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Here are some chordal tricks to make rhythm playing sound more interesting than just strumming on 1 2 3 4.
Chord Trick 1
D major7
- 3 - - 3 - Emin7(9) Eb7(9)
-------------------------------/-----------------------------/
7---7-^-7------------7------7--/7---7-^-7---6----------------/
6---6-^-6----------7------7----/7---7-^-7---6----------------/
7---7-^-7-------11------9------/5---5-^-5---5----------------/
5---5-^-5----------------------/7---7-^-7---6----------------/
-------------------------------/-----------------------------/
1 u 2 u 3
u 4 u 1 u
2 u 3 u 4
u
Dmajor6/9
------------5-----------/
5-----------5-----------/
4-^--------(4)----------/
4-^--------(4)----------/
5-------5---------------/
------------------------/
1 u 2
Chord Trick 2
Amajor
Amajor7/6
------------5-------7--^-9-----/----0------------------------/
5-----------5-------7----------/----0------------------------/
6-----------4-------6----------/6^-(6)-----------------------/
6-----------4-------6----------/6^-(6)-----------------------/
-------------------------------/-----------------------------/
5------------------------------/5^-(5)-----------------------/
1 u 2 u 3 u 4 u 1 u 2 u 3 u 4 u
Chord Trick 3
(IIm7(b5) - V7(b9) - Im)
Dm7(b5)
G7(b9)
--------------------4----------/----7-----------4--4---------/
6-------------------6----------/----6-----------3--3---------/
5-------------------5----------/----7-----------4--4---------/
6-------------------6----------/----6-----------3--3---------/
5------------------------------/-----------------------------/
-------------------------------/-----------------------------/
1 u 2 u 3
u 4 u 1 u
2 u 3 u 4
u
Cm
------------------/
4-----------------/
5-----------------/
5-----------------/
3-----------------/
------------------/
1 2 3 4
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