Basic Rock Progressions
The examples in this lesson will introduce you to your first basic chords and how these chords can be used in a basic Rock progression.
Example Three features the chords A Major and D Major. The A Major chord is played for the first two bars of the progression before changing to the D Major chord for bars three and four. Remember. there are four beats to every bar and you will strum one down-strum to every beat.
Study the following chord diagrams carefully and double check that you are holding down the right string on the correct fret.
A
D
Playing Along With The CD or Tape
Listen to the accompanying recording to near exactly how the above example should sound. Practice this example slowly at first. slowly increasing tempo. Once you an: confident you can change from the A Major to the D Major. strumming evenly without stopping the beat, try playing along with the recording. You will hear a drum beat at the beginning of each example. to lead you into the example and to help you keep time.
The next example introduces the E Major chord. The diagram below shows the Correct fingering for the E Major chord.
E
For Example Four an A Major chord is played for the first bar, a D Major is played for the second bar, and E Major is played for the third bar and the A Major is played again for the final bar.
Example Five features a twelve bar Blues progression. This is a popular chord progression used in Blues and Rock and will appear frequently throughout the book. In order to play a twelve bar Blues progression using the chords you have learnt so far, play the chords in the sequence shown below.
