What if I told you these EXACT two chords played this EXACT same way could allow you to play the ballads sampled at the top of this lesson? Would you be excited? So now we have G on top, just like we want it! That gives us two chords that are pretty close to each other: So what I’ll do is invert my G major triad so that “G” is on top! Super simple!ĥ-chord (1st inversion) = G major (B + D + G) But as you can see, one “G” is on top (C major triad) and one “G” is on the bottom (G major triad). Since these chords have a note in common (“G”), I want to play the common note with the same finger. You can check it out here.)Īnd, of course, when I say “1” and “5-chord,” I’m grabbing those numbers straight from the major scale.Īnd to make it even simpler, we’ll only play major triads on those tones…īut as you know from past lessons, these chords are too far from each other so we’re going to invert (change the way) we play our second chord so that it connects to our first chord more smoothly. If you even thought about the 1-chord and 5-chord, congratulations! (In fact, I did a lesson not too long ago that stressed playing songs with only the 1 and 5-chords. However, sit back and you just may pick up something here or there.Ĭan you guess the two chords I’m talking about? They are all moving in a downward, stepwise motion, scale tone for scale tone - and that’s what I want to show you how to play today… with just TWO chords!)Īnd because I’ve limited this lesson to only two chords, it may not be suitable for my experienced readers. (Now, I’m not talking about all the details and melodies - I’m talking about the primary movements of the choruses of each song. Here are some samples just so you know what I’m talking about… Today’s post will be fun because I’m going to show some of my newbies how to play something you hear all the time.įrom Mariah Carey to Fred Hammond and Andre Crouch, every artist has had their share of the slow “ballad” - and more specifically, the type that simple moves down the scale, note for note.
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