Chord Mods - What Every Guitarist Needs to Know ★ Acoustic Tuesday 238

Acoustic Tuesday | Guitar Routine Show

Tony Polecastro

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🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Chord modifications, or mods, can elevate your rhythm and lead guitar playing. If you're ready to transform your open chords into deeper, complex chords with just a few adjustments, stay tuned! This episode will cover chord modifications by way of learning a lick. We'll start by seeing how chord modifications come up in the guitar lick I call "cement mixer." This lick reveals so much about playing within a chord shape. "Cement mixer" is the perfect gateway into chord mods. There's a perception that chord mods are an advanced technique. However, the sooner you can practice them, the more your sonic landscape will really open up. So, whether you're a beginner or advanced guitar player, you're going to learn so much from working on your chord mods. Chord mods on guitar allow you to add melody to chord playing. It can add another layer of musicality to your rhythm playing. If you play just by yourself, I promise that employing some chord mods will spice up your playing. In addition to learning the "cement mixer" lick and how chord mods can improve your playing, we'll get a chance to hear from Darren, a TAC Family member's experiences on building a guitar routine. It's well worth your time, so don't skip! Featured on this Episode… Rick Turner Guitars Chicago Music Exchange Willi Carlisle Western AF Dion guitars Watchhouse Mule Resonator Guitars

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0:00.0	Your basic open guitar chords contain a creative landscape that you may have never discovered until today.
0:07.0	On today's show, you and I are going to explore the magical land of chord modifications and how they can very quickly and very easily elevate your rhythm and solo guitar playing.
0:17.0	Hey, TAC family, welcome to episode 238 of the Acoustic Tuesday show.
0:22.6	This show is designed to inject your guitar journey with a weekly dose of fun, focus,
0:26.6	progress, and inspiration.
0:28.6	Speaking of inspiration, a little bit later on in today's show, you're going to be hearing
0:32.6	from TAC family member Darren, who's going to show you the most striking contrast between how his guitar journey
0:38.6	looked before a routine and now how it looks with a very consistent routine.
0:44.3	It's pretty amazing and I cannot wait for you to meet Darren.
0:47.7	And then of course you're going to see what the TAC family is working on today.
0:51.3	It's a guitar lick entitled Cement Mixer, and we're actually going to kick this show off
0:56.8	with that very lick, because right after that lick, I'm going to show you how chord modifications
1:02.8	manifest themselves in that lick and how they can manifest themselves in your playing.
1:08.2	Plus your weekly dose of acoustic news awaits, which includes a Chicago
1:12.9	musical scandal to absolutely breathtaking guitars and so much more. But first, let's go ahead
1:20.2	and see what the TAC family is working on today. Every single day within Tony's acoustic
1:25.0	challenge, we focus on one of the five essential
1:27.5	categories of guitar improvement. Mondays is a technique challenge, Tuesdays a guitar lick
1:32.8	challenge, Wednesdays an improvisation challenge, Thursdays a rhythm guitar challenge, and
1:37.1	Friday's a chord transition challenge. It is acoustic Tuesday, and that means the TAC family
1:42.9	is working on a guitar lick.
1:44.8	And here's exactly what they're working on.
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