Ab] two, three, [A] four, if you play a major scale.
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[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ We'll limit [E] ourselves to this one [Em] here.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [E] _ Don't be afraid to just spank the [Em] guitar.
Just play. Enjoy. _ _ _ _ _