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Electric Guitar – Chord Voicings, Licks and Tricks

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Aims

• Massive subject – much more than we have

time for here

• Not going to show classic stuff like

pentatonic scales



Your Role

• What is the principle role of electric guitar

in a typical modern worship band set up?

Job 1

• don’t play it like an acoustic!




Electric chords in different keys

• G shapes

• 7 chords in every key – very important!

• 145 major

• 236 minor

• 5/7


Tricks in G

• Three shapes using G shapes for every

chord in the key

• use open strings or capo for drone notes




Moving chord shapes

up the neck• One way of creating signature parts

• One shape for majors one shape for minors

– D shapes

– A shapes 6ths – A shapes

– G shapes

– C shapes

– E shapes

D Shapes




A Shapes


G Shapes




C Shapes



E shapes

• Adapt them for other keys. Find the root in

each shape.




Shapes in D

• Using chord shapes to go up the neck 3rds

4ths


Shapes in D

• Combine for one set of shapes across any

key




Shapes in D

• Use in conjunction with open strings for open

sounds –

• Only used open chord keys. The capo is not

a crutch its an instrument!

Substitutions

• 1 3 6

• 2 4

• 5 7




CAGED - Blessed be


Double stops

• Base on chords 1 4 5 in key

• Base on G shapes


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