Chord Progression

[stevieblues]

Great win @Bhagy75! 👏🎸😎

[GerryB56]

Way to go! I feel the same about Bm and barre chords in general, not fearful of them anymore but tough to get consistent clean sound and make transitions quickly. It’ll be a great day when I can get my fingers to find those barre shapes automatically the way I can do most open chords now!

[the-old-coach]

Bhagy-

This is a big win!

The B minor chord is/was always a “busy” chord for me, too. Lots going on there- finding location(s) of the barre and all the fretted notes, all four fingers involved. I “get it”.

For me at last– it’s just sort of slow and clunky.

Sorry if I’m mentioning things you already know—— but may I offer a couple of maybe different perspectives?

1. Weird perspective #1— I always– always— do my A minor using the middle, ring, and pinkie— NOT index, middle, ring. (I know we’re talking about B minor here, not A minor). But quickly/cleanly landing the A minor— then just sliding-up two frets and throwing a barre on the second fret— might be an easier way to get to the B minor. To me it feels kind-of “automatic” after repetitive practice.

2. Weird- (and completely different)- perspective #2— There are multiple ways to play any– (actually every) chord. Let that sink in. In fact, in the CAGED system lessons in Fretboard Wizard show multiple ways to play any chord.

Example- (from FBW)- Play an E-shaped B chord- (sounds difficult– but it’s a really easy chord to get)- then just lift your middle finger off the G string, and you have an easier/faster B minor.

There’s an easy way to get there—- Make an E-minor chord– then just “slide the whole works up the neck” to barre at the seventh (B) fret, with the A & D strings still fretted two frets higher– (as they were in the original E minor). This is an E-shaped B chord– “minored” by lifting the finger off the G string. An E-shaped B-minor chord.

To prove it to yourself– go back and forth between the “traditional version” and the E-shaped version to verify the sound.

Anyway- sorry if I’ve overkilled this issue, or if it’s stuff you already know.

The B minor has always been a little “slower”- (and always needed a little extra “glance”)- than many chords.

Congrats on your big win!

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[Cadgirl]

@the-old-coach , great tips there!

[Bhagy75]

Thank you for the tips! I am in Fretboard Wizard now and learning the CAGED system. It is great…tough to remember all the shapes but I will keep going through it and practicing.

[Kitman]

Great win @Bhagy75 ! And @the-old-coach , look at you! Loving that you are sharing your learnings from FW! 😃

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[the-old-coach]

Cad and Kit-

Thanks for your nice words.

I have been sicker than a dog the last 5 days or so- (sinusy-crud)- so I haven’t been playing. But…… my brain has been in overdrive- (and that’s never good😜).

As a result….. I’ve been playing my “Brain Games”— a LOT.

As I bounce back and forth between FBW and my “No Bull” books, I sort-of “play them off of each other”, going back and forth from one to the other– up and up.

They both contain WAAAAY much information!!!! However– (in my limited-skill and experience opinion)– some of it- (especially in the “No Bull” books)- is really un-useful and un-necessary unless you want to be a real student of guitar theory itself. (Example- the famed Circle of Fifths…. what is that all about anyway?- I have well-studied it, but don’t understand all the hype).

Anyway— all this information is like having a GIANT toolbox of really specialized tools that you don’t really have much idea of how to USE.

In the TAC Fretboard Wizard course, however, Tony “builds that bridge”. He provides these “tools”—– but they also come with an easy-to-understand packet of directions on how to actually USE them in the real world of meat-heads like me learning how to play guitar.

I think I am gonna start taking all the excellent knowledge that’s in FBW, and start to find those “paths” that bring all this learning to a point where I can USE it day-in, day-out.

Tony alludes to fact that we can use the FBW lessons and apply them to our Daily Challenges. I personally am having a hard time “getting” that…… But… I’ll “get there”…

If anybody has any suggestions as to build that bridge from knowledge to usefulness- please share.

See……….. This is what happens when I have too much time on my hands😜.

Sorry again about all the long-winded blabber……..

theoldcoach

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