Beginner Acoustic Jam Track 15

Course: Fingerstyle Introduction, Minor keys and the A Minor Pentatonic Scale

In this video

Welcome to the first Jam Track lesson of Level 8. We cover a few different things in this one:

  • Compound Time strumming pattern and progression - this is in 12/8

  • Slash chords featured in the progression

  • A Key change in this piece of music

  • Therefore, 2 distinct sections we can describe as Section A and Section B

Strumming options

  • D DUDU x 4 per chord

  • First finger strumming with the above pattern

  • Advanced option: pick the root note on the first Down (D) of the strumming pattern

Section A

C | C/B | Am7 | Fmaj7 (optional picked run down)

C | C/B | Am7 | Fmaj7

C | C/B | Am7 | Fmaj7

C | C/B | Am7 | C

Then, Section B

G | G/F# | Em7 | Cadd9

G | G/F# | Em7 | Cadd9

G | G/F# | Em7 | Cadd9

C | C/B | Am7 | D7

Key change song examples

  • The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand

  • Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

12/8 songs

  • Lover - Taylor Swift

  • Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton

Next Up: What You Need to Know About Minor Keys

Well done! Let's jump into the next lesson of the course.